These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Ruffles and tassels, and laces and trims, these are a few of my favorite things!  But how to incorporate these into your home if you are a woman, and a woman married to a man who doesn’t want “ frou-frou” stuff all over.  This inspirational collage came from greylikesweddings blog.

Using some of the blogs I follow and others that I have come across recently, I’d like to show you ways you can incorporate a little “frou-frou” into your home without making anyone else in the house feel uncomfortable with it.

One of the lovely bloggers I follow is Sissie from Sissie’s Shabby Cottage.  Sissie loves ruffles!  This is evident from the items she has put together for home decor.  Her pillows are gorgeous; even the addition of just one to a sofa, bed or chair gives off just enough ruffley-ness!

Or what about a cotton table runner?  How perfect for your indoor or outdoor table this Summer.

Another type of ruffle and table runner is this one from Jen at Tatertots and Jello.  This runner incorporates lots of fun colors and the golden fabric of the moment ~ burlap!  If you have some scrap fabric on hand, I’ll bet you could put this together quite easily and quickly.  I love how Jen is using this on a sofa table.

What about a flirty slipcover for a plain chair; like this one from Kelly at Much To Do With Nothing.  She is a master at the art of slipcovers and the skirts she puts on them make me wish her slipcovers were dresses!  Yet the ruffles she adds to her slipcovers {whether short or long} are not over the top.

This chair has now become dressed up for a dining room, a living room or bedroom accent chair, or a ladies desk/office chair.   I also like the idea of using ruffles on a smaller, accent piece ~ like a lampshade.  Which is what Sonya from Beyond the Screen Door did. 

I am so glad she showed us the first application for this pretty ruffled skirt turned lampshade.   I love how this looks!  She wasn’t liking the way it looked here, but was able to incorporate it into the room anyway.

Isn’t this a great idea for a girl’s room, craft room, home office, bathroom ~ there are many ways you could use a ruffled lampshade in your home.  I also think it adds a bit of whimsy and an unexpected touch to a room.

One more something easy, ruffle project would be this great shower curtain from Robyn at Something Pretty.  Simple, not crazy with pattern or color and I think your whole house could live with something like this. 

And if they can’t, these are all great ideas to use in the guinea pig guest room!  After all, that’s what it’s there for ~ to test out all these decorating ideas!