What The . . .

Okay, so I want to show you some things I’ve already purchased for my future craft/sewing/creative space.  You better swallow your coffee, soda, water or vodka first, because you’ll be thinking, “what the . . . she’s the one who loves black and white!”. 

You remember I showed you a few posts back the chair slipcover and pillow I bought from Ballard Designs’ Estate Sale section?  A chocolate checked slipcover and a hemp linen monogrammed pillow.  Well, they’ve arrived! Perfect.  They will go together.

This is what the chair looked like in its Surefit slipcover.

And this is what the chair looked like before the Surefit slipcover when it was my daughter’s bedroom desk chair.

I forgot we did an animal print on her seat.  This has to be about 10 years ago, but it’s still in great shape.   Here’s the new slipcover.

It’s a loose fit and the back of the seat area has the most looseness {is that a word?}, so to counter that I stuck a standard size bed pillow against the seat back and it filled the seat back, as well as providing me with a softer back.  Notice the difference in thickness from this angle?  For $29.99 I can live with it!

Moving on ~ strolling through the fabric.com site, I came across this fabric.  A brown {lighter in real life, more browny taupe} and creamy white toile.

I do love brown and white transferware and this fabric made me think of that.   I’m thinking table skirt for my sewing machine or whatever other table I may have to create on.  They only had 3 yards left in stock.  So I ordered it!

So, I’m going with a brown/white/cream color scheme for this room.  I’m figuring I can just switch out the black I might have done with brown {such as painting those bookcases I showed here by doing a harlequin pattern in brown and cream}.  I can plan most of this out because I actually already know the style home we will be downsizing, too, and what it basically looks like.  Just so you stick with me here, let’s play and see how it might look.

The skirt will be gathered for the table.  I’m thinking a creamy white for the walls or a tan color like BM Blonde {which I have in my powder room presently}.  There is no window in this future room, as it is really a storage room, so the lighter the better.

In fact, I’ll be posting what is an exciting-good-news-post {to me, anyway} on Friday, August 12, 2011, so I hope you’ll be here to share in my excitement! 

Linking up with:

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch

Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style

Textile Party at Freckled Laundry

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

 

Kathy