What a Sham

I made some pillow shams for our bed recently, and am pretty proud of how they turned out:

(please excuse the wrinkly duvet... it was just pulled out of the linen closet!)

I have the tutorial posted here, if you'd like to make your own.

I'm so glad that it's Friday! It's been one of those weeks, you know, where both of your shoe laces break? (I heard that one this week, so evidently it's been one of those weeks for other people too.)

Have a great weekend!

Skirted Console Tables

I love skirted console tables. They look so tailored, and they can hide a world of sins.

I finally decided to attempt my own skirt for the eye-sore in our bedroom... our TV console.


The console itself is a good size for our room, and because we don't really have the money to go out and buy a new piece of furniture to take its place, I thought a slipcover would be the easiest and best option.



Our console before:




And after:

Sooooooo much better. Soooooo much better.

I used 2 old white Ikea drapes that I had (which had shrunk too much to use as curtains anymore), utilizing the top of the drapes as my hems. It really wasn't too hard to put together, although if I were doing it over, I would underlap the side panels more than I did to eliminate that gap on the corners. And I still think I will trim it out with some ribbon. But all in all, I'm pretty pleased with it! Especially being my first time at making one of these.

If you're interested in the step-by-step instructions I came up with, they'll be coming on a post over on EAD next week.

What I'm Loving Now

The color green:

Go and read the rest of the list over at Elizabeth Anne Designs Living, where I'm posting today.

Roman Shades Made Out of Mini-Blinds?

It IS possible! And you can see how I did it over at Elizabeth Anne Designs today.

Thanks to Jenny from Little Green Notebook. :-)

Bookcases and Shelves

This week I've been really busy at work helping to train a new hire, and I am so glad that tomorrow starts my weekend!

Today I am posting over at Elizabeth Anne Designs about bookcases and shelves. Go check it out here . Do you use your bookcases and shelves more for display, practicality, or a little of both? And are you one of those people who arranges by color or re-covers their books??? I've thought about covering mine old-school with the brown paper bags, but I didn't know if afterwards I'd look like a dork.