TV Room Mini Update

A while back I decided our upstairs tv room needed a quick makeover. My first idea was to add some color! Our sofa had a great tobacco color but the accent was a deep red, almost burgundy pattern. 




After stalking the fabric at JoAnn's for awhile I decided on a aqua/gray-brown design. 

My next idea was to "recover" the pillows. It was easy using a quilting needle. 

With new movie style wall accessories and new gaming chairs, it was done. 

 (This post was originally on Facebook. I'm migrating back here.)

Moved to Facebook but I'll try to post here too.

Hi Folks,

I've moved my creations and inspirations to my family Facebook page. It just seems I'm always there and my family loves to see how I change things around (impulsively).

Here is a group of photos from some projects I've done for our little Lake House in Missouri. We love to go there in the summer and visit with the Conway side of the family.

This the is the door of a set of books cases made by my late father-in-law for my husband. The webbing on the doors was in pretty bad shape so I decided it would be one of my makeovers.

After removing the webbing, I made a template from poster board.

Then I glued and stapled the "leather" insert in each door.

This is the almost finished door. I still needed to touch up the wood. 

The doors came out very good and my husband was happy. :)

Here are two pictures I got very cheaply at a little shop.
The one on the right is the before. The left picture is the after". Look what smoking in
your home does to your lovely home decor items.
A little windex made it all better but  what about your lungs!!

This low table was left in the house by the
previous owners and we used it as an
 art table for the girls when they were younger.
 Now it's our coffee table. I've painted it "Breadcrumb"
to brighten the living room.

Here is the little table we've used as an end table.
It was black but now I'm going for "Breadcrumb".

Here they are -- painted and ready for the living room.

A new quilt to cover our "new" previously really ugly couch.

Well, it works sort of...

The couch being tested. 

New woven shades to keep out the afternoon sun.
(from Pier One)

The kitchen table. It's a desk from Walmart and works great
as a prep table. We gather around it all the time. I had
painted the legs and apron black but I'm on a brightening
adventure. It's now a creamy white.

Here is the dining room with the new (old) white table from
our house. We've had it in storage and brought it here this
summmer. I painted the bench and little stool to match it.

Last, but not lease is the new picture wall.
I hung them low for some reason so this summer
I'll go up with new ones.

So that ends my projects from 2011!! Thanks for taking the tour.