Anthony lived in Houston a little over a year before we got married and I moved down here. As things turned out, we ended up renewing his lease and I simply moved into his apartment. The decor I can only describe as "bachelor-esque." I, of course, immediately set out to make it feel more homey, and less like his apartment that I visited for the past year.
Part of his bachelor pad consisted of a brown couch and tan recliner. Both are pretty comfy, and the best part is that were given to him! (Thanks Sue!) The only drawback was that they looked a little bland by themselves. Here's what they looked like before:
I decided my first homey touch would be to add a few simple pillows. What I thought would be simple, turned out to be a HUGE project.
I looked at every store I could think of...I mean absolutely EVERY store I could think of. I even got suggestions from about 8 different people of other stores I should check out. Now, I don't know if you've gone pillow shopping recently or not, but they get super expensive super quickly. I tried to get two pillows for the couch and it was going to cost a whopping $129.00! And they were just plain brown! And I didn't really even like them! I definitely needed to go a different route.
I thought about making pillows, but I don't have a sewing machine here, nor do I have room for one. I briefly considered hand sewing them, but quickly decided that was a HORRIBLE idea. :) As luck would have it, I ran across a blog for no sew pillows:
All you need is hem tape and an iron! Totally genius! I then found another blog for the inspiration for a design:
So I bought fabric, spent a Saturday afternoon putting them together, and voila! Brand new, one-of-a-kind, super cute pillows! And get this...all of my supplies cost WAAAAAAY less than those two icky brown pillows. Here's what the final product looks like:
Super cute, right?! I just love finishing new projects...
Love, Sara :)
Awesome!! I have to try that!
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