Luckily, Maura (my sister) is happy with the updates I made this week to her room. (I gave her a preview via text message, given that it's her room and all).
In the sewing room progress part 1 post, you saw several messy corners. Here's one of them, circa yesterday at 5 pm. (Check out the House Tour tab at the top of the blog to see it 11 months ago compared to now!)
It's no wonder I haven't been sewing much recently. I could barely find the sewing machine, let alone the rest of my tools!
Here's the same space today:
I've been dreaming of shelves and a bulletin board for a long time now, but I seemed to be in a decision paralysis. It's a strange phenomenon of freezing for small decisions. I wrote about it before - it took me far longer to select outlet covers than it did to select paint colors.
Yesterday, I attended a conference in Elmira, NY (about 45 minutes south of us). Besides being an interesting and educational meeting, I also got to go to Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby is a really cool craft store that is ALMOST cool enough to justify driving the 45 minutes just to go there. But that would be a very bad economic decision, first because of gas prices, and second because of how much I enjoy Hobby Lobby.
Seeing as I was in the neighborhood, though, I indulged in an aisle-by-aisle look at the amazing selection of furniture, home decor, fabric, craft supplies, etc, etc, etc. The 50% off signs in the "wall decor" section made me bite the bullet and select some shelves. I didn't expect to find a better deal elsewhere, and I liked the styles, I reasoned. Plus, a 45-minute drive is too far to get home and wished you had bought something.
Of course, once I took the first step on this project, I was suddenly emblazoned with confidence on picking items. My cart quickly filled up with a cork board, fabric to cover it, a thread rack, a picture frame, and a glass jar. I had to make a few guesses in terms of sizes and colors, but thankfully everything looks great now that it's up!
This is a cross-stitch picture done as a wedding gift from our friend Ashley. Doesn't it fit in perfectly! The shelves contain a mixture of pretty and functional items, that add up to a space that makes me want to hang out ~ and much easier for me to complete projects!
Tonight, I whipped up a little sunglasses case. I like to think of it as a case in point. Get it? Case? Oh....I should write blog posts earlier in the evening, before I get tired and silly!
You may be wondering how the other corners of the room are faring.
Lilly has some company now, in the form of a storage ottoman from Target, a lamp from Lowes (a birthday present from my mom & dad), and a beautiful papercutting (a birthday gift from my Aunt Clare!)
She cut this all from a sheet of paper, pretty cool, huh?
My favorite part is that she selected the color for the matte by studying Lilly on the blog :) Definitely incentive to keep posting!!
The worst corner of the room was this side, which was a general junk pile.
You may remember my pleas for a good Craigslist find, not to mention my recent teaser about a project. Well, it's still not done, but there has been some definite progress!
Final completion of this project hinges on me finding, well, the hinges. (Jeesh, again with the late night puns. Sorry!) I could have sworn that they were in one of the drawers, but they apparently migrated to the basement with the leftover paint.
The dresser was, in fact, a $45 Craigslist find. It came a long way with some paint and new hardware
All in all, the
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