DIY Upholstered Ottoman

Our Family Room is coming together quite well, we need a couple things to finish it up - a rug and a coffee table. With two little ones running around i wanted to be very careful with our choice of coffee table. I also wanted to get in on this pallet furniture thing. so this is where i am at. i found this DIY ottoman here, and i think it is exactly what i am looking for. 

of course i will make it my own with a different fabric and different feet.

here is a look at the bottom side so you can see how the pallet comes into play.

i have ordered this fabric from fabric.com

and these feet from ebay for only $15.99

I am SO PUMPED about this project!

Here is what I expect it to look like.

I am hoping to finish this before Christmas as we are hosting at our house, but with the holiday season and ordering things online shipping can take sometime - fingers crossed! 

If you have any tips for making ottomans or pallet furniture please comment on this post!

Madeline Weinrib

I came across the line Madeline Weinrib when thumbing through this months Elle Decor...I AM IN LOVE.  It is hard to find anything in this line that I don't like.  The colors and patterns are totally me and I am in utter heaven!  I am not sure on pricing yet but hopefully our Design firm can open the line so I can order some things for my home, do enjoy!

Area Rugs

I hope that this one makes it into my living room!

Pillows

Fabric by the Yard

They even have furniture!!  Happy shopping.

Incredible Ikat.

On Friday I made wonderful little programs for Julie.  She found my Ikat Invitations on my Etsy store and asked me to use that design to create the Programs for her Violin Recital.  She had a lot of information to fit on them considering they are programs rather than invitations so we had to tweak the size and design a bit, but I think they turned out wonderful!  She thought she was more of a pink and navy girl than a pink and green girl, so we made that change as well.........:)

For those of you who have not caught up on all the rage of Ikat, straight from Wikipedia!

Ikat, or Ikkat, is the method of weaving that uses a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye on either the warp or weft fibres.  The dye is applied prior to the threads are woven to create the final fabric pattern or design. 

Double Ikat is where both warp and the weft are resist-dyed prior to stringing on the loom. Traditionally, and still commonly, a back-strap loom is used, though any variant or modern loom may be used.

Here are other examples of Ikat.

Fabricadabra

A website offering naturally dyed and pesticide free textiles as well as pillow covers. Not only are these fabrics/pillows SIMPLY ADORABLE they are healthy for the environment too! All of the pillows pictured below are for sale on the Fabricadabra website!

Being an obsesser of Ikat, this was the best discovery EVER! I love her choice of color and her simple yet stunning Ikat patterns.

Robert Indiana makes an appearance! Gotta "LOVE" that!

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Congratulations on a job well done Donna. It is beautiful items like this and people like you that will truly make a difference in the future of our world.