Our front porch is one of my favourite places to people-watch and drink a glass of wine. Therefore cushioning is important, and because this space is, after all, outdoors, it is ideal if those cushions are slipcovered so they can be tossed in the wash easily.
Last year I bought some rather uninspiring cushions from Pier One. The seat cushions fit the furniture (which was purchased at Pier One several years ago, they seem to always have this same style of wicker hanging about) but the indoor-ooutdoor fabric covering them was kind of blah.
So I decided to buy some fabulous French fabric (the porch is covered so it didn't have to be a Sunbrella fabric) and sew up some slipcovers in a slapdash fashion.
This fabric has a grey background with bits of orange, blue-grey and even a little chartreuse in the pattern.
I love it so much I used the online fabric sample to create the new wallpaper for the blog.
The sewing on these is pretty terrible but the slouchy slapdash effect somehow suits the casual porch... at least that's what I'm telling myself.
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| The orange in the main fabric picks up the orangey-red brick of the house, don't you think? |
I had a yard of this fabulous light green toile fabric, also from France, that I was planning on using in the living room. I had the living room cushions made from velvets with trims so this fabric was left abandoned... in the end I think it suits the porch and the wicker.
Another Slapdash Decorator solution took place last week... the corralling of the sneakers and the Birkenstock sandals in the foyer.
Scout has decided that she loves to eat sandals and sneakers so when Little Rascal is here with her friends they just throw their footwear on top of the piano:
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| I know, not very elegant. |
I had a basket that was originally intended for magazines just lying around and it turns out to be a perfect container for several pairs of shoes: they can be propped in there vertically and don't get lost in a commotion on the bottom.
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| Better. |
How's your week going? It's been so hectic around here I can't even tell you. I hope you're having fun and staying out of mischief.
xoxDani
