Our new couch needed some new pillows. It came with a couple the same fabric as the couch, but… yeah, boring. With most of the room in neutrals, I needed to inject some color. This one was from a half yard of home dec weight fabric from Jo-Ann, believe it or not. At Jo-Ann, I […]
Box-style floor pillow
Here’s another creation for the playroom: a floor pillow! It’s about the size of a standard couch cushion and was so simple to make. I started out with nearly a yard of this chocolate brown minky fabric. It was a remnant from the bin at Jo-Ann marked at $6, but it rang up even lower […]
Window air conditioner cover
In previous posts, you may have noticed we have a window air conditioner in our playroom. While we have central air in our house, the ductwork to the upstairs was probably not original to the house and the airflow isn’t the strongest. The window air unit makes the room much more comfortable during the heat of […]
A couch for the playroom
I want our playroom to be another living space, so a non-negotiable feature of this playroom was seating, preferably a couch. The big catch? Fitting a couch through the narrow 23″ wide door in Elise’s room and then up a skinny staircase. My solution? A ready-to-assemble couch. I actually didn’t even know they sold couches […]
Vintage yard stick growth chart
Elise has been upright and walking since July. And even before that, I have wanted to make her a growth chart. This has been one of those projects that I started months and months ago, so I’m super excited to finally be finished with it. This image of a wooden ruler backsplash has stuck with me […]