my weekend: the finale

Jun 24, 2007 at 7:01 PM
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:whew:
finally. this weekend. finally!
i decided that i wanted to redecorate my diningroom. here it is before:

it's all thrifted. the table, the chairs. the "wallpaper" is actually fabric that i have starched to the walls. the painting? used to look like this:

raymondo.jpg

thrift store. you got it!

well, i decided it was time for a change. i wanted to use my painted floorcloth in this room. i had some lime green rayon that i was NEVER going to use for ANY sewing project evarrrr so i used that for the walls. the result?

diningroom

please ignore the sewing machine in the floor!

that painting has come a long way!
i decided to put the "floorcloth" on the walls because it would just get lost under the table. i need to do an area rug sized floorcloth for the diningroom for it to look good. someday i suppose!!

the curtains! oy, the curtains. i realized once i had the fabric on the walls that i was going to have to work extra hard to find fabric to coordinate for curtains. i didn't have *anything* in my hoard of fabric. NOTHING. well, except a tiny piece of bright fabric about 34" x 20". not NEARLY enough for a curtain. or a valence. or anything. so i looked at wal-mart today (we went for some of those energy lightbulbs for the bathroom). looking at their "home decor" fabrics it looked as though everyone in the world decorates with *beige*. **puke** nothing bright and colorful.

so i came home and found some blue and green fabric and pieced these curtains together. i had to do some creative piecing to get that band on the curtains to work but i did it! woot! i love how bright and cheery and funky they make the room!!

i didn't have time to make a tablecloth. but it's probably going to be yellow. red would be nice, too. who knows. i think i will have to wait and see what the thrift store gods are going to send me!!