Wing Back Chairs

I just decided I need a pair of wing back chairs for the sitting area in my bedroom.  'Wing back' often screams 'old lady' but I am honoring that little old grandma would resides in my soul and going with it, of course adding modern and whimsical fabrics.  I excitedly boughta pair of chairs on craigslist for $12 each and am now scoping out fabric to have them recovered in.  Yes, they are totally vintage, claw foot and all and I am already obsessed with them...just not in their current, garish state!

Here is what I am thinking of having the chairs recovered in:

I always think of a set of chairs or a couch as a man in a nice suit.  

So, I am all about classic, solid, wearable fabric.  I am not 

too much into flash on a set of chairs or couch...that's where the pillows

come in!

Side note: on a single chair I would throw caution to the wind 

and go funky!  Especially on an old vintage chair that is screaming

for some funk!

 I just can't decide if I wan to go dark or light???

and pillows in these (I like to think of pillows as the 

neck tie accompanying a classic suit...be bold) :

 I just love this, and think it will play off our bedding nicely.

Thinking a nice medium sized square pillow

click here to see our bedding blog

I am totally gaga over this fabric!  I think it will pair

nicely with the pattern above.  Thinking a lumbar 

pillow to sit in front of the square gold/cream fabric.

I literally want to glaze my walls in this pattern!!! 

I am also liking this, but not as much as the birds!

So, I would love your feedback.  Call me, text me, leave me a comment...give me your thoughts.  Then, come spring, come read books and gossip with me in what will be the coziest little nook.  I cannot wait!

Cozy Baby Blanket and Burp Cloths

If you have to walk around with a burp cloth on your shoulder (hello, motherhood)...it might as well look fantastic.  

Cue, these adorbsFest chevron cloths.  They are scrumptious.  

Soft and absorbent to boot.  Could you ask for more, in this department?  

I think not. 

The cloths are backed with cuddle fleece 

(which I like to refer to as the hobnail of fabrics...looooove)!

I love chevron.  I appears to be wicked on point right now, as I feel like I see it everywhere!  But, I think chevron/zig zag is a classic pattern that will always mix with what you are working.  Yes, I even think of this stuff, when picking out fabrics for something simple like a colorful stack of burp cloths.  Cannot help it. 

I am pairing the burp cloths with a cozy blanket, coated in a pattern of vintage style bicycles.  

 The blanket is also backed the the cuddle fleece.  Perfect for snuggling.

The littles and I are leaving on a jet plane in a few days, so Logan can be present at her best friend's birthday party (I will do all in my power to never miss this party!).  While we are there, we will pop in and see another friend, who is going to have her second baby...any day now!  I just know she will love these, as much as I do. 

Textiles Galore

Our home in Oklahoma was oriented less than a mile from a fabric store. How easy and

fun it was to go and search for amazing textiles. I have yet to locate a fabric store around

our new home,  in Colorado (let's be real, I haven't searched too hard with the littles and all),

so thankfully last summer I discovered my one true textile love, on the dot com.

Here's my lastest order:

This indoor/outdoor fabric will be used to make a cozy

little cushion for our new mudroom bench

 (I will certainly blog that space, once the cushion is in place)

Isn't this ridiculously gorgeous?  This vintagey looking damask

(it's the color that gives it the vintage feel, in my opionion)

needs to be a throw blanket, with a cozy backing, STAT!

A throw blanket, for a friend who is having a little boy,

later this spring.  Backed with cozy cuddle fleece, it

will be perfect for snuggling up!

Did I ever report back that the chevron fabric (from a summer blog post)

 backed with cuddle fleece turned out as the most fantastic (and fab looking)

burp cloths ever...friend's new baby will certainly need one or two.

Getting excited, already!!!