So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, audieu...

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, audieu...

Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you! Ironically, none of those words play into this week's project, but for some reason the whole time I was working on it, that was playing in my head (you can all thank me for later for getting that song stuck in your head for the rest of the day. For those who don't know where that came from - I'm so, so sad for you!)

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No Sew Pillows

No Sew Pillows

This is one of the best projects to try if you are wanting to venture into no-sew land. While it took me 30 minutes per pillow, most can do it in a lot less time (darn Type A and making sure everything was perfectly even and matched).

This is pretty straight-forward but if I have left anything out or you don't understand anything please, please, please let me know and I will try to explain better.

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Recovering Roman Shades - No Sew, Of course!

Recovering Roman Shades - No Sew, Of course!

I know I declared 2014 the year of the master bedroom, but I've decided to get a jump start on a few things. One of those things is window coverings. When we bought the house, terrible maroon blinds hung on the windows. Of course I took them down immediately.

Since the windows are standard size, I was able to buy in-stock roman shades at Lowe's for around $25/each. I knew they weren't what I wanted long-term, but knew they would work for now.

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