Holy schnickes, Batman. WK4 of
the One Room Challenge link up is here and I have zoomed WAY past panic town
and landed squarely in whacko jacko territory. For
serious, I am pleading temporary insanity as an excuse for agreeing to do this
on a deadline, under a tight (read non-existent) budget with only myself and
the mr. for labor. Only a nutso
would foolishly agree to such chicanery.
I mean, I might even have gone backwards this week. But more on that in a minute.
Meanwhile
in Pleasantville, the pros continue to knock it out over the white
picket fences. Check their WK4 progress
here. Awesome stuff happening.
As for
me, WK1 is here, WK2 is here, and WK3 is here. And for those of you just tuning in to Chez V, I
dubbed this master bedroom makeover Project Chinoisy Safari Chic because I am going for a cocooning European colonial
vibe with a heavy dose of chinoiserie because, much like bacon and animal prints, every thing
is better with chinoiserie. Not to mention chinoiserie
accents are timeless and fit in with nearly every décor style. But I digress.
If you
recall from last week, I was not entirely satisfied with my block
printed and hand-painted dragon fabric.
I just didn’t like the weight of the fabric and I couldn’t even buy the
damn down inserts from my local place to turn the fabric into
pillows. Grrrr. I was
all ready to order some inserts from Lewis & Sheron and make do until I
came across the Ektorp lumbar pillows at IKEA.
Right size, right fabric weight, right price. Upside, down inserts are included and I wouldn’t have to sew pillow
covers. I
have a hate hate
relationship with my sewing machine. Downside,
re-printing and painting the dragon fabric.
And I am still cha cha-ing backward…
So I
spent the weekend re-printing. Fabric is a more appropriate upholstery weight but a little more textured so the print is not as clean but I am ok with that. Last
night, I scrambled to hand paint the gold detailing after my little went to
sleep. I got all the way to the last few
dragons and succeeded in spilling gold paint on the printed fabric. Triple feckety feck. I am not doing it over a 3rd time. I am
rolling with the punches and hoping that my accent pillow will cover the little
oops. All in all, I am loving how these
pillows are turning out. I am referring
to them as my ghetto version of the gorgeous Dana Gibson pillows that I wanted
so badly for the space but for which I did not have the budget.
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| oops |
And in
true freak a khan fashion, where procrastination reigns supreme in the face of
a looming deadline, I decided to make tassels for the pillows. After a trial run, I decided I could swing it
but it is reminding me a lot of that time I made a ginormous pom pom pillow
for my daughter’s nursery and swore to never do that sillyness
again. Except that I am, with even
smaller thread. What’s wrong with me?
For all
of you who cheered along on my search for the world’s perfect solution to my
sconce problem – the Ranarp - well, I have an update on the search which involves a
lot of who’s on first, don’t we know anyone on second, and random acts of kindness
from friends of friends, in laws once removed, and social
media connections, all of which may or may not end in victory due to some last minute intel
gleaned from another interested party.
But you will have to tune in on Monday for that detailed account which
involves a two part story from myself and Elizabeth over at Little Black Door.
As for
the neverending paint story, still unfinished. The mr. is out of town this week. Rude. But he did bust his
ass on Sunday and we are one wall away from slapping some paint on the walls. With the mr. gone,
a 5 yr
old in tow and a 4 day school week, that means this bizzo ain’t
getting shizzo done this week. Clearly it’s time for wine.
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| shit is just piling up and I have resorted to using Hello Kitty as labor - help! |
Now
let’s go check out those other busy bloggers and see what real progress looks like b/c sadly there isn't much here!
kisses, mrs. V
