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If you can wrap a gift, you can recover a chair cushion….

May 17, 2011 60 Comments

How to temporarily recover furniture cushions

…. well, temporarily. Here’s the situation:   I love our dog, but she isn’t too nice to our outdoor furniture.  We have a set that is super comfy, but she has gotten up onto the cushions to sleep.  That has made them dingy and a little thread-bare in places. We host Thanksgiving and Mother’s Day Brunch […]

Filed Under: Before and After, cheap and easy, Crafts, Entertaining, fabric, Furniture, garden & outdoors, no-sew, tutorial

No-sew curtain panels.

March 31, 2011 64 Comments

Let me say this out of the gate: I can sew, I just usually choose not to. (OK, I almost ALWAYS choose not to.) I sew with a glue gun. (Don’t you judge me.) I don’t usually buy pre-made curtain panels. I found a great discount fabric store where I can get gorgeous fabrics anywhere […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, fabric, no-sew, project du jour, tutorial

Holy Cow-hide! A dresser make-over.

February 26, 2011 137 Comments

Hooray! I might actually be ahead of a trend! There was a fabulous collection of cowhide rugs show-cased at The Stories of A to Z. I don’t know that I want a whole (very expensive!) hide. However, I am glad I hung on to a dresser re-do from a while back. I did this project […]

Filed Under: Before and After, cowhide, Crafts, craigslist, decor, dresser, fabric, Furniture, furniture re-do, project du jour, tutorial

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