Before and After/ New Look

I have been working really hard the last two weeks on making new curtains for our home and as well as making a few other changes. I'm really excited about the new look (new patterns and colors) of things around here. Since we are just renting the house and can't paint the walls or anything, these projects have been a great way to personalize our space.

I started in the dining room and made new curtains (featured in my last post) and then I covered my dining room chair seats.

Then I moved on to tackle to living room. I made new curtains, new ottoman cover, painted some picture frames turquoise, covered some canvas with fabric, covered some canvas with chalkboard paint, made new pillow covers and make a magazine tray for under the coffee table. I really love the brown, chartreuse, turquoise and hints of yellow and orange!

A closer look at the ottoman, the chalkboard canvas and fabric covered canvas:

In the drawstring bag next to the canvas is chalk and an eraser:)

Closer look at the coffee table:

I also made curtains for my son's room.

Curtains for our room.

Curtains and decor for my office.

I am really enjoying the new colors and patterns. The chartreuse zigzag patterned curtains were a bold move for me, and I'm glad I went with it! I got most of my fabric from Etsy.com (moderncloth and sewfresh fabrics) and Fabric.com. I LOVE Premier Prints fabric (which is mostly what I used) and I got really great deals at Fabric.com. I highly recommend these shops! Well that's all that I have been up to, I hope you enjoyed the tour of before and afters and feel inspired to create your own projects!