And the winner is.....

Not too bad of a picture considering it came from my phone.  I have one on the camera I will download someday.  Anywho these are the fabric finalist!  I know I said here that it was going to be seaglass inspired but then I fell in love w/ this fabric.  I might still have some greenish accents for pillows and such we shall see.  Or I might leave the red accents in the room. 

I am absolutely in love w/ the flower print. 

Currently it is going to be curtains and I'm thinking of covering a whole wall w/ this print. The smaller wall behind the desk for those of you who have seen my family room.

The smaller piece that is the floral is going to be the ottoman at this point and I'm not sure about the geometric.  Joann's is having a big fabric sale this weekend and I'm only ordering the big flower print - plus the other one comes the Mill End store.

Here are some pics of some of the loser's

I however need a sewing machine.   Also, when I tell people about what I'm going to do - repurpose a oversized chair & ottoman, make curtains, and cover a wall in fabric - they all get the same look on their face.   Its not one of admiration - more horror.  Shaunna said if any of her friends could do these things it would be me or the other Amy.  I think that's a compliment.  So onward and upward.  The other Amy thinks I can do - said she would give me tips.   I have a three day weekend this weekend so if I can get the flower fabric for the Mill End store I'm starting on the ottoman.  My favorite fabric will have to be ordered which will give me some time to get a sewing machine and do a little research on sewing curtains.  It can't be that hard can it?  Oh wait I probably need the sewing machine for the ottoman repurpose - ummmm - better start the research on those things straight away.

Stay tuned.........

P's Rocker

So this is an chair that has lived many places.  One being w/ me in Corvallis.  I call it P's rocker becasue of a friend of mine and whenever he came over he would always sit in this chair.   So we started to call it Phil's rocker.   It may not look like it but trust me this thing is comfortable!   Anyway I have it once again at my house but it needed some new fabric.  I thought this would be a good first project for me for my repurposing of furniture.  And sure enough it was.  Had a fun time working on this while watching one of my favorite movies Bringing Up Baby.

Before

To be fair I had already taken the top portion off (see how you can see the new fabric peaking out) but forgot to take a before picture.

Now

I will be honest that the back is not done and the top need to be finished w/ some trim.  However, I've decided that this old rocker needs fabric that is more festive!  More fun!   So although this is a nice print - and was only $6 dollars at Ikea I'm going to get something else for it.

Can you see the furry one sacked out in the background?   We had quite a morning driving all around town looking for fabric - and I mean ALL around town.

I noticed there are some knicks at bottom that I haven't decided if I will do anything about them.  This rocker is OLD!  Probably close to 100 years old.   The fabric looked brown but when I took off the trim you could see it was actually black w/ color running through it.  They don't make furniture like this anymore - they just don't and so I am ever so lucky to have this - as well as other - antique pieces that I can repurpose for the new century.