project: slipcover

Ugly chair...worse in real life than in the photo.

Old Target linen/cotton blend curtains and happening by this tutorial.

Voila! 

I think I'll go back and press all the seams just to crisp it up a bit. 

But I also like the wrinkly-unkemptness of the linen. 

Great thing is that it all comes off in one piece to pop in the washer and dryer and pop it back on.

And here's the new TWO year-old trying it out. Happy Birthday Little Girl!

Cute and very satisfying. 

It seems like the perfect weight fabric, with the right amount of drape to it...

and a bit of stretch to hide imperfections (don't look to close.)

project: anna maria horner meets toddler proofing

I recently obtained 4 chairs from a local thrift shop. Nothing fancy, but they match my not-so-fancy table. The cushion covers, as you can see, are not so great either. But, with a family including little ones, a not-so-fancy table with not-so-great chairs are just fine, for now.

Well, cut to a few months later with a squirmy five year old and downright wacky almost-two-year old who likes to eat yogurt with her fingers...the not-so-great chairs are downright nasty.

Hello, day shopping alone in Denver (happy b-day to me) and coming across a fabric store I had dreamed of visiting. Hello, stumbling across a corner bin containing Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks Forest Hills Oil Cloth. Hello, brain engaged enough from having a shopping day to myself that I actually could think of the project I had been meaning to do...with this particular oil cloth! Hello, beautiful, fun, funky, toddler-proof new chairs!

Soon to be finished this weekend. Excited about getting it all done!

I have a project list, and it's slowly getting crossed off. Loving that.

~ Jenny