Denim Bolster Pillow

Hi all!

The progress continues on the mancave spruce up. 

It isn't really changing all that much but it is getting new paint and the decor is getting some tweaking.

I wanted to bring in some denim.  

 I showed you my denim and shabby classroom. 

I found a pair of the boys old jeans when I was cleaning out closets.   

I thought it would make a good bolster pillow. 

Bill loves one on his couch to set behind his back now and then. 

I cut the pocket off to make it the focal point of the pillow. 

I used the fabric from the legs to make it the correct width. 

These were skinny jeans for a skinny guy so there isn't a lot of fabric to work with. 

I was okay with the holey knees. 

Two circles of fabric were needed for the ends. 

Sewing around in a circle is a bit tricky.

There was more circle left at the end of the rectangle portion of the pillow but I took out a few stitches and decreased the diameter a little. 

 

Once the circles were on, I closed I sewed from the circle to the center of the pillow to make a tube. 

 I left an opening in the middle to be able to stuff the pillow. Once stuffed, the opening then could be sewn closed.

When I found the jeans, I thought I'd be able to make a couple of pillows out of them. 

No.

There isn't enough fabric with skinny boy jeans. 
Have a great day. 
I'm in the midst of teacher work week. 
It's crazy busy but fun.  

Katie  
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Denim and Shabby Classroom

 I am totally smitten with denim!
Could it be making a comeback?

Since the denim and yellow phenomenon fizzled out,
 denim hasn't been seen much in decorating. 

I think when something is so big, it needs a little cooling off period before regaining a semblance of popularity. 
 In April, Michael's had a darling denim display.
 I bought some adorable ribbon without really know what I'd do with it.

I covered some tin cans with it and they became the inspiration for a denim and shabby makeover of my classroom.
I've worked on it sporadically throughout the summer. 
I'm finally finished.
As soon as the last little darling gave me a hug goodbye in May, I brought my rescued from the trash 60s office chair home from work to make a slipcover. 
I can't believe I didn't do this 10 years ago. 
It's so cute that I almost didn't want to take it back to school. 

It is such a comfy chair. 

The glass broke in this oval frame. I covered the back with burlap and added some white ribbon. 

I found the desk during one of the first weekends of summer. 

It only needed a coat or two of white paint. 

Are you kidding me?
So cute. 

 The new abc boarder is made from some pennant from Mardel and some chalkboard letters. 

Bill changed my life by giving me a masonry drill bit. I can finally drill into the cinderblock wall. 
I hung up a white board in my circle time area. 

Next up was the curtains. I was completely perplexed by drapes for this room. 
The wall color has been nearly impossible to match. 
 I have tried numerous time over the course of the last four years and wasn't able to find anything.  
I made grain sack inspired panels and a drop cloth valance.  

After installing the new drop cloth valance, I was still not in love with the bright blue wall. 
I spent a Saturday up at the school giving it a navy blue makeover.
I couldn't wait to get pops of white on the dark blue. 

     

The file cabinet got a mini makeover with chalkboard paint and a blue duck tape border. 

Please! 

I love it.

The little bench got a couple of coats of white and a denim and floral pillow.

The bulletin boards got denim blue wrapping paper and white border. My sister in law bought the wrapping paper for me when we went to Canton.

My growth chart is just two yard sticks from Home Depot.

The chalkboard stuff came from Michael's and First Monday Trade Days. 

Bill made the faux window for me about 12 years ago. 
It is perfect for my home center.

Kid's art will go on this bulletin board the first day of school. 

The school blessing is Currier and Ives. 

The cubbies came from Lowes. 

I added the blue wrapping paper to the back so it would pop.

I gave up the school sanctioned library shelf in a fit of liberation. 

I searched all summer for something and ended up finding it in the garage. 

Bill got the crate for me for Christmas one year. 

I painted it and added the wheels. It can hold the books and our book characters. 

I love, love that it is mobile so they move the library based on what we are doing on any given day. 

Now everything matches the blue table and chairs. 

I spend a lot of time in this room and I'm thrilled with how it came out! 

Teachers report on Thursday.

Open house is next Monday night. 

Then it all begins!

I can't wait to meet my new little darlings. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

 Katie    

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Mancave Makeover

The mancave hasn't been painted in years. 

I may have touched up the walls a few years ago but the color is drab and dirty. I painted everything in this house a creamy yellow back in the late 90s. 
 I used a Walmart paint that has held up pretty well for its age.
I'm just over the butter yellow walls. 

 You may see my mancave board here. 

We have most of this. 

It it strange that our loveseat looks to be the exact one I found on Polyvore? 
We bought ours at The Dump in Dallas about three years ago.
We have the chair too.

 

I need to scrape popcorn and paint the walls gray. 

I have been putting off scraping this because of the section over the stairs and entry. 

Bill said he will help but we are dreading it. 
 I also have never painted the stair railing white like I did downstairs. 

Do you think a potential buyer would notice?
Not that we are selling but the stain works up here where it didn't downstairs.   

Bill would like a different entertainment center. 
He has hardware to mount his new T.V. on the wall. 

Bill made a crate coffee table and a log end table. 
Those will stay.

The other club chair isn't exactly what we have. 

Ours has a kilim sort of tapestry on the sides which is why I put the poof in the collage.
We also would need to switch the end tables. 
Bill is over these country tables.

There you have it. 
It is supposed to be 100 all week so this isn't getting done yet.
This was one of my summer goals but I'm not sure I'll make it happen before school starts. 
What are you up to today?
Katie   
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