Design on a Dime

I decided that I was sick of our bedding, or lack thereof. My mom gave us a duvet cover when we got married and we have just been using that but its faux suede- hard to wash- and just not what we wanted. I have been looking to purchase bedding for a really long time, but resisted the urge, hoping to move into a home and decorate our room how I really wanted it. Well, 3.5 yrs later, we are still not in a home, so I decided to make a change.

On Friday I went to JoAnn's Fabric store and picked out fabric. I wanted something simple and classy, yet fun. This is what I came up with. I like it because I can change the accent color(lime green) as I please with the zippers I sewed in the pillows. I figured you cant go wrong with black and winter white- very versatile.

I had so much fun making all this! I worked on it all Friday night and about 5 hours on Saturday. Joel thought I was nuts because he kept on asking what I wanted to do and I just said "sew". Needless to say he had a very uneventful weekend. :)

We dont have a headboard either, so I am working on making a fabric panel to hang on the rod you see above the bed.

Before:

Drab and Dull

After: