I’ve loosened up quite a bit. In fact, I’ve published an article in the current (February) issue of The Writer Magazine on this very topic.
This weekend, I felt like tackling one small piece of what will be an entire bedroom design-on-a-dime renovation. (I’ve got a tiny, one-car garage full of “projects.” No room for the car.) I started with something easy, recovering a bench. I’ve done this type of project before and find it very satisfying because it’s (a) fast, (b) inexpensive and (c) makes a big impact.
This was a 10-year old Big Lots-purchased bench. Cute lines, but nothing special. The white cushion was worn and stained.
My always industrious 3-year old grabbed his screwdriver and helped remove the old cushion. I took the base outside for a shiny coat of silver spray paint (I am never without a can of silver spray paint.) I had planned to re-cover it in faux cowhide just to throw that current hot trend into the room (kind of a Glam meets Kitsch, gets married, and has a funky bench baby), but I didn’t like my choices locally. I really wanted browns vs. blacks, and none of the faux brown cow hides looked remotely real (I spent many years in 4-H, trust me on this).
In the end, I chose this brown and white flannel. I had no idea flannel came in any patterns that weren’t checkered or nursery-themed, but this goes nicely with the comforter, and the silver does add a bit of glam to the room. I’ve always really liked a bench at the foot of the bed. Great place to put on shoes in the morning and throw all those decorative pillows at night (Why are there so many pillows? I hear my husband asking, again).
Distraction over. Next post will be solely about writing, promise!