Soft furnishing ideas

 Today, I´d like to share a hobby that I really enjoy doing...

and that  is  decorating with soft furnishings... I love designing and

 creating them, too!

So far, I´ve done quilts, pillowcases, tablecloths, blankets, placemats,

 linens, curtains and and and.... 

Scouring the flea market is for me a fave pastime and sometimes

 if  I´m lucky, the loot could include vintage linens, even hand

 embroidered  pillowcases and tablecloths.  

About a week ago, school kids in our area organized a  flea market, 

 it was one of those I thought would be boring.. 

but, I found some  hand embroidered  doilies and this pretty 

  crocheted  tablecloth in PINK.... yes, in PINK !!!

 Pink isn´t my  color since I would usually crochet using white thread..

  My heart went weak,  I couldn´t resist this one, the price tag was

 only 0.50 Euro cents and  it looked so crisp as if it has never been used.

  What the heck I thought,   I´m going to get it and I would have to

  do something to make it fit into my decorating scheme... 

Soooooooh!..... using my imagination , I´ve searched for the right 

fabric from my stash and... bingo, I found one that coordinated

 with the pink crocheted cloth.. and so above the table setting above was born...

I have some weakness for white pillowcases, I collect some and I 

just have to have them. I did some myself, got a few as hand-downs

 as well as bought a pair from places I´ve been to...

 the above are a few from my collection..

Curtains are easier and fast to make, with all the  curtain 
materials  and accessories available in the market, they are not really
that difficult  to make... I really love making them. All the curtains 
featured on this site were made by me...

If you want to see more of the curtains I made, please click
 the links below

Curtains for a Mediterranean Retreat

and

a romantic bedroom

I hope this blog has given you some inspirations..

Thank you for reading and visiting me..

Have a nice and good start of the week!!!

Decorate A Small Elegant Bedroom

       Note: 

All soft furnishings, bed canopy, headboard  were all made by myself.

                This posting has a youtube video called  decorate a small elegant bedroom

   

It´s the english style of interior decorating that fascinates me most, especially those flower printed fabrics  which give a room that chic cottage feeling are just lovely.

You don´t even  have to spend an enormous amount of money to achieve the elegance you want in a room. In fact, elegant bedrooms can also get their charm from inexpensive collectibles, fleamarket finds, recycled furnitures and bargain quality fabrics.

Of course, color is very important to the style chosen.

 With colors, you get fabulous effects if materials and objects harmonize with each other. The concept is a bit femine...

 but, it looks romantic!

 My budget was limited, so regardless of color and the room´s north facing location, I spontaneously bought at sale 8 meters (double width = 280 cm ) of a rose printed fabric.

I love the design and I thought it nicely suited the room to be decorated. 

The fabric is 100 % cotton, an it´s also machine washable.

The rest of my decorating scheme was developed around this flower design material. I think it really made the room look elegant, cozy and romantic.

It was fun making the headboard, I made a template according to the shape I like. Of course, I considered the width of the bed mattress  extending the template with 2 cm more on each side.

Then, I cut the wood myself using the template, glue the preshaped sponge, then  I upholstered it with a chenille fabric, giving a trimming by using the curtain fabric to give a bit of contrast to the headboard.

For the curtains, I used curtain bands, the draw string type, so you just have to sew the band to the fabric, pull its string and gather the fabric to a perfect pencil sheared side curtain...I used velcro to attach the pelmet to the curtain rail.

To add a personal touch, I´ve added a self made framed crossstitch alphabet.. I think the red color and the beige background of the the embroidery fit nicely to the overall wall decor. The plates were found at the fleamarket as well as the framed watercolors of flowers.

  

       The pic above shows that mood can change the atmosphere of the room 

if you use different  colors for your soft furnishings.

If you can´t decide what style you want for a room, just go by your instincts!

Decorate it for your own comfort and with the things you love.

Go eclectic, do not be afraid to mix mismatched furnitures as well as the old and modern... afterall, it is your room and you´ve got to like and enjoy it yourself......

    Happy Decorating!

Til next,

Mercy