Couch Makeover

So, we have had this couch for awhile. Adam had the couch when I moved in with him. I did not mind it so much then but then I was just sick of it. I had to figure out something but I knew that a new couch was not in the budget. We switched couches out for a while and took a couch from Adams dad that he was getting rid of. The couch was  white stripped and looked nice but it was little and very uncomfortable. Adam and I enjoy snuggling on the couch and watching TV at night and that couch was just not working. Needless to say, I had to have my old couch back. We switched back and guess what. Comfortable but still ugly.

Here is a before picture of our couch.

This is what the couch looks like with the pillows facing forward. Horrible, right?

And this is a pic. of the couch with the pillows reversed and some decorative pillows that I made. From this picture the couch does not look that bad. Trust me when I say it is not that pretty.

So on with my inspiration for my "new" couch. I found this picture on Pottery Barns website.

I just love the clean and crispness of the couch. It is so pretty and inviting. It is a drop cloth slip cover and so easy to remove and be able to wash. Still more than I wanted to pay though. For our size couch it was right around $200. Still more than I was willing to fork out for a slipcover.

Now, onto the big reveal.

This is an ampersand pillow that I made. I just used some left over fabric and painted the symbol onto the pillow. When the paint had dried I outlined it with blue yarn.

I covered two of the original pillows with some more extra fabric that I had from my kitchen table runners. I love the way my pillows turned out.

This is the couch in all of its glory. I went to Menard's and bought a huge drop cloth from the paint department. I do not remember the exact dimensions but I think they were close to 9' by 12'. When I got it home it was not big enough to hang all the way to the floor on both sides. I sent Adam back and had him pick me up a second one. I just tucked in the middle seem and it fit perfect. I am sooooo happy with the way that it looks. And the best part was that the drop cloths were on sale for $12 each. Not to shabby for a $24 dollar couch makeover:)

My Angels

Today, I am not going to post a new idea or decoration that I have done at my house. Today, I am going to show you why I breath, smile and am the proudest momma in the world.

This is Gabriel and Grace. They are the most beautiful babies in the world. This is what my life is like everyday. Heaven is what I would call it.

Gabriel loves him some Mac 'N' Cheese (N Cheese as he would say). He likes to wear hats, and he had to have a bib because "baby" had one.

How can you not fall in love with this face. I can not believe that she will be 1 year old in 3 days.

I love my life. Everything about it. I am so glad that I have been given this opportunity to stay home and be with my kids everyday of their incredible lives.

Dining Room Reveal

Even though my dining room is not completely done it is almost there. I have been working really hard on it and it still needs some work but I am finally in a good place with it. I am ready to reveal it in all of its beauty and I hope that you are all as happy with it as i am.

We had a giant hole in the ceiling when we moved in from god knows what and this was the easiest and cheapest way that we found to fix it. It still needs a touch up but I just painted a 2X4 with black spray paint to match the pot rack and had Adam hang it. I hung the pot rack all by myself though :)

This cabinet is a wine rack on one side and then had shelving on the other. I removed the shelves and hid our trash can. I love that you can not see our trash can anymore.

This little bistro set I received from my mom last year. It was outside by our pool but I decided to move it into our dining room this year.

This is the buffet that we added. We NEEDED more space so we had to build something. With 6 people the normal cabinets was just not enough. I LOVE this so much.

Since we did not have an extra room for our office Adam decided to add extra counter space to make a small office for our computer and all of our bills and stuff. Now that Adam has his own office building it is nice for the kids to do their school work and stuff.

This is the table that was in my entry way. I have wanted an island but we do not have the space so i decided to try this out. I think that it looks so cute and it will be nice to have a little more prep. room.

Like I said, we still have some work to do. Painting is a few spaces. Trim work and a couple of other finishing touches. Other than that, I am so happy with where we are headed.