Living Room Make Over With Marimekko And Lotta Jansdotter

It was long over due! 

Ever since I made new cushion covers for a friend of mine, I was thinking about giving my own living room a make over. I was not only thinking new cushion covers but also giving our coffee table a new look as well (I was inspired by this diy-coffee-table-ottoman-tutorial that I found on Pinterest).

First, there was the hard decision of choosing fabric... it took me several weeks! At the end, I chose a mix of Marimekko´s "Kompotti" and Lotta Jansdotter´s "Glimma" collection. Both beautiful fabrics in a gray-blue-brownish color theme. 

This is how my living room looked before - the coffee table had several scratches and also these awful looking corner pads which you buy when you have small children: 

And here is what it looks like now: 

And of course my kids think it is the best new play area in the house!

And here are some pictures of "the making": 

I love this fabric! I am just a little nervous about little chocolate fingers...

DIY Fleece Slippers

 

Today, I made fleece slippers for my daughter (you never know when the cold weather will come). I was inspired by this Pinterest post which will lead you to this tutorial.  

As long as you have some fleece and Suede Sherpa fleece on hand you are good to go!

Drawstring Bags

My little boy needed a bag for the start of preschool. Not a lunch bag, but a bag to bring his change of clothes, extra shoes, etc. And he had the airplane fabric already picked out!

I didn´t have a lot of time to make an extravagant bag as I´ve started the project one day before school started. So, I chose a very simple quick and easy tutorial that I found on Pinterest. 

The bag turned out to be a little big for my little boy, but he likes it anyway!

And probably because this "too big" bag reminded me of a laundry bag, I decided to make an even bigger one for this exact purpose. 

I am sure I will make some more of those soon!!