Thursday, May 23, 2013

When You Really Need Cushions






What do you do when you're too cheap to pay the big money for cushions for your wicker chairs?


Well, if you're me, you improvise.



 Throw rug is a homemade rag rug I got for $1 at a garage sale, 
a favorite that is a treat to pull out to use for the summer.

What I did is bought four pillow shams for my wicker that match my porch decor at Pottery Barn outlet for $7 each.  Then I got some old pillows out of the attic.


The shams are a blue gingham with red trim!  PERFECT!  I found them in the kid's section late this winter.  I had this use in mind when I found them. 


This crochet rag rug is a favorite, bought it filthy dirty at a garage sale for $1 and have had it for years, 
I save it just for the porch in summer. 


WAY cheaper than buying ready-made lawn-furniture cushions that I never can find in the colors I need for our Old Centennial Farmhouse front porch.

Sometimes, they're thrown on the chairs in this direction, sometimes the opposite, but one thing for sure, they're comfortable and home-y and they fit the need I have for very little money.

I can wash them whenever I need to and the bonus is that 
June-Bug loves them, she's always curled up in a cushion for her nap.


Meow!  JuneBug says HOWDY!


XOXO


Saturday, May 4, 2013

Spring has come to Michigan




We are finally getting outside to get some things done.  Winter lasted a long time!  Our garden will be larger this year.  Will yours be larger as well?