Presto Change-O!

This futon couch has been around for a while. I think Mom and Dad bought it in 2000 for my new room in the house, so the cover has served a good almost 9 year run. I still very much enjoy the cover, with the oriental sketches of bugs and characters. While it didn't look terrible (at least I thought)it didn't exactly pull the living room together. Gary and I had both mentioned on different occasions that the cover needed to be replaced and the other night we were talking about using my old fabric scraps and his t-shirts. It sounded fun but when I thought about the big picture it seemed like a lot of extra work and something that would look even more staggering on the whole.
Now, I love fabric. I mean LOVE it. I see something terrific and buy several yards, then hoard it. I keep justifying it by saying I'm saving it for something really grand, but it sits in the fabric trunk unused for who knows how long. I've come to realise that nobody wins, so I decided to offer up the prize near half-bolt of fabric that is so shabby cottage chic.
After I finished, I was quite pleased with the transformation. The actual construction isn't an entire futon cover, rather a jacket that goes over the visible part. I didn't want to wait on a ginormous zipper and I decided that I didn't want to disassemble the old cover and salvage that one. I'm pleased, it's super easy to remove and the colors pick up the curtains and the prints on the wall. It's not so alarmingly frou frou that Gary will vomit on sight, a courtesy I kept in mind when going through my stash of fabrics.

Before

After

A closer look

Mia and I had to bow out of feeding therapy today. I woke up horrible nauseous and she has been coughing all night, so I decided that it would be best for the general public if we took a day of recuperation. She'll get a double dose of socializing tomorrow while I have my endoscopy done but she was sad about not seeing her therapist today. I think they really enjoy working with each other.

Last night we went to Helens for dinner and stayed for her Lia Sophia jewelry party. I had been to a Cookie Lee party before, but I think I like this line better. The construction seems pretty sound and their replacement policy seems fool-proof. Your toddler could put a necklace in a blender and all you'd have to do is send it to the company with the guarantee paper for a replacement. It was nice and I decided that I'd host one to help Helen out with her loot and to have something to do sometime in the next few months. Mia did great, she watched movies with Caden and Erin and didn't get grouchy until I took her out of the car at home. I didn't realise how late it was when we left and knew she'd fall asleep in the car which meant nothing but whining and crying once we arrived home. Oh well, sleep in the bed you make, right?