Cute Upholstered Ikea Pom Pom Stools

While wandering aimlessly through Ikea a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon the Frosta stools and decided they were just way too cute to pass up.  I bought 3 of them because one just wasn't going to cut it.  Since I couldn't really decide on a fabric I decided to hit Ebay to bid on some embroidered table cloths from India.  I got them for less than $20 with shipping included!  If you ever need something colorful & bohemian (and amazing), THIS is where to go!  Thanks to my friends at FairfieldWorld.com I had some foam and batting at the ready to hack the hallelujah out of these stools!  Now they're just my style.  Remember, hack everything, use beautiful fabrics and always Make Your Mark! 

Like colorful mushrooms on my lawn

Watch how to make them here!

STUFF I USED

1. Embroidered tablecloth from Ebay

2.  Matching heavy cotton

3.  Pompom trim

4. Craft knives & Staple Gun

5.  Americana Decor Outdoor Living paints

6. Sewing machine

7. Ikea Frosta Stools

8.  2" Cushion Foam & Cushion Wrap from Fairfield World

9. E-6000 Fabri-Fuse  

HERE'S HOW

1.  Cut the tablecloth into for equal pieces

*If the pieces are large enough to cover the stool seats, skip steps 2. & 3. 

2. & 3.   Cut 4" strips and sew them to the edges of the squares to even out the pieces 

and make them bigger

4. & 5. Trace the stool seat on the 2" foam and cut out with a fully extended craft knife

6.  Glue the foam to the top of the Frosta seat

7. Cut a piece of batting large enough to wrap the foam and wood seat and staple it around the base of the wood seat

8.  Trim the edges

9. &10. Center your fabric on top of the seat, flip over and staple around the underside 

along the edge and trim

OPTIONAL IF YOU WANT TO COVER THE UNDERSIDE OF THE STOOL

  11.  Trace another seat on poster board and cut

12.  Trace the circle on fabric and cut

13.  Cut 1/2" from the poster board circle all the way around

14.  Press the fabric around the poster board to create a clean, crisp edge

15.  Glue to the underside of the stool to cover the staples and let dry

16.  Paint the legs with Outdoor Living in colors that match the fabric

17.  Screw in the legs

18.  Glue pompom trim around the edge of each stool and pin in place until dry

Done!

Too cool for stool!

Bright Fiesta Furniture Makeover

Lately I've been in love with serape blankets.  Remember my Margarita Chair & Fiesta Trays from a few weeks back?  I love the mix of bright colors with black and white and how they ombre from light to dark.  Recently I found just the colors of serapes I wanted on Amazon and decided to create an entire outdoor dining room set with them.  As it happens, I found a set of comfy dining chairs (purchased at a thrift store) just perfect for this project.  Now all I needed to do was figure out how to get the color-to-color ombre effect I wanted.  Turns out almost any paint sprayer will work for this project. Check out the video to see just how I did it!  

Remember to use tons of color, go bright or go home and always 

Make Your Mark!

Ready for a colorful summer lunch with friends

 Just looking at this set makes me happy!

My beautiful new color-to-color ombre chairs

Watch how to make them here!

STUFF I USED

Americana Decor Outdoor Living Paint

Paint Sprayer

DecoArt Wood Reclaim

Thrift Store dining room set

Serape blankets

Fairfield 1/2" Cushion Foam

Staple Gun

Fairfield High Loft Batting

 HERE'S HOW

1.  I smoothed out the table top with DecoArt Wood Reclaim which is a heavy body acrylic coating that smooths out bumps, scratches and worn out veneer

2.  After I washed off all of the dirt and dust from my chairs I filled my Finish Max paint container with Outdoor Living in Harvest and then screwed it back to the sprayer

3.  Only after you've filled the container with your desired color and attached it to the sprayer, you then plug it in

4.  Spray the chair with smooth even strokes leaving the top 6" of the chair unpainted

5.  I put my chairs inside of a spray tent to dry to keep leaves, dirt and dust from getting on them while they dried

*Follow the instructions for cleaning the paint sprayer

6.  Fill the paint container with Sunset and paint the top 6" of the chair using large piece of cardboard about 4" away from the chair to block the paint from spraying too much on the lower painted area

*You want to he paint colors to blend from one to the other

7.  Next I sprayed the bottom of the 2 remaining chairs with Outdoor Living in Ladybug

 (This is such a hot beautiful color)

8.  Spray the tops of the 2 remaining chairs in Pansy

9. & 10.  Spray the bottom of the table in Turquoise Sky and the top in Adirondack using the same cardboard method 

11.  Remove the upholstered seats from the chairs and then remove the fabric from the seats

12.  Trace and cut 1/2" foam the size of the seat

13. Place the foam on top of a larger piece of batting and then place the seat face down on the foam

14. & 15. Staple the batting on the underside of the seat trapping the foam between the batting and the seat and then trim the excess batting

16. Cut the serape fabric about 6" wider and longer than the seat measurements

17.  Staple it in place over the batting

18. Screw the seat cushions back on the chairs

Done!

Come join me!

Harlequin Pattern Nailhead Trim Headboard

I have been on a redecorating kick for months now and it was finally time to tackle the bedroom.  After looking for a headboard for ages,  I just couldn't settle on one that I loved so I decided to try my hand at making over the Ikea headboard I had.  It was the right size but I feel like it was time to graduate from an Ikea headboard to something more ME.  I love harlequin patterns,  nailhead trim and soft padded headboards, so I married all of my favorite things and THIS is what happened.  I grabbed the 1/2" thick foam and batting from FairfieldWorld.com and got the nailhead trim on Amazon.  After deciding on my pattern I was off.  Remember to repurpose what you have first, just in case it turns out better than what you might have replaced it with.....Oh, and always 

Make Your Mark!

In love!

 Pillows anyone?

Ready for set up!

Watch how I put it together here!

STUFF I USED

1/2" Thick Cushion Foam

Poly-fil High Loft Batting

Ikea Malma Headboard (or wood cut to size)

Dritz Nailhead Trim in Antique Brass

E-6000 Fabri-Fuse

Staple Gun, Ruler and Pencil

Fabric of your choice

HERE'S HOW

1.  Draw out your design

2.  Transfer it to an actual size pattern on butcher paper

3.  Glue the 1/2" thick cushion foam to the headboard (or wood cutout) with Fabri-Fuse

*Cut and piece foam if you have to 

4.  Cut batting 6" larger than the headboard all the way around

5. & 6. Staple the batting evenly to the back of the headboard and trim the excess

7.  Cut the fabric 6" larger than the headboard all the way around and pin in place 

on the batting and foam

8.  Flip the headboard and staple the fabric all the way around

9.  My pattern had a boarder so I penciled it in with a ruler first

10.  Apply the nailhead trim around the boarder first

11.  Transfer the pattern to the rest of the headboard with a pencil

*I chose a harlequin pattern so I dotted at the intersections

12.  Apply the nailhead trim to the pattern until you're done

Ready for bed!

Unicorn SPiT Pillows

Did you know that you can dye fabric with Unicorn SPiT?  Well, you can!  It's easy and soooooo much less messy than traditional fabric dyes.  The colors are beautiful and vibrant, too!  There are several methods used on these pillows, but my favorite was the plastic bag method, which I'm sharing below.  Have fun!  Make summer pillows! Oh, and always Make Your Mark!

 For this pillow I painted stripes on moistened cotton fabric....Easy!

A little plastic bag and you're ready to "print" your fabric for this version!

Watch how I did it here!

STUFF I USED

Unicorn SPiT

Poly-fil

Cotton fabric

Sewing machine

Plastic bags

Minwax Clear Lacquer

Spray bottle and salt

Straight pins

HERE'S HOW

1.  Tape a plastic bag flat to a paper protected table making sure that the plastic is bigger than the fabric you're colorizing

2.  Squirt lines of Unicorn SPiT about 4" apart on the plastic

3.  Smoosh the lines together with your finger starting from light color to dark

 *I wore gloves for this

4. & 5. Moisten your cotton fabric (I used a piece that was 20" x 20") with a spray bottle and carefully place it on the plastic bag

6.  Take another piece of paper and place it on top of the fabric and press down so that the Unicorn SPiT prints on the fabric

7.  Remove the fabric and sprinkle salt on it

*When the salt dries it will give it a dotted, dappled look

8.  When the fabric is dry, seal the Unicorn SPiT with Minwax Acrylic Lacquer

LET'S MAKE THE PILLOW

9.  Pin a piece of same size fabric on top of the colorized fabric marking off a 5" area which will not be sewn

10.  Stitch around the edges using a 1/2" seam allowance

11.  Flip the pillow inside out through the 5" hole and stuff with Poly-fil

12.  Pin and hand stitch the hole closed

Summer fun

Easy Ottoman/Tuffet DIY

 I'm addicted to making tiny ottomans.....also known as tuffets.  I can't help it, they are just so damn cute.  The tuffet is the equivalent of a stud earring for the home.  Just the right amount of accessory without being overwhelming.  Fairfield sent me a tuffet kit a few weeks ago and I went to TOWN on this little monster.  You know what?  It was easy, too.  Not a single stitch to upholster it AND I managed to get the feet on without cursing.  A feat in itself.  As always, it's much easier to watch the video and see how it's put together, but I did include a step by step photo tutorial below.  Remember to learn new things, make tuffets and always Make Your Mark!

Ready for Miss Muffet

Showing off her legs!

Now that looks comfy!

Watch how it comes together here!

STUFF I USED

Embroidered Indian table cloth

Furniture feet and Attachment plates

Fairfield Tuffet Kit

Straight pins

Drill

E-6000 Fabri-Fuse

Americana Decor Outdoor Living Paint

Staple gun, ruler and pencil

 HERE'S HOW (PART 1)

1. 2. & 3.  Trace the wood tuffet base on paper, cut out and fold in quarters

4. 5. & 6.  Mark the quarter lines on the wood base with the pattern, measure the width of the tuffet feet and mark their placement on the drawn quartered lines

7.  Drill holes where you marked making sure the hole is the same size of the furniture leg screws

8. 9. & 10. Unfold the batting, place the foam in the center and glue the base on top of the foam with E-6000 Fabri-Fuse

10. & 11.  Pull the batting over the foam and evenly staple it around the tuffet working from opposite side to opposite side to make sure that it's even all the way around

12.  Trim off the excess batting

13.  Flip the tuffet and pin the fabric around it so that it's stable

14.  Staple the four fabric corners just over the edge of the batting

15.  Pull the fabric (in between the stapled corners) over the batting and staple them in place

HERE'S HOW (PART 2)

16. & 17.  Staple the excess fabric evenly on to the wood base and trim off all of the excess

Optional: Cover the base of the undersides of the tuffet

18. Use the wood base paper pattern to cut out fabric for the underside

19. 20. & 21.  Fold the pattern in quarters, cut off 1" from the edge then trace it on poster board and cut out

22. & 23.  Pin the smaller poster board circle to the fabric and press around the edges

24.  Glue the ironed fabric to the underside of the tuffet with more E-6000 Fabri-Fuse

25.  Paint the feet with a color of Americana Decor Outdoor Living that matches your fabric.  I chose Sunset

26.  Cut a tiny hole in the underside fabric over each hole that you drilled in the base

27.  Stick a paint brush handle through the attachment plate and the hole to align them perfectly

28. & 29.  Screw on the attachment plates for the feet and then screw in the legs

30.  Add trim around the base with E-6000 Fabri-Fuse and pin in place until it dries

Done!

Have a seat or put up your feet!