I just completed the design for the winner of my online room design giveaway.

She was so much fun to work with and the perfect person to win.

She wanted her living room to be colorful, inviting, comfortable, and family friendly.

Here is a before picture of the living room:

The layout of the furniture was the first problem I noticed.

Since this room is used mainly to visit with family and play games, I wanted to create a layout that allows for easy conversation. 

The next step was selecting the drapery. 

Since her accent colors are pinks, greens, and yellows, a dark blue was the perfect fit.

The bold chevron print will draw attention to the windows and add some spice to the space.

I think this floral chair from Pier 1 Imports was made for this room.

The print is stunning and the colors are spot on.

Storage was an issue in this room.

isn’t it always?

I was inspired by this Ikea expedit bookshelf hack and knew it would be perfect in the space.

The shelving will solve the storage issue and also provide a place to display some personal decorative items. Her existing piece of wall art will hang above it with silhouettes of her family flanking each side.

A new neutral rug and some colorful graphic pillows will complete this room.

I can’t wait to see it come together!

 The talented Jane from Modern Jane is here today.
How lucky are we.
I love reading Jane’s blog and her home is gorgeous!

Hi there! I’m Modern Jane and I’m thrilled that Danielle asked me to come by today and share some of my favorite textiles from around my home.

I love fabrics, pillows, and curtains. I can get lost in a fabric store or browsing though online fabric sites. My mom rolls her eyes when I head directly to the pillow aisle at Home Sense, in search of that perfect down-filled cushion. I have a collection of fabrics that I have bought out of love, without a project in mind. I’m sure I’ll find a spot somewhere, some day to use them!

I want to share some of my favorites from the living room. The back wall has a geometric wallpaper, so most of the textiles in the room are fairly monotone, solid colors, as to avoid too much contrast in pattern.

I love the contrast of the nubby cream pillows with the raw silk blue ones.

The furry brown pillow is quite possible the softest thing I’ve ever felt.

I picked up this chair, and its twin, from a local motel and had them reupholstered in a soft blue fabric.

I added some flirty cream felt pillows (Which are magnets for dog hair, but are too cute to replace yet!)

I love color and pattern too!

Danielle – Thanks so much for having me today!

I hope you all enjoyed my little tour of textiles around my home!

Also, I am guest posting over at Roost today.

Marissa is hosting Mens Week and I am discussing how I incorporated my hubby’s style in our home!

Go here to check it out!

We bought our condo almost 2 years ago.

It was built in the 70’s and the construction quality is less than fabulous.

Although the condo seemed hopeless, I had no choice but to make it work.

Here is what the master bedroom looked like the first time we saw it.

If you are going to sell, please please please clean up.

Most people can not see past the mess.

I wish I had a better picture of the whole room!

and today…

much better!

Total cost of the room makeover: $585.00

I am in need of some pillows for my sofa.

I even have the original pillows that came with the sofa still on it, ahhh!

I so badly want to go on Etsy, a.k.a “pillow crack”, and purchase 5 gorgeous new pillows.

My thrifty side says no…I sure hate that side sometimes.

I pulled out some of the leftover fabric scraps sitting in my closet.

Do you have a million scraps laying around too?                 

All I need is 20″ x 20″ pieces or smaller.

I plan on adding a solid color to the back so that my fabric can make more pillows.

I also want to learn how to sew a pillow with piping.

It has been on my to-do list for a while.

I am going to follow this tutorial.

Hopefully I can use my leftover scraps to make at least 3 of my pillows.

I also plan on purchasing a couple floral pillows, unless you have a scrap you want to swap?

A scrap swap, seems like such a good idea…