Monday, March 24, 2014

Window Pane Decor

I acquired this old window pane from my mom.


She gave it to me when I was in grad school living in a HUGE apartment all by myself.  At the time, we put some pretty batika fabrics behind each pane of glass and hung it on a wall in my living room.  All of my apartment visitors commented on it and I felt like it was a really unique piece.

I have had aspirations of hanging this window pane in the master bedroom of our house for some time.  It has been residing in our basement collecting dust for almost a year until I recently sprang into action to get this back on the wall!

Our master bedroom is painted a light gray-blue color and our bedspread is a neutral light brown.  I decided that I wanted to pull in coral as my accent color for the room.  Coral is a tough color to come by - but after 2 fabric store trips, some Etsy browsing, and google searching - I found what I needed.

I decided I would select 4 coral based prints and 4 blue based prints to balance all of the color.  I searched for geometric prints and patterns that I thought would look good side-by-side.  The majority of my fabrics were purchased online via Etsy.  One of my fabrics came to me all the way from Australia!  Pretty cool, huh?

I cut my fabrics to size, ironed them, and taped them around cardboard cut to the size of the glass panes.  Next, I taped the cardboard to the wood panes of the frame.

Here is a picture of my final product hanging on the wall opposite of our bed in the master bedroom.  I love it!




I recently picked up coral sheets at Target and light blue nightstand lamps at Homegoods to continue tying the room together.



My next project for this room:  a homemade tufted headboard!  I think that a tufted headboard will really complete this room.  I've been surfing tutorials on how to do this online.  Hubby is up for it - we just need to find some time to get started!

Saturday, March 15, 2014

I'm still here!

I'm still here I promise! It's been awhile, eh?  Regular posts to resume soon. :-)