Here is what it started out like (minus the cushion)
After hours sewing, and seam ripping, and willing my numb brain to focus this is what it looks like now.
I am so happy with how it turned out. Flaws? You bet, but it still makes me happy. My living room looks so much bigger now without that dark green blob of a chair. And the little ruffle on the bottom adds a great element I think. Now I want to start on the couch.Last night my babies returned home from staying at Grandma and Grandpa's for their spring break. You should see their tans! I should have taken a before and after photo it's that amazing. Sitting next to them my pasty white skin looks downright translucent.
And this is what it looks like now. Green and white with a splash of blue here and there. I love the look. Sorry it is really hard to get a good picture in here, not a lot of room. New artwork on the walls above the bed and newly sewn pillow covers on the bed.
Changed the curtains to this wonderful flower print with all the right colors in it. Added the cute plates above the window. 
Added some pretty things to both bedside tables. What a difference that made. (don't you just love the ugly gray bed controls - - there so chic!Ha!)
Hung this ironwork in the perfect shade of green over the door leading into the hallway.
I think this I have shown before, but I added a few new things to the top of the cabinet and the dresser. 
Added these handy hooks to the side to the dresser. I think this is my favorite improvement in the room. I no longer have to look at my ugly "necessities" sitting on my dresser. 
That's it! It looks a little more lived in and I didn't spend more than fifty bucks to spruce it up a bit.
The second project I actually finished a couple days ago but had not hung them yet. That's what I did today. I have always loved looking at rooms of scrapbookers who displayed their pages in frames on the wall before putting them in books. Always thought that was so nice and wanted to try it myself. So I set about making two mini pages to show off a couple of my favorite pictures of the girls. Nothing fancy or too complicated, just photos and pretty paper. This is what I came up with.
I think they turned out pretty good. Here they are hanging on my awkward wall leading into my kitchen from the dinning room.
Have a great weekend. Planing to head to my mom and dad's this weekend and hoping to visit her wonderful Goodwill store. See you on Monday. 
Here they are hanging in the room. 
A super simple project that took no longer then a half hour. I love simple. (looking at the picture I should have probably turned the fabric, but I don't think it will matter that much).
I think they are potholders but I am not sure. I planned at the time to frame and hang them in the girls pink and white room. This is the week I'm putting my plan into action. Today I painted a couple old frames and now I am looking for some cute scrapbook paper to use as a backing. I think it is going to turn out super sweet.
The next slipcover I attempted was with applique. I have never tried this before. Once I figured out how to cut the letters and the heat bond to match it went together very fast. Well, that is until I came to the edging. I tried three different edges. I like the end result but next time I think rounding the corners would look better. All in all I think it turned out great for a first attempt.
Here are both pillows on the bed, cute don't you think. It works great with my summer colors(I've been working on my bedroom redo for the spring/summer and it is almost ready to show it off - coming soon)
The red striped curtains are for my winter decorating. I really like them but I like to lighten things up in the spring and summer. Notice below my dinning area is looking a little bare. That is because Little Miss Climber is in the house today(you can see the top of her head in the lower right hand corner). Because she is here all chairs, stools and buckets are either placed up on tables and counters or pushes up against the wall a safe distance from the table.
After much ironing, this is what my living room looks like now.
Here is a close up of the curtains. They are not sheers but almost, they have this lovely stripe that I think is wonderful.
This little guy has been following me around all day. I think he misses the girls already. Hang in there Zebby only a little more than a week to go.
Hope you all have a great weekend. 
This picture you saw yesterday but had to show it again because it's my favorite. I think the new bird prints are sweet. The frames I think need to be bigger but I have not found the perfect ones yet, so still working on that.
This is the little table next to my couch in the living room. I need to replace the red table runner but that is a sewing project in the works. Love how this turned out.
Here is a close up.
Here are two closeups of my all-time favorite flowers photos. Both were taken in my mothers garden. She is amazing with flowers. (love the barn in the background and the perfect yellow of the second photo, amazing!)
Here is a closer view. I've noticed in the pictures it seems a little cluttered for my taste but in real life it seems much better, and I like the way it turned out. 
Added some paper eggs that I painted, a little leftover basket grass from last year and a bunny, very cute I think.
Here are my little birdhouses from a previous post. I liked it but thought it needed some dimension, so I lifted a couple up on a stack of CD cased wrapped in pretty paper(couldn't find a book the right size). I think it turned out ok. Would love to have a sign behind the birdhouses but have not found the right one yet. 
This shelf I love. Love the stack of books with the birdhouse on top and love, love, love the bird print. I purchased a digital brush kit from Designer Digitals, changed the color, printed it out, added some pretty paper and ta-taaaa a cute little spring delight. 
Here is a close up. Don't you just love it. 
To my dinning table I added a urn filled with more leftover basket grass and some adorable spotted eggs I picked up at JoAnne's. Placed that on a plastic vinyl place mat I fell in love with also from JoAnnes. 
Here is a close up. I think I need to add a tray under the urn or something. It seems a little unfinished to me but I haven't come up with the solution yet so it will have to work for now.
In the kitchen I added this cute tree and bunny and lots of jelly beans (my favorite) and I think it adds just a touch of Easter to the room. 
So there you go, my house decorated for Easter. Glad it is done. 
I still have a lot of decorating to do but it seems a little each day is working for me. It's fun to watch the house change bit by bit.
