Decorating Mania!

I am weird. Sometimes things that are popular or normal make me balk-- I want to be different. Cue really short haircut.
My plan for decorating wherever we end up, be it house or apartment, is a big mix of vintage, mod, artistic, whimsical, crafty, but all in all, very cheap. And DEFINITELY not normal or mass produced looking. I want to reupholster chairs, make cool pillows.... I have lots of ideas of how to do everything myself.

I am SO excited. I love having a project. And I think I'll enjoy sifting through Craigslist and thrift stores until I find just what I want. I love sewing and feeling creative and thrifty. I think I can do this, too. Updates on my progress to follow. Rest assured I won't get too ambitious. For example, I would not actually reupholster a complicated chair myself. I'd either hire someone, or pick a chair like the one below. That one would be easy to make a new cushion for.


Here are some general inspirational pictures of what I like. What do you think?




I really want a tree like this with shelves, though less girl-ish, somewhere in my house.





A stack of cushions, like this one, by the living room couch-- I like that. There was an article about this. She made this cushion out of extra upholstery fabric stuffed with old sweatshirts. So easy.








I could totally make something like this quote.


Trees again. I like the owl.


I have alphabet cards like this ready for Dorothy's room, actually.

Yea! Wish me luck! I should really do other things then spend my evenings looking at decorating blogs....