That's More Like It

When we added onto our house we put in this office desk. It very quickly became cluttered with mail and kid art on top of the computer and calendar, etc. It seemed a shame so I was determined to clean it up or at least organize it.

And, I feel like I mostly accomplished that. I added a cushion to the chair, a fabric-covered cork board (made just like this one), and a bill organizer for the back wall. It looks cluttered but it's actually much more organized and, well, prettier. I also bought a smaller desk calendar from Ruff House Art on etsy.
Here is the seat cushion. The chair we picked up at a yard sale we adore each and everyone of its nicks and knocks.

Here is a close up of the cork board and organizer, the fabric is all from Sew Mama Sew.

On the bottom of the seat cushion I put the pajama foot fabric to keep it from shifting. It's difficult to sew (because it sticks!) so it came out a bit wonky but that's ok, I don't have to see it and it really works to keep the cushion in place.

Oh, the things I could buy...

I am absolutely in love with everything that Nikki McClure has ever made. I splurged on her book "Collect Raindrops" after my sister bought two of her children's books "Awake to Nap" and "Welcome" for Cal. And, that led to me NEEDING her 2008 calendar and it's been a full-fledged love affairs since then. How does she do it! Cut with an exacto knife from black paper and capture all of life's most amazing moments. I'm blown away and imagine she and I are good friends and she loves me. I also go all gooey for the entire Roebuck furniture line. It looks so sturdy and fun. This chick chair is one of my favorites but really everthing is great.

Front Porch Advice

So, we got this great front porch furniture from Target. I love it, it was inexpensive and turns our front porch in a whole additional room in the house. Most nights we eat our here and Cal loves to play out here. It's great. The only problem is, nothing matches. I thought about recovering the furniture because it has such an old-fashioned design and is kind of itchy (it's that outdoor-style fabric that isn't soft AT ALL). But, given the cost of heavy-duty fabric (a cost I am recently all too familiar with, see post below) I was thinking I might switch gears and try to make a rug from old scraps. Any thoughts, advice, rug tutorials, or furniture recovery tips! I honestly might have enough leftover fabric from the curtain craziness going on but that project will take years given my new fears so I can't count on that. Help!