Long weekends are great for home DIY projects! I sometimes feel that I just need a full day to get a few things done that I don’t always have time for over normal weekends….
My baby is now due in little less than a month, so the “nesting” effect they speak about has started taking its toll on me. My mother made my firstborn’s name (Elizabeth) with beautiful letters for me to put above her bed. The letters are covered with every piece of left over ribbon or wool or piece of material – a multi-coloured artwork!
Now the ‘new to be born’ also needed her name above her bed! Because I love beautiful pieces of fabric, I have to guard against falling into the trap of having too many different colours and patterns in the girls’ room. I thus decided to take the leftover fabric from the scatter cushion which I made for Elizabeth and cover the letters of HENDRIEN with it. Underneath the fabric, I put some batting to give the letters another dimension… and “whoalla”!
I also finally painted the shelf for their room! This was also painted with Annie Sloan’s chalk paint, and I mixed my own colour: a bit of Paris Grey, Original and Anitbes Green. I probably cannot call this shelf a specific colour, but I do think it looks much better than the dark oak version, perfect for handmade dolls, vintage tea sets and the pretty things girls want to display!
