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Tutorial: Easy Placemat Pillows

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25 Aug, 2010
Meredith
Before and After, Crafts, master bedroom, tutorial

The other day I came across these cute yellow placemats at Target.

They reminded me so much of the colors in our master bedroom that I decided to get a couple and turn them into accent pillows!

I’ve seen tutorials on turning placemats into pillows on several other blogs, but here’s how I did it.

Step 1: Iron your placemats

Step 2: With scissors or a seam ripper, take out the stitches in one edge of the placemat

Step 3: Using your favorite polyester filling, stuff the placemat/ pillow cover

Step 4: Close the seam – I chose to hot glue mine shut (sooo easy)

Step 5:  Admire your new pillows!

Here’s a reminder of what our bedroom looked like before our new pillows.

And here it is now!

Of course my girls felt the need to get in on some photos, as usual!

I hope you liked the quick and easy placemat pillow tutorial.  Now go grab some placemats and start stuffing!

I’m linking to The Link Party at Tea Rose Home

Frugal Friday at the Shabby Nest

Remodelaholic’s Anonymous

UPDATE: My tutorial has been featured on the Remodelaholic blog!  I have to say, it has to be one of my favorite blogs for daily inspiration.  If you haven’t checked it out before, I highly recommend it!

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A Home Decor Where’s Waldo

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10 Jun, 2010
Meredith
Home Decor, master bedroom

How many of you have seen the new Sex and the City movie?  My gals and I finally got to see it Monday night, and I have to say I was disappointed.  Anything but stellar acting, a very shallow story line, and puns worse than Pam from The Office’s original hair style left me feeling like I’d wasted my money.

However, the one redeeming factor of the film (aside from the fact that it only cost $4 on weeknights – woot!) was the fashion – both the clothing and the interior decorating.  Carrie, Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte wore some pretty wild outfits and got to chill in some FABULOUS spaces, but my absolute favorite room in the whole movie was Carrie and Big’s entry at their new apartment.  Can you guess why?

(Carrie stands in her entryway)

(A photo of our master bedroom)

Yup, you guessed it!  I have the same mirror hanging above my bed that Carrie and Big had in their over the top, lavishly decorated NYC pad.  I guess you could say, I’m on the cutting edge of interior decorating.  Just call me trend-settah! ;)

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