Pillow talk.....anyone?

As teased about....my lovely DIY Pillow covers came this week and I cannot wait to show some of them off in my neatened up livingroom :) This is the hardest room in my house to style. It is the first room you see when you come in, the last impression when you leave and it is a doozy of a space to make fit into our lifestyle. 12' x 22'...it's a bowling alley.

I am not a "formal" diningroom kinda gal. I aspire to be.....but with the amount of boys here and the dog (who you'll see) I gave that up for a sturdy harvest table, benches and $8.00 IKEA plastic stacking chairs in the kitchen/diner until they go to college.

So our bowling alley is actually an office/ library and sitting room adjacent to our kitchen/diner. Take a tour? Please do, don't forget to look at all the sexy pillows!!!

The new addition here is the sofabed from my Mom (who has a new teeny apartment and couldn't take it with her).











One problem....this is what is hiding beneath the slipcover....avert your eyes if you have a weak stomach.

Here is the other side, a setee just for you to rest into while I go get us something to drink...lovely little vintage piece I picked up for $40 that creates a neat seat and the right amount of tension in a very contemporary home.

The side table in here is a rescue from my husband's family cottage. I gained a sister-in-law over the past few years that likes to "clean out" and burn things up there. I have now rescued a number of things, this gateleg being one of them. Seriously, who would throw this on a pile?? Don't answer that. My husband already weighed in on this issue :)

Who doesn't have a book called the "Dangerous Book for Boys"? LOL













The office ended up being a corner of the bowling alley next to the front window and across from the "WALL of CRAP".

I keep the only puter in the house in plain view....again with the boys being the reason here. You know what boys google at 1 am? No? Don't ask.

Quinn likes this spot. He's secretly taking over the world from this location :)

We moved the mid-century desk I scored last year for Liam's room here and I labelled the drawers for the minions to place items appropriately. You know, so I'm not screeching throughout the house like a banshee looking for a pen! Don't worry about Liam, he's getting a better deal (wink wink).

The curtains are hung from a tension wire system from IKEA and are sari fabric from Vancouver that my sister sourced and bought for me on a trip back home

Told ya you would see the dog! So there you have it, my bowling alley, revamped and revealed :) Did you spot some of those sexy pillows????

Thanks Sugarplum!

Do you know Cassie? She blogged about this fantastic dealio a number of weeks ago and I just about DIED!

So, when in doubt.....VISA to the rescue! Unfortunately, I found out mid-purchase that yardage does not ship to Canada :( BOOOOOO! However, being tenacious (as I have been told I can be), I did find out that the pillow covers could be shipped!

*cue the angels here*

So, I ordered and have received 7 lovely covers for around my casa. Pics to come for sure but here is a teaser :)

Thanks be to the lovely LISA from DIY Pillows for the quick shipping. I've been stalking my mailbox for a week!

Hello Universe? I wanna get off now.

The swirling, roiling chaos of my life has seriously impeded my projects, my hobbies, my sanity. I have been in a whirlwind of CRAZY. From back-to-school, to Mom, to working more overtime than I thought possible to meals, to garbage night, to homework, to husband's work on strike.....man I could go on. But I won't. Suffice to say, I apologize for being conspicuously absent these past few weeks. I hate NOT blogging or keeping up with my peeps. I'll be trying to get here more this next week after the general melee sorts itself out....

For now...