Second Attempt at Front Room {new pillows}

I really tried to appreciate the added color in the room when I made THESE pillows.  But it just never looked right.  So I moved those pillows into the family room where they match much better, and tried to add more white to brighten things up.  The thing is, this room just doesn’t “feel” like me.  It’s far too dark for my liking and well, as mentioned in that post we obviously haven’t moved yet so I wanted a cheap way to help the room out a bit ;).So this is my second attempt to make the room brighter with warm colors, though I much prefer the grays and fun cooler tones that are everywhere these days.  But without painting and getting new couches, this is where we’re at. (um, the picture is not crooked, my camera was when taking the picture and I guess I’m too lazy to fix it now).

The old shade on the shorter lamp was brown, so I replaced it with a fun textured lampshade from Target.

I used the same tutorial for the invisible zippers on the pillows–but this time I ironed my zippers despite the tutorial saying you didn’t need to with an invisible zipper foot.  I found it looked MUCH better after ironing the zippers first!

The fabric was from a fun store called Home Fabrics (in Utah).  They are so affordable for really great quality home decor fabrics.

Despite it still not being my style, it does look better than before.   There are still things I can do to the room, but sewing always trumps home decorating for me.  I sometimes wish I felt differently, but free time is sparse and until we are in our next home, I don’t want to invest a lot of money or time into something that won’t be ours for much longer!