Fabric Canvas

Here is another post for your reading and viewing pleasure where it took me three times longer to write the post and take the photos and doctor them up than it did to actually do the project. I'm hoping it was worth having a filthy house and unwashed sheets and missing Oprah.


This week I'm telling you that I am gonna show you the playroom and the homeschool room. Why, you ask? Maybe because I am so wanting to share every nook and cranny of my home with you? Maybe because some of you keep emailing me begging me to show you where my boys play and learn? NO. {sidenote--I changed that color to be really dramatic and now I don't know how to get that regular color back, hate me} I wish I were so kind. I am doing it because those rooms are both disgracefully messy and the only way they are gonna get any cleaner is for me to promise you that I will show them to you. So I must.


I am starting with a wall in the playroom. Because I have yet to clean and my boys can't pile toys on the wall. The room is a small bedroom. It's painted builder beige of course and I don't feel like painting it. I think lots of fabric with color and texture might help it feel more personal. So let's get too it!


*Get you a canvas or 12. Or any number that you want. Maybe you have old ones laying around that are painted on--use those if you don't need them anymore. I had some left over from an old project that the boys did.


*Next you need fabric. I have a huge stash. This is why you should always keep scraps of fabric. I keep all things fabric--old drapes, tablecloths, pillow cases--I'll bet you have something right now in your closet that you could use.


*You need a staple gun {Matilda} and staples, I use mine quite often. But not near as much as my glue gun--you need that more--but not for this project.

Now, wrap that canvas


I like using different fabrics that look good together and then hanging them really close together. You could stop right there and have a great wall. I only have three canvases and am not about to pay full price for them. So as soon as they go on sale again I am buying six, yes six more (2 for $5) and putting up 3 rows of 3.


Let's make this a little more interesting. Grab some extra ribbon and some ring clips that every woman should have in her home. Loop that ribbon, thread on a ring and staple it to the back. See?
Now stagger the lengths and use different colors...


Better, now let's staple on some ribbon and fringe vertically too!


Looking good! I'll post more photos as soon as that sale starts!


PS I just heard that Corine Baily Rae's husband was found dead. I am so sad for her, please keep their family in your prayers. She's the one singing this song that you hear.