Mudroom {Revealed} and DIY Pillows

It’s been quite a week for our little mudroom or mud “hallway”.  My goal was to transform this transition space into something a bit cheerier since it’s the way we enter our home from the garage.  We started with this:

Cleared the decks and began fresh:

Painted some stripes and inserted decorative storage baskets {Target $9.99} into the cubbies:

Made a no-sew bench seat and added a mirror {Hobby Lobby- $25 on sale}:

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

{mirror before a couple of coats of white spray paint}

And finally, adorned the bench with a few pillows made from scratch with my brand new sewing machine!  I’ve never sewn before, so this is a new adventure for me.  Be kind. 

HOW TO SEW A PILLOW

I basically followed the tutorial by Janell at Isabella & Max Rooms, except I didn’t use a pillow insert, I used poly stuffing.  And although I did iron my fabric before sewing, I didn’t iron the seams. 

1.  Lay the fabric inside out, use chalk to make an outline for where to sew, and secure with straight pins.

  

2.  Sew your stitches leaving a 6-inch opening to insert the stuffing, trim the excess fabric.

    

3.  Turn the fabric right-side out and stuff the pillow full being mindful of lumps.

 

4.  Pin the final opening and handstitch closed while watching Top Chef.

 

After adding a few more pillows, our mudroom now looks like this:

 

And because I love a good “before” and “after”:

 BEFORE

AFTER

 

Now that’s a space I’m happy to come home to!  Have a great weekend y’all!  I’ve got fall decor on my mind for the weekend, hmmm . . . .

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