Fabric Play

Curtains and other coverings can be easily made for old sofa’s that would give them a new light making them more interesting seemingly changing with the times as it passes by. Scraps from yard sales and thrift shops where odds and ends can be sewn together cheaply making them look as if they were quilts or purpose made covers. Have the measurements made by a professional seamstress if you don’t have the necessary skills or simply wing it and get it on to find that creative side of you that’s been hidden for a long time. Sill can’t find your groove, get everything down to a friend’s and get it done, you get to make your cover and get a friend to make it with and make life a bit easier.
Get some larger pieces and drape them all over the place for a feel of freedom, choose a motif or mix and match, using complementary colors to make something simple, purely unique and enjoyable. Curtains need not be formal and starched, they can be as colorful as you like, drab wall, use some fabric to cover it up and then hang your pictures for a contrasting wall that simply stands out. use your inn er creativity to bring out the beauty of a space however small it may be, who knows you may have the workings of a self-proclaimed designer in you.