Comments on: Change your decorations each season http://www.centralroost.com/lcblog/2006/03/16/changing-your-decorations-each-season-for-less/ Tips and Trends in the Learning Centre at www.centralroost.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:10:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Karen http://www.centralroost.com/lcblog/2006/03/16/changing-your-decorations-each-season-for-less/#comment-109 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:58:17 +0000 http://www.centralroost.com/lcblog/2006/03/16/changing-your-decorations-each-season-for-less/#comment-109 I'm just starting to change out some decorative items with the seasons. So far I've kept most of the changes to the family room and sunroom. My downstairs floor plan is very open and the sunroom, family room, kitchen, and breakfast area is one big open area. Here's a list of the items I'm changing out: --Valances in the family room and sunroom. (the only have windows in that area of the downstairs) I've found some great material on the $1.00 a yard table at Walmart and made them myself. --Art work on the wall on both sides of the fireplace (the feature wall) I have a 3 rack plate rack on on one side and space for 2, 12X16, canvases on the other side. For the summer I took 3, 8X10, canvas boards, covered the fronts with a lite layer of batting and then covered them with different pieces of broad cloth and on the other side I covered 2, 12X16, canvas boards with more broad cloth and put them in frames, under glass, on the other side. For the fall I stretched my own 8X10 frames with canvas, painted them with a golden brown wash and them cut out some pattern from a piece of leftover fabric and decopouged it to the canvases. On the other wall I stretched 2, 12X16 canvas, painted them with a russet color wash, and glued on potpourri on both canvas in the shape of a tree. --A wall hanging on the wall at the entrance to the sunroom. For the summer I used a piece of cloth, all 4 sides hemed, and hung it on a dowel with a rope hanger(that I made with jute). For the fall I used another piece of fabric in fall colors. --I collect vases and I've sorted my collection out into the four seasons and use them for mantel decor of as a decoraive item on the hearth. --I took different sizes of pillows and made envelope style covers for them to change out. For the summer I used the same fabrics I used on my artwork. For the fall I used different fleeces in browns and golds and just a couple in a pattern. --Change the mantel arrangement. -- Throws on the couch. A light weight quilt in pale colors for the summer and I made my throw for the fall out of a light weight fleece throw I bought for a $1.00 and a left over piece of the faux suede. The fleece is choclate and the suede is a gold colored tan. To sum it up, most of my changes are on the feature wall (artwork on either side of the fireplace and the mantel) and the sofa. Most of the fabric was bought for $1.00 a yard including the canvas I stretched (I primed it with Kiltz instead of gesso) So far, I've spent less than $50.00 for each season. Love your site!! Karen Bost I’m just starting to change out some decorative items with the seasons. So far I’ve kept most of the changes to the family room and sunroom. My downstairs floor plan is very open and the sunroom, family room, kitchen, and breakfast area is one big open area.

Here’s a list of the items I’m changing out:
–Valances in the family room and sunroom. (the only have windows in that area of the downstairs) I’ve found some great material on the $1.00 a yard table at Walmart and made them myself.
–Art work on the wall on both sides of the fireplace (the feature wall) I have a 3 rack plate rack on on one side and space for 2, 12X16, canvases on the other side. For the summer I took 3, 8X10, canvas boards, covered the fronts with a lite layer of batting and then covered them with different pieces of broad cloth and on the other side I covered 2, 12X16, canvas boards with more broad cloth and put them in frames, under glass, on the other side. For the fall I stretched my own 8X10 frames with canvas, painted them with a golden brown wash and them cut out some pattern from a piece of leftover fabric and decopouged it to the canvases. On the other wall I stretched 2, 12X16 canvas, painted them with a russet color wash, and glued on potpourri on both canvas in the shape of a tree.
–A wall hanging on the wall at the entrance to the sunroom. For the summer I used a piece of cloth, all 4 sides hemed, and hung it on a dowel with a rope hanger(that I made with jute). For the fall I used another piece of fabric in fall colors.
–I collect vases and I’ve sorted my collection out into the four seasons and use them for mantel decor of as a decoraive item on the hearth.
–I took different sizes of pillows and made envelope style covers for them to change out. For the summer I used the same fabrics I used on my artwork. For the fall I used different fleeces in browns and golds and just a couple in a pattern.
–Change the mantel arrangement.
– Throws on the couch. A light weight quilt in pale colors for the summer and I made my throw for the fall out of a light weight fleece throw I bought for a $1.00 and a left over piece of the faux suede. The fleece is choclate and the suede is a gold colored tan.

To sum it up, most of my changes are on the feature wall (artwork on either side of the fireplace and the mantel) and the sofa.

Most of the fabric was bought for $1.00 a yard including the canvas I stretched (I primed it with Kiltz instead of gesso) So far, I’ve spent less than $50.00 for each season.

Love your site!!
Karen Bost

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