Pottery Barn Pillows For.... Oh So Much Less....

It's no secret that I have have a love/hate relationship with Pottery Barn.  I will admit that I do LOVE....basically everything they sell.  I can honestly say that I have bought a lot of items from them over the years when I could catch a good sale or was lucky enough to get to the store and hit the clearance sections.  I have not bought one thing from them that I didn't completely LOVE.  It's also no joke that their products are very nice quality and their customer service is possibly the best I have ever experienced.  I must say that I really LOVE it when I get a new catalog in the mail so I can figure out what I want to watch, over time,  go on sale.

I do HATE to see how many cute rooms and displays they cram into one catalog....it makes my head spin as I try to figure out how I can do the same thing on my "not so Pottery Barn" budget.  I also HATE to see how much "research" I am going to have to do to find the "look alike" items that I have a new LOVE for all of the sudden.

About a month ago....I did conquer the couch/ pillow dilemma that I was facing.  With a husband and three boys/1 girl.....you can probably guess how horrible my couch pillows were.  I had received a new PB catalog and, of course, they had awesome pillows on the cover.  I caught myself hiding the catalog, deleting the emails, and going on strike from PB so I didn't have to face those darn pillows that I just fell in LOVE with anymore.  I put my big girl panties on and decided to visit the FM Store in Springfield to buy fabric and cover my old ones myself.  If you have not been to the FM Store (fabric store on steroids) you have no idea what you are missing.  I get jittery, giggly, and crazy when I get near that place.

I came away that day with some yummy fabric for my pillows for right around $50.00 NO KIDDING! I immediately got busy and to my surprise this is what I came up with......

It's sooooo easy....and new pillows are just like "jewelry" for your living room!  Check out 

THIS LINK to find out how to recover your old pillows.
 If you can sew a straight line....you've got this!!!

  Here is our completed family room.  We installed hardwood floors, painted walls/doors/trim, and added blinds!  This room was the original back porch in the old house (from the 1960's and 70's) and much more useful today.