bedroom makeover week! Day 1: bedskirt

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Maybe if I write it, it will come true??  :)

This week, my goal is to get the master bedroom done.  I say that with a little smirk, because we all know that in decor, nothing is ever done. There's always tweaking along the way, right?

Not only that, but I have some kind of throat virus that wiped me out yesterday, so not feeling too swell at the moment.  

Gah.

Saturday, I was able to put on a new bedskirt:

Since I've been redoing our space, I took off the cream one, and thought I'd found a new one at Goodwill for $6.  It ended up being the highwater pants on the bed.

Yucky.
Whenever we had company over, I was secretly hoping no one would see our bedroom. 

*Cringe*

I simply cut off the old and sewed on the new!  

Our bed sits up higher than average, so we always need a 21" drop skirt.  These are crazy expensive and very hard to find in stores.  I made ours from a cotton/ poly blend (no wrinkles!) for about $15.

Fabric on the bolt is typically 44" / 45" wide- cut it down the center fold, and there's the skirt!  I doubled the length so we would have a nice gather.  

Long running baste stitch to make the folds-

Pinned it to base-

sewed over the baste stitch.

So simple!  It did take a little time, but it looks so much better.

Today I am hoping to tackle the wall behind the bed- some more billowy fabric to create a romantic backdrop behind the mirror.  Lots more to come, and I hope to show the complete bedroom reveal by the end of the week!

Thanks so much to Kristi at Addicted 2 Decorating for featuring the upholstered chair on her blog today :)

Happy Monday Friends!