• Sewing Stories

    Grand Millennial Ottoman: How I Breathed New Life into an Old Piece.

    I was gifted this old ottoman from my Grand-Mother-In-Law some time ago. I immediately had a million ideas for it, got overwhelmed, and promptly put it in my basement storage room to sit for all of eternity. Recently, we’ve purchased land (19 acres!) and have decided to build a new house. This will be our “until-the-kids-move-out-of-the-house” house. So my goal is to make the style fairly timeless and elegant. I’ve always been a sucker for timeless, elegant, children’s clothing, but when it came to home decor I pretty much followed whatever trend I was feeling at the moment. I’d like to stay away from that with the new house and…