I found it!
Awesome! I found the fabric at the first store I went to. The lady said they just put it out yesterday. How lucky am I? The red color is called tomato and it truly is the dark orangey-red of a ripe tomato. I was hoping it would be a little closer to true red, but the patterns are so cute that I couldn't resist and so I promptly plunked down 30 bucks for fabric (anyone who knows me well, knows that paying 30.00 for fabric was really hard for me, but it also tells you how much I liked it!) Here's what I ended up with...
The pattern I posted yesterday was a little bit too busy for what I wanted. It is basically a landscape that repeats over and over on the fabric. The sample incorporated the cutest bits of the landscape, but seeing the fabric as a whole made me change my mind. This is what I picked for the ironing board:
And then I got 4 fat quarters of these patterns...
The pattern I posted yesterday was a little bit too busy for what I wanted. It is basically a landscape that repeats over and over on the fabric. The sample incorporated the cutest bits of the landscape, but seeing the fabric as a whole made me change my mind. This is what I picked for the ironing board:
And then I got 4 fat quarters of these patterns...
I was hoping that they would have some greens and the scissor pattern, but no luck on that front. I'm planning on making a collage of fabric stretched over frames like the idea in Julie's mood board. I'm going to try and find the scissor pattern in green, but it's hard to get to different fabric stores with all the kids in tow. (By the way, the actual red is much closer in color to the ironing board sample picture than it is in the fatquarter picture.)
So here's my grand plan so far... My laundry room is laid out with all the appliances on one wall and all of the work area on the other. I am going to paint the wall behind the appliances the same red as the fabric. The wall will have white shelves on it above the washer and dryer and I found these awesome plates at the DI to make another collage with over the laundry sink. (I stole that idea from Jessica. Thanks Jess!)
I'm not so sure about the plate in the middle it's kind of dark and heavy looking, but it had a really fun pattern on it. I also wanted to try and find a blue one, but I figured for 75 cents a piece I could buy them all and then decide when I get the wall painted.
The rest of the walls will be painted the creamy white from the fabric. I will have brown countertops for my desks and then paint the shelves above them the red color. Then the storage boxes will be white, a natural cream color, brown, or a mix of neutral colors .
So that's what I have so far... I'm going to keep a swatch of the fabric in my purse at all times so I can match it with things I see and like when I'm out shopping.
So here's my grand plan so far... My laundry room is laid out with all the appliances on one wall and all of the work area on the other. I am going to paint the wall behind the appliances the same red as the fabric. The wall will have white shelves on it above the washer and dryer and I found these awesome plates at the DI to make another collage with over the laundry sink. (I stole that idea from Jessica. Thanks Jess!)
I'm not so sure about the plate in the middle it's kind of dark and heavy looking, but it had a really fun pattern on it. I also wanted to try and find a blue one, but I figured for 75 cents a piece I could buy them all and then decide when I get the wall painted.
The rest of the walls will be painted the creamy white from the fabric. I will have brown countertops for my desks and then paint the shelves above them the red color. Then the storage boxes will be white, a natural cream color, brown, or a mix of neutral colors .
So that's what I have so far... I'm going to keep a swatch of the fabric in my purse at all times so I can match it with things I see and like when I'm out shopping.
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I love it!
Hey, I have something for you. It's a decorating book that my mom wrote before she died. I think you would like it. ANd it would be very useful right now too. When is a good time to bring it over?
Pretty much any time next week, or even Sunday afternoon if that's better for you. The only time constraint I have is taking Seth to school at 12:20 and picking him up at 3:20. Let me know what's good for you.
nice work with finding the fabric! I'm jealous, all we have is a Joann's, not even in Gilroy either. oh well. I love the plates, the center one is a bit dark, but you'll make it work! Like you said, they hardly cost anything! I have a pile sitting around that I didn't use. hehe. Can't wait to see it all finished!