. . . the new neutral . . .

. . . my bedroom window seat's cushion

 is about eighteen years old . . .

. . . it's always been covered in

green and white stripes . . .

. . . and is in desperate need 

of an update . . .

. . . i bought this 

woven upholstery fabric 

about four and a half years ago . . .

(when amanda and i were shopping for elliott's crib bedding fabric)

. . . and i've been trying ever since 

to convince myself that

a) i can do this myself, and

b) it'll look okay . . .

. . . so i bit the bullet . . .

. . . and i bought a zipper . . .

. . . a reallllllllllllllllllllly long zipper . . .

. . . fourteen and a half feet long, 

to be exact . . .

. . . i installed it fairly well . . . 

(it goes along the back side, so . . . whatever, right?)

. . . i made a lot of cording . . .

. . . no, really . . .

. . . i made a LOT of cording . . .

. . . turns out i made 

waaaaaaaaaaay too much cording . . .

. . . and i sewed it along 

all the edges 

of the cushion top pieces . . .

. . . then bill and i literally 

had to wrestle 

the foam pieces inside . . .

. . . it was maybe pretty comical . . .

. . . and HARD work . . .

. . . but i felt like it was 

quite an accomplishment . . . 

. . . and it fit! . . .

. . . and then i was feeling cocky . . .

. . . so i made a couple 

of throw pillows

 to go on the couch 

that used to be 

in our living room . . .

. . . to hopefully tie it in . . .

. . . because cheetah 

goes with everything . . .

. . . right? . . .

. . . it's the new neutral . . .