When I was twelve or thirteen, my family — all four siblings, my mom and dad and the dog — drove to South Carolina to visit my aunt and uncle who had moved there recently. I remember it being a very exciting trip (except for the part where we got lost in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee): my dad rigged a TV and VCR in the car so we could watch movies the whole way, we saw an indoor rainforest in Charlotte, North Carolina, and we went to the Museum of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. But one of the things I remember most was the breakfast nook in my aunt and uncle’s house. It was beautiful and full of sunshine and I thought, “Yeah, a breakfast nook. I need one of these.”
So, you can imagine my delight when I first saw our new apartment back in March. I was walking around, checking things out: “Living room, good…bathrooms, great…oh, a balcony, that’s nice…A BREAKFAST NOOK! SIGN ME UP!” It’s a small space at the front of our house, just big enough for our kitchen table and a sideboard (which we don’t have yet). I have been meaning to make something for the wall in there — something bright and fun, to match the kitchen chairs we painted red — so I went back to an idea I shared with you a few months ago: The cutest, easiest wall decor in the world.
I took a trip back to The Workroom this past weekend to get some funky fabric. I chose 4 fat quarters (pieces of fabric 20 in. x 20 in.) from the same colour palate — red, blue, yellow, orange, green — to fit 7 different-sized wooden embroidery hoops. When I got home, I ironed each piece before positioning the hoops on the fabric. I then tightened the hoops and pulled the fabric taut across each. I finished by trimming the excess fabric with a pair of sharp scissors and done. I call it art. I hung them unevenly on the wall, as Karyn had them at The Workroom. I’m happy with it, but I think I need a few more hoops — maybe three or four more — to fill the wall out a bit better. So far, so good, though.
The breakfast nook...a work in progress.
When I’m done with the nook, it’s going to be the best room in our house. Seriously. I want a cosy, comfy place for good food and good friends (not to mention a wall of revolving art…who says I can’t change the fabric when the mood strikes me?).
