Fixing the Front Bookcases

One of the bookcases in the front room has started to lean to the left…and it’s been bothering me to no end. 

So this weekend I emptied it, levelled it with shims and screwed it to the adjacent one. I also re-organized and tidied up the books so it looks a little better.

And now we know: this took way less time than I thought it would, for once!

New Pillows for the Front Room

These pillow forms have been sitting sadly on the front room sofa without covers for many months now. You really need the extra pillow to lean on the arm rest, so we used them even in their naked state.

At a fabric sale earlier this year, I bought some purple material and sequined trim to use in this room. I glued, and then hand stitched the trim in place before sewing simple envelope back pillows covers.

They’re pretty fun…a little girly but Tom will have to live with that.

And now we know: creating the style of pillow cases with all the fabric folds is hard. I first tried this by ironing pleats into the fabric, but after about 10 rows they started to get off the straight, so I eventually abandoned this technique.