If you’re like me and seem to need a chalkboard in every room, why not test your DIY skills a little bit and build your own?My gramma and my cousin were in town to visit a couple of weeks ago.

I really wasn’t into spending $400 on a slipcover for an 8 year old sofa that we may just decide to replace any day now anyway.. That just didn’t quite work out.I had to give it up after a couple of weeks because it was just looking terrible.

If you ask Chris about that time in our life he’ll tell you it was “The worst two weeks of my life.” That may be a little dramatic, but it still wasn’t working for us..Somehow the fact that a new, crisp white slipcover from Ikea is only $100 had escaped me during all this time.I was under the impression that it was going to be hundreds of dollars.. Silly rabbit!.

Nothing spectacular, but it’s fresh and white and clean and didn’t cost an arm and a leg.Best of all, it’s the same old sofa we know and love and we get to love it for just a little longer now.. Of course, this is how it looks most of the time now:.

I’m not scared of letting the animals on it, but the thick wool blanket protects it from any unnecessary paw prints..

I think I’m going to be doing a whole lot of laundry.You probably will..

I’ve been living in distress over the state of my house pretty much constantly for the last 2.5 years.And before that, in the old house, I was like that for a long time too.

I always find a lot to love about my home, but the bad kind of outweighs the good a lot of the time.There’s just a whole lot of ugly going on in terms of old finishes, damaged walls and floors, half started projects and things that just need love.