Puppies and Slipcovers...go together like peas and carrots

This past Sunday we got our new puppy!!  We've been wanting to get another dog for a while now and when I found a litter on Petfinder....www.petfinder.com....I filled out the application for adoption right away.  We got Scout, our first dog, on Petfinder too and it's an amazing place to find rescue dogs.

Here's our new addition Carter:

We adore him....and so far everything is going well.  But what I had forgotten about getting a puppy is that is really makes you housebound.  I've booked some time off my regular work to stay home and hang out with this little guy.  I'm loving it, but I am remembering how much time it takes and that you really are stuck at home quite a lot.

So, necessity being the mother of invention, I decided to start on some projects I had long put on the shelf.  Those projects we all have that get pushed aside?  I've got tons of them so I decided to make the most of my stranded state and get cracking on them.

I had purchased fabric for slipcovers for our kitchen chairs way back last spring.   I also recently took my sewing machine in to be re-serviced so the timing was perfect.

We've had such a long cold winter (I know....I know....I'm Canadian, should be used to it....but, well...I'm not) that it was the perfect time to get some colour into the kitchen with these chairs.

Slipcovers are fairly easy to make especially if your furniture is as simple as these parson chairs.
Just pin the fabric on with the good side facing in...slip off....sew up....and voila!

I love how bright and graphic they are....and I had forgotten how much I love sewing since I've been doing so much wood work lately.

If you are tired of winter too....see what you can do to inject some colour and life into your house....even a bright and colourful spring plant will do wonders!

I've got lots of other projects in the works now too....I've gotten a commission to design and make a sideboard for a client out of old doors and windows so that will be the next thing I will be working on while home with the pups.

Hope you all have a great family day weekend!