Yearly when the vacations roll round, I like discovering small, easy methods to make my residence really feel further festive. This season, the eating space in my kitchen received just a little dose of Christmas cheer with handmade slipcovers for the chairs.
I needed one thing that will really feel cozy and smooth, the sort of element that makes you wish to linger on the desk just a little longer after dinner. With just some yards of material these festive covers got here collectively so simply. I’ll share with you precisely how I made them so you possibly can gown up your individual eating room for the season too.
These scraps of crimson and white plaid flannel cloth are all that was left of 5 yards of material that I used so as to add festive colour to my kitchen this 12 months for the vacation season.
I made Christmas plaid print chair again slipcovers for the eating chairs round my kitchen desk.
I don’t have a eating room so this desk is a workhorse for almost all the pieces we do at residence, together with the place I’m penning this submit.
It’s the place we now have on a regular basis meals in addition to particular events and vacation dinners the place I wish to go all out and set a festive desk setting to have fun vacation dinners in type.
I received to considering… “however what about the remainder of the time once we are sitting on the desk, consuming breakfast, lunch and dinner?”
I needed to make these peculiar instances and meals really feel extra vacation like and determined a technique to do that that wouldn’t take up valuable desk area was to make Christmas plaid cloth chair again slipcovers for the chairs.
I’ve made and wrote about fairly a couple of slipcovers for my eating chairs over time. I’ve made them so many instances, I can whip out a set in a couple of hours now.
They do require a stitching machine, however if you happen to don’t sew and wish to create covers to your chairs I’ve posts on the best way to simply make No-Sew Chair Again Covers.
A few of these chair again covers have been made in a chair again runner type and I even have made immediate chair again covers utilizing pillow instances.
I don’t know why I didn’t consider making festive chair again slipcovers for previous vacation seasons, however I feel it got here right down to discovering reasonably priced cloth and getting them made earlier than the vacation rush begins.
I’m so blissful that after I was at Passion Foyer final week all Christmas gadgets together with Christmas cloth was 50% off.
I didn’t know this going into the shop and was questioning why the parking zone was so full. As I entered the shop I observed instantly how crowded it was and discovered the explanation was the 50% off sale.
I wanted a yard of material for every chair. I beforehand made the chair cushions utilizing Sunbrella cloth from a damaged outside umbrella. It was a fantastic repurposing decor challenge.
I’m not an knowledgeable sewer and don’t try to turn into one. When working with a plaid cloth although it’s good to attempt to match up the sample on the seams.
I might do that on a few of the covers, however not all since I solely purchased a yard for every chair and did my greatest. I couldn’t be happier with the festive look they add to the kitchen.
I additionally like how my massive crimson candle coordinates with the plaid cloth. I like how this candle appears to be like on the desk therefore the explanation I place it on the desk each Christmas season since I received it fairly a couple of years in the past now.
I haven’t absolutely embellished my home for Christmas but, however one good factor I discovered about getting the chair covers made has gotten me right into a festive temper, which after all is all the time a pleasant state of mind to be in.
There’s one thing further particular about including handmade touches to your vacation decor, particularly after they make an area really feel as welcoming as these chair covers do.
They’re proof that you simply don’t want to purchase decorations to make your house shine for Christmas. All you want is just a bit creativity and a comfy concept that may fully change the temper of a room.
Whether or not you make a set for each chair or just some to combine in, your eating space will really feel immediately extra festive and filled with vacation spirit.
If you happen to make a set to your personal eating room, I’d like to see the way you type them. Share a photograph or tag me so everybody can admire your festive contact! And if you happen to’d like extra cozy adorning concepts like this one, you’ll want to be part of my e mail checklist so that you by no means miss a brand new challenge.
Have you ever begun to brighten your house for the vacations but? In that case what’s your favourite ornament you utilize yearly?
