In the high desert things tend to be one color – brown. That’s why I am on a quest to make my house the brightest spot on the map. 🙂
After choosing a bright color for my front door and garage door and bright colors for my flower pots, it was time to liven uo those drab, grey front porch chairs. I didn’t want to have to recover the seat and back cushions so I decided to cover the lumbar pillows with some bright fabric.
This is a 100% heavy cotton fabric called Kaleidoscope Wild which I purchased at BuyFabricOnline.com. Love the bright colors.
The set of chairs that I purchsed came with lumbar pillows, but they were a drab grey and yellow. Not my favorites. I just whipped up some round tubes with a pocket in each end for some ties to keep them actually on the chairs. We have wind that whips through that is brutal! I made the ties out of the same fabric, but any sort of cord would work.
The construction was easy, just cut a rectangle of fabric that is a few inches more than the diameter of the pillow and a few inches more than the width+thickness of the pillow. Then sew a fold over on the ends to create a pocket for the cord and stitch the seam up the length of the fabric.
I love they way they look with the other bright colors!
Fast forward two summers…
The pillows are now faded and drab. 🙁 It’s to be expected since the fabric was not outdoor fabric. Lesson learned – I thought being under the porch would help them from not fading. I’m going to redo the pillows with the same fabric, except this time I plan on treating the fabric with UV protector spray first!
