Recycle That Outdated Fur Coat into Ornamental Dwelling Decor4632838
Sure, it's an absolute sin to kill these treasured little creatures to create new fur coats simply so we are able to look "glam". But what about all the fur coats that hang within the thrift stores? What about Grandma's fur coat that was handed all the way down to us still smelling a bit like moth balls? What do we do with these items once we are timid about carrying them?
This is the answer! Within the 1970's, when I spied my first "Value Village Thrift Retailer" simply after shifting to Seattle, I latched on to the most wonderful feeling, large fur coat. There it was hanging on the rack.....I couldn't stop my hand from touching the fawn brown fur. The texture, the softness, immediately despatched me in to a form of female "daze" that was hard to explain and that only a lady may relate to.
I slipped it off the hanger and slipped myself in to it. It's 1940's styling dwarfed me! It was miles to massive for me however at such a cut price value of simply $35.00, I had to have this beautiful feeling thing!
For years I let it dangle within the closet. Then at some point, realizing I'd never wear it wherever, I decided to re-style this mass of fur in to one thing I might actually enjoy on a daily basis. I minimize it up! That's right! I took a pair of scissors to the thing! Are you able to imagine it? Nevertheless it was the most effective thing I might have done.
After ripping out the lining and slicing off the sleeves, I bought an upholstery stitching needle and fabric thread in deep brown and started giving this drained previous coat new life.
What resulted had been two fantastic rectangular pillows (created from the sleeves) that laid on my mattress for practically 20 years. The body of the coat was so oddly shaped that I made a decision to trim it in to an excellent rectangle that laid over the foot of my mattress to be used as a very heat and comforting "throw".
I loved these new decor gadgets for years. That is, till "Sadie" entered the picture.
Sadie is the "other woman" in my husbands life. A hanging strawberry blond with big brown eyes who woos and teases him and demands much of us both. Sadie, in fact, is our canine and Sadie LOVED that fur! Being "childless", I feel Sadie adopted them as her puppies.
Little by little over time, she nurtured those pillows and throw as if they have been her children. Flea biting them until they lost their fur leaving just the "disguise" exposed. Sadly, my fur pillows and throw made it to the rubbish can, by no means to be seen again. However ah, the reminiscences stay of laying on the throw with the pillow beneath my head, my cheek nestled towards it in consolation as I napped and dreamed of mansions.
The fur gadgets added texture to the other, coordinating bed pillows and I enjoyed the feedback from individuals as I would present them the decorating I had executed in that room. "Wow!" they would exclaim as they would walk over to touch the fur and run their arms throughout it.
So if you have a fur coat in your closet that you dread wearing, but in addition feel that it's much too good to throw away, take into consideration turning it in to one thing you can take pleasure in on a each day basis. It creates a sense of luxurious you'll get pleasure from for years.
