I use my phone’s notepad feature to keep track of any ideas for tasks that pop into my head throughout the day and I then I plan a few sets of maybe 5 of those tasks to do at different times during the day.

I didn’t worry about being too exact, but I wanted them to be around the right size.Then I ripped about a million strips of each fabric to be that width.. OK, not a million, more like 6.

But it looked like a million when I was sitting in the middle of all the piles!.I laid the fabric strips down and decided how I wanted to put them next..I ironed each strip and folded over a seam that was about 3/4 of an inch wide for each.

Then I sewed those seams in place.. Next, I became reunited with my old friend the glue gun.It was a glorious day!.

I was going to use velcro strips for this step, but I didn’t have any on hand the day when the inspiration to work on this project struck, so I just went for the glue gun.

I’m so glad I did!If these things are “move in ready” then the rest of the ugliness can be taken care of over time.

We had to walk away from a huuuuge beautiful house with 6 bedrooms, amazing fireplaces and original woodwork because the kitchens and bathrooms were really nasty and a new roof was needed right away.We realistically would not have been able to get it up and running any time soon.

Plus there were some weird cat/rat things running around all over the place and that was kind of concerning.Walking away from that one allowed us to find this house though: Not quite as well-preserved in all of the rooms, but with a 10 year old kitchen and bathroom, and in the perfect location for us.