Bedroom Window Seat

My window seat!

Progress in the bedroom continues with the window seat getting completed.

I used a pale aqua matelasse coverlet for my cushion and skirt.

Matelasse is french for "to quilt, to pad"

 which is fabric woven with two warps

so a puckering and quilted effect is achieved.

The large border edging of the coverlet is what I used to upholster a pleated skirt

on the board platform that the cushion rests upon.

It was heavy to work with, 

but I thought it would be ideal for future machine washings.

A pattern with a finished edge makes this ideal for the skirt.

I stapled the skirt right onto the platform under the cushion.

A silk roman shade in aqua blue is paired with a small tablecloth

that I cut in half to use as a cafe curtain that swags across the bottom half.

I tacked this chantilly lace "cafe" on both edges for a simple and sweet effect.

This is one of the old table cloths I found at a consignment shop in NH.

Lots of ruffles on the white pillows make this an ethereal sitting spot.

The blue on the bench is the palest of shades. 

A small occasional table I painted white holds 

an old lamp on a marble base for intimate lighting.

This table may get an antique glaze someday.

My romantic window seat~

the perfect solution for this narrow dormer alcove.

linking to 

Kim's BTB party

and

Cindy's Romantic Home Show and Tell Friday

and

Freckled Laundry's Air Your Laundry Party

and

French Country Cottage's Feathered Nest Friday