Morocco on a $300 budget

Progress on decorating the interior of the house has been fairly slow since most of our time and decorating money has gone toward fencing in the backyard. Since that project is almost complete (5 panels and 1 gate left to put in) we have begun turning our attention elsewhere. (Or should I say I have, as I think the hubby has had enough of working on projects for one year. :P ) We purchased a set of gorgeous stone and glass tiles for our kitchen back-splash at an amazing price- $1.98 a sheet- originally $8.98! And I have discovered a new store that I absolutely love, which is IKEA. We purchased a pair of bookcases for our formal living room (that are made in the USA!) and numerous other items, several of which will be going in the "Moroccan" room.

One day I went into one of the guest bedrooms and was surprised at how bland and boring it was in there. So to kick it up a notch- or 5- we decided to go with a Moroccan theme. Originally I budgeted $500 because it is sparsely furnished in there but knocked it down to $300 for more of a challenge, plus who has that extra $200 just lying around? Not us!

Boooooring!

Snoozefest!

Blam! Olympic no VOC paint in Mandarin, sold only at Lowe's.

Not the best pictures, as it was getting dark out and we painted during the week we had no power due to hurricane Irene.

The fabrics I'm using to sew three matching poufs. They're definitely funky- when I asked my husband what he thought of the layout he looked over at it and then looked as if he might be sick to his stomach.

The stack of fabrics waiting to be sewn.

In future posts I'll be breaking down how I spent the money and including more pictures of the sewing projects, items, and after pictures. As a side note I try to refer to my husband only as such and not use his name to remain as anonymous as possible in case others should stumble across the blog. Just wanted to include that so no one thinks I'm slighting him. :)