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DIY Reading Nook

dmbdiy
Oct 28, 2016
2 min read

, There's nothing I love more than reading a good book by:

a) The fireplace

b) A bay window on a rainy day

c) Cuddled up in bed

d) All of the above

D for me all the way! My 8 year old however shares different sentiments. He's long past the excitement of knowing how to read, so to keep things interesting I made him a cozy reading nook to inspire page turning. I'd gotten some inspiration on pinterest, and decided to attempt the circular pillow on the right:

I took to Joann Fabrics to gather up my materials:

1 24 ounce bag of filling

2 1/2 yards of fabric

1 spool of thread

1 bag of buttons

1 20" strand of white lights

Wooden letters

Paint (which I already had)

Sewing machine (already had)

I couldn't find any reasonably priced lights at Joanns, so I headed to WalMart. Not only did I find white lights for $1.67, but I also found a body pillow for $7. The body pillow had 2 1/ 2 times the filling as my 1 $15 bag of filling. So I bought the body pillow instead, cut it open, harvested the filling, and returned my overpriced bag of stuffing. I ditched my circular pillow idea as well as the buttons, and created a quick 4 seam oversized square floor pillow.

Then I took some acrylic paint and did 2 coats over my letters. After it was dry, I hung them up on the wall, as well as the lights and volia!

Now have one happy reader who loves his cute little reading corner. Here is a quick minute and a half video showing all the steps, and shows little brother testing it out :) (Sewing not shown)