Urban Nest

I mentioned last week that these Dwell Studio dish towels from Target would undergo a little transformation for another room in the house. They were on clearance for $2.48 so I bought two sets. The packaging reads “3 kitchen towels”, which might explain why they were on clearance — there were only two in each package.

But for $5, not only are four 100% cotton dish towels a steal, so are two pillow cases!

I’ve been tinkering with the decor in our bedroom for a long time now and there’s still work to be done. But these inventive pillow cases add just enough dimension to our fairly neutral bedscape (pretty sure I just made that word up!).

The bedroom walls are painted a muted turquoise with glossy white trim. Everything else is in shades of brown and white. For a while we had pops of bright red and more modern artwork going on, too, but I’ve moved those pieces out for a more sedated composition. I really like how the polka dots and stripes play with the more organic lines of our West Elm “Snow Leopard” duvet. And with that narrow turquoise trim at the end of each “towel”, the combination couldn’t be a better fit!

The project was as simple as pinning one polka dot to one striped dish towel, right sides together, and stitching along three edges. No hemming and no cutting.

Any creative re-purposing going on in your world?