Home Throw Pillows Don't Go With Cheetos - throw pillows reviews and guide
Home throw pillows are one of the most versatile home accessories today. Think of them as bracelets for your house. Girls can mix and match bracelets, pile them on, or wear just one, perfect bracelet to complete an outfit. It doesn't even need to be expensive jewelry - great costume jewelry just has to bring the whole outfit together. Home throw pillows have the same sort of flexibility. Stack them, mix them up, highlight one special pillow, or even move them between rooms on a whim.
For years, I only ever had one set of throw pillows for my home. They matched the furniture on which they sat and they stayed there until I changed furniture. In fact, they probably came with the furniture. Those pillows became invisible. There they sat, day after day, in the same spot doing their same old thing. I took them for granted and did not realize what an opportunity I was missing.
I was not always as conscious of how my home looked, decoratively speaking. I wanted it to be clean, organized and I'm quite obsessed with making sure it smells good - but actually putting my own unique imprint on my living space? I think I just didn't have the time to bother. Between college, career, marriage and children, there were plenty of other things to keep me occupied.
One day, my oldest son - still a toddler at the time - left quite a bright, orange Cheetos stained hand print on a tan throw pillow. First, food - any food - is not allowed to leave my kitchen table in the hands of any of my boys. I have never been made of either money or time and I like to make cleaning as easy as possible so food and drink are only allowed in one room of my house. I am, however, one of those regular mothers with only one pair of eyes. I must admit I wasn't always paying the best of attention and I would suddenly find that one of my little troopers or another had marked their territory with a swipe of grape jelly on the wall or a swish of peanut butter across a piece of furniture. Or, with a Cheetos hand print on my throw pillow.
Grumbling under my breath (which, I admit, happens on occasion), I grabbed the throw pillow and took it to the laundry room. While dabbing the mess from the pillow, I noticed the pillow was really kind of worn. The fabric was wearing thin, the shape was not quite square, and the corded edges were fraying. A quick check of the other home throw pillows confirmed my suspicions. All of my home throw pillows were...old.
Like the story of the mouse asking for a cookie, and then proceeding to hop from one project to another only to come back around to the cookie, I immediately decided I needed new home throw pillows. I resorted to the web to browse options and was simply floored by the endless choices - bright colors, shiny metallics, black and white patterned throw pillows everywhere. There were pillows in stripes, pastels, patterned with flowers or nature prints, circle pillows, bolster pillows, and pillows covered in dots. Yellow pillows, gray pillows, purple pillows and even pillows covered in what looked like shag carpeting.
Within two weeks, not only did I have an entire new set of home throw pillows but I had made a set of pillows for each of my three sons' bedrooms (can you say "manic"?). I found some pillow patterns I liked for special holidays and made some for Christmas - still seven months away, at the time. I now have a collection of home throw pillows stored in a closet under the stairs and if the season changes, if company is coming, or even if the wind is blowing, I will pull out a different set of throw pillows and make a quick and simple change in the look and appearance of my living room or family room.
The boys have grown a bit now and they're even pretty good at helping to clean up. My life can handle a white throw pillow or - gasp - one in shiny silk. I have more rooms in my home for throw pillows than I've ever had before, too. Suddenly, I've discovered my options are endless. Here's where the whole bracelet theory has clicked in. I actually figured out that I was wasting a great opportunity to make quick changes to my rooms to either celebrate a new season, change the overall look of my room, or to decorate for a special holiday. The internet has most certainly made updating my home throw pillows an easy project. Do you know how many inspiring artists are creating beautiful new pillows? Do you know how many free pillow patterns can be found online? There is a wealth of information available. In fact, this year's modern throw pillows have me a bit excited - geometric shapes, bright dots of green on black, yellow stripes with gray swirls. Like a kid at Christmas with stack of presents in front of me, I don't know where to start.
Today, anything goes in your home. We're tired of this economic bubble, downslide, recession, and world-wide finger-pointing. More than ever we need a cheery, comfortable place to land at home. Try adding some new home throw pillows of your own, invite a few friends over and throw a pillow-making party. My Cheetos-stained pillow is a thing of the past. It's time we brighten our living space and hope the world follows. In fact, I'm headed right now to the stash of home throw pillows in my closet because Spring is right around the corner and I'm ready for a change.
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