I really love this Jonathan Adler pillow that I included in the mood board for our family room. I didn’t love that it was $98. So, I used it as my inspiration and decided to make something similar for our family room.
I taped off a plus sign on the pillow with painter’s tape and pressed the edges down so I wouldn’t get any paint seepage (the angle here makes it look wonky–it’s not. promise).
Then I painted it with a golden yellow acrylic fabric paint. Originally, I was all about the orange plus sign in the inspiration pillow, but once we introduced all of the National Geographics into the room, I wanted that same pop of yellow to be present on the couch. It took about 4 and a half coats before the dark gray stopped peaking through.
Then, I took the tape off and paired it with a few other pillows I have gathered for our family room. Here they are all hanging out in the living room while we are still couch-less in their future home.
Not too shabby, huh? You’ve seen the pillow to the right of the Adler-inspired pillow here, but the other two I picked up last week. The knitted, turquoise zig zag pillow I found on clearance at Pier 1 and the lime green pom pom pillow I snagged from Ross. All together, they make a pretty good representation of what I envisioned on our mood board.
…now I am just twirling my thumbs until I can see these on our real couch. Anyone else paint a pillow recently? Or save a bunch of cash DIYing something high end? It is a great feeling, right? Although, if Jonathan Adler (or anyone else… besides Chris) wanted to gift me the real thing, I wouldn’t say boo. ;)
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I like your version a lot! It looks just as great as your inspiration pillow (seriously – who pays $100 for a pillow?!).
Quick question – Did the paint make the pillow stiff or is it still something you could use?
so impressed that painters tape works that well for you. i can never get it to work worth a dang.
love your color choice. we had a national geographics collection growing up…good memories you inspire. and who pays $100 for a pillow??? i have trouble with $20!
I would never think to just a paint a pillow, I think it said in your status like “feels so weird, looks so good”? Well said! 2 thumbs up!
wow! it looks almost identical! i love it, and the yellow is awesome with the navy/green.
There is a definite stiffness to it now. If I were to lay my head on it, I would flip it over probably.
I love your DIY version! I prefer yellow/gray than orange/gray and almost $100 for a pillow?! That’s certainly way out of any budget of mine, haha.
A fab DIY!! And so inexpensive :D
I’m with A Little Bite; yellow/gray anyday. Looks great!
Oh I love Adler one but yours is nice too!