Bonus tip: If you’re having this problem consistently, make sure you check that your dryer vent hoses have been cleaned out recently.

It’s not much, but progress is progress, I say!I’ve shown you my living room before now and then.Right in the middle of my living room, you find my trusty Ikea Ektorp sofa, about 8 years old-ish.. It’s still comfy.

Sometimes it doesn’t look half bad.I’ve even had people ask me how I keep it so white..This is our second slipcover for this sofa.

The first one was beige and lasted about 4 years.. We picked this one up basically because it was a $300 slipcover on sale for $40.We weren’t really excited about it at the time, but the old one was done for.

I’ve enjoyed having this white floral pattern though for the last 4 years.

It’s really grown on me..baby Jack’s bedroom.

Still, there always seems to be a reason to delay progress, isn’t there?I’m sure there are enough of you in these same shoes.

Every time we think we’ve found our next big project, it’s either not really a convenient time (like tearing down a bathroom with a tiny baby in the house), or we think “Well if we’re going to do that project, then we might as well do this one, and that one, and that one over there too.” And then there are those that just sit there for no good reason.Eek.. Well earlier this Spring, I started really getting the itch to make this living room not make me shudder.