Yep. There are lots of cat magnets in our house, and since one cat is orange and white and the other is dark, they can leave noticeable fur on any color! lol But I don't mind. As the Japanese sometimes say of children, I love them so much that I could stick them in my eyes and they wouldn't hurt. Good thing I never had human kids. Who knows how badly I might have spoiled them! On second thought, I think I wouldn't have, but I will always spoil cats. It is very hard to bend a cat to your will.

I have a ton! I have used nautical Christmas ornaments to decorate a welcoming wreath for the door, welcome signs and to use as decorating accessories around the house....knobs on top of lamps, thrown in with potpourri, as refrig magnets, napkin rings and as the ends curtain rods. I have used oars to hang window toppers from.,,,,and another to hang a long,bed-cuddle pillowed(covered) along the wall for a padded rest for the bottom bunkbed. I wrapped a metal bunkbed with rope. I have cast the kids footprints in lakesand to hang on the walls. I used an old boat hull for the main part of a "bar"...and used a plastic maidenhead on it and drilled it and stuffed lights into it(it's cool). Found it on a website for Nautical stuff......there are TONS of sites if you do a search. I have painted old furniture and sanded off the edges to make them all go together......they are mismatched except for the color of paint and the rubbed off corners to show a white undercoat. I did use different nautical things for any knobs that I had to replace. One room I did rope knots, one I used some fishing bobbers, and another more ornaments.(watch for sales during the Christmas season....you can find them CHEAP!). I also used rope to circle around a mirror with a knot at the bottom....and used some to wrap around a lampshade. In one room, I hung fishnets over and off to one side on the curtains and hung fishing lures in the nets. I also bought calendars of boats and lake scenes to frame....also bllew up tons of pictures of us enjoying the cabin over the years on the computer and framed them....great to see how everyone has enjoyed the lake and grown over the years!! I bought old picture frames from resale shops and painted them......they look great all different, but the same color. I used old driftwood(after spraying and drying out in the sun for a long time...worried about bugs) to hang from the ceiling to hang pots from....with a smaller piece of net on one corner. I have bought remnants of carpet, painted it in squares and made fish bean bags to use for tic-tc-toe. Other remnants I have painted on for outside the doors......cheap and can be thrown away each year for a change. I have an old fishing basket for the odds and ends in my bathroom. I have tons of other things I have done, and tons of things I want to try still. My best advice is to go to "junk" stores around lake or waterfront. They have so many cool things that you can use and if you pick through them all, you will find some great bargains. SInce your cabin is more rustic than "lakey"....maybe more twig crafts......more natural stuff like log stump coffee tables or at least for the pedestal part. Use twigs to frame art and/or your furniture....to hang hooks from for coats..... I wish you luck......and tons of fun. It can be so exciting to take a theme and go with it.....let your imagination take you away!!!!! Julie

Not to hijack your thread OSH - but still pillow cover related...I just made my first CL purchase...New w/tags Pottery Barn pillow covers for $10 each! I had been looking at them on Ebay for $20. They will go on my denim couch & loveseat for a "punch of color." As far as YOUR pillow situation goes, how do you feel about these? I have the lumbar version in green and really like it. Here is a link that might be useful: POTTERY BARN WOOL JACQUARD PILLOW COVERS(2)

In my experience bonded leather sofas degrade pretty quickly ("leather" peels off) but a true leather Chesterfield will last forever. Velvet, on the other hand, is almost impossible to get "ick" off of. I would do a leather sofa in a saddle brown or white leather and then add blue velvet pillows and a blue velvet side chair that's cheaper to replace if it gets ruined. A sleeper sofa is also a good investment for an Airbnb. https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/omnia-leather-jackson-leather-sleeper-sofa-otl1790.html https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/design-tree-home-katrina-3-seater-leather-chesterfield-sofa-dsag1656.html https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/alcott-hill-potterslane-high-back-new-velvet-wingback-chair-alth2523.html