It's the little things that bring such happiness
I can't even begin to articulate the excitement that I felt when I FINALLY hung my new Living Room curtains. I literally did cartwheels...OK...not REAL cartwheels...but i did some internally. For just a moment I was 12 again doing flip flops...if only in my mind. That counts for something though...right? I swear I was sore then next day from doing them though :) (not really...I'm not THAT old).
I can't even begin to articulate the excitement that I felt when I FINALLY hung my new Living Room curtains. I literally did cartwheels...OK...not REAL cartwheels...but i did some internally. For just a moment I was 12 again doing flip flops...if only in my mind. That counts for something though...right? I swear I was sore then next day from doing them though :) (not really...I'm not THAT old).
To truly appreciate my excitement, you need to see them before...
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| Curtains Before |
It's not that they are awful...it's just that they did NOTHING for the room. Absolutely, positively NOTHING. They were a snore...zzzzzzzzzzz.
I was inspired by Miss Mustard Seed's dining room curtains and so I took the plunge and bought my own fabric! You Go Girl! (pats on the back...air high fives). I followed her tutorial on how to make these totally impressive looking panels to a the "T" with the exception of how I hung them. Instead of creating a rod pocket, I cheated and used these clips I found at Pottery Barn.
Aren't they cool? I'm sure you've seen or even used them before but these were a totally new find for me. I'm so glad I found them...I heart them very much!
But back to the fabric...I bought the fabric for these babies about 6 months ago here at Fabric.com. I also found all the fabric for my pillows there too. I totally fell head over heals, gotta have it now, like RIGHT NOW in love with all the orange and blue! Aren't they lush-ous?
I decided to make a pillow out of all my fabric scraps to tie the colors together. Be still my heart!
This room is still a work in progress (i.e. need to convince Mr. AKM that it is OK to rip the paneling from wall, insert dry wall, float said dry wall, texture and paint). But I think the new curtains are the perfect amount of "frosting" on the cake for now...don't you?
What do you think...should I paint the paneling or go all DIY and demolish it all and start over? Come on ladies...help a sister out here. I need all the back up I can to convince the Mister (if you know what I mean).
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