Curtain Decisions

Hello!

I'm finally getting some time to blog on this rainy Wednesday morning.  For those of you unfamiliar we have lived in our house for a bit over 2 years and for the most part it is finished.  Something that I am slowly accomplishing is curtains for each room.  I have been on the hunt for curtains for our formal living and dining room (I will do the same in both rooms as they are side by side and open to each other).  

I ran across these Threshold panels at Target last week and for the first time actually liked what I saw for these rooms!  I would need to order online because I need 95" but I decided to bring the 84" home to see what they looked like in person.  I tacked up the gray and cream because I feel like either could work.  Keep in mind it is very dark outside as it's pouring rain.

Thoughts?  I would hang them a bit higher than pictured and they would reach the floor.  I got reports that people thought they were too busy to go with the rug.

Here are a few pics of the room on a sunshiney day

Too busy?  Keep looking?  I will reserve my thoughts until I hopefully hear from you! ;)

Thanks!!

DIY Fixed Roman Shade Tutorial

Good morning!

This is a little project I have been planning on doing for a few weeks now. I finally got my supplies and got started yesterday. Jacob hung it last night and I snapped a few pictures this morning.

This is a fixed roman shade meaning it is inoperable but I like that it gives the appearance that it does actually work. The whole project cost me around $20 for fabric, blackout fabric, a 1x2 inch board, and a packet of L brackets.

Here is how I did it.....(I followed Darby's tutorial found here):

The materials I used are pictured below:

fabric

blackout lining

measuring tape

1x2 inch cut to fit the exact measurement of the window

L shaped brackets

and not pictured a sewing machine and hot glue gun

I measured my window and added 2" to the width and 4" to the length. For example: the window was 23" + 2" = 25" width x 47.5" + 4" = 51.5" length. I started by cutting my fabric to 25 x 51.5 and hemmed the 2 sides and top by 1/2".

I then cut the blackout lining to the 24" (the size of fabric less 1/2 " on either side) and less the hem allowance at the bottom. I folded the edges under and hot glued it to my seams all but the bottom.

I was left with a nicely lined piece of fabric (except for the unfinished bottom seam)

I then folded the bottom edge under 1/2 " and then up 3" like pictured below. Sew a straight stitch.

From here I winged it as far as measuring and choosing my folds. I just did what looked nice according to how far down on the window I wanted it to hang. It worked for me to end up with 3 folds. I pinned and sewed a straight stitch on each one.

I then stapled my fabric to the wood and Jacob mounted it for me. I chose blackout lining so I could fake it and hang the shade much higher than the actual window creating the illusion of a taller window.

I think it really dresses up the bathroom and for $20 even though it's far from perfect I like it! I'm glad that I went with a fabric that that not only has blue in it to tie in with the paint (RH Silver Sage color match) but has pink. This is the guest bathroom as well as Maddie's so I can bring in pink accents to make the bathroom more hers as she grows.

Have a great Labor Day weekend!

Emily

Good morning!

Now that M and I are settling into our daily routine I'm starting to think about decorating again.

When we moved into our house in January I was 20 weeks pregnant. I made a list of the things I wanted to accomplish by June, which included: painting several rooms upstairs and the entire downstairs, putting together the perfect nursery, making the outside presentable with new flowers and shrubs, tying together the family room with a rug and new pillows, and several other things.

What this left was 2 guest rooms that have been pulled together with things we already had, meaning I don't necessarily like how they look. And several other rooms that are about halfway to where I want them to be even though to outsiders I think they look pretty nice.

One of the rooms that is 3/4 of the way finished is our formal living room/piano room. It is to the right as you come in the front door and houses our apartment grand piano, 2 white wingback chairs, a small table, and a few stringed instruments. We painted the walls Behr Ultra Ashes and I purchased 2 colorful pillows.

I have ordered prints and purchased frames, which we will hang this weekend. Besides a few other things on the walls what the room is screaming for is curtains. When I came across this image the drapes struck me as something that might just be perfect for the living room.

here

I'm on the hunt for navy curtains!

Emily