This weekend the Mister was a curtain-hanging machine--he put up curtains in all the bedrooms, which makes me so happy. There is very little architectural detail in this house--there is no molding on the windows or doors, and every window has ugly vertical blinds. Curtains cover up the ugliness.
Since we were on a curtain roll, I decided to put up the blue Ikea Stockholm Blad curtains that I discussed in this post. We went to Ikea, I put the blue curtains in my cart....and then my eye fell on these Janette beauties.
Stop the presses--navy blue, teal, aqua and a citron green curtain? That incorporates all of the colors I need to work with in the playroom? And even has teal and aqua like the living room, which the dining room is open to?? And they are less than half the price of the curtains I was originally getting? I could get six panels of the Janette for just $75, or two panels of the Stockholm Blad for $60? SIGN ME UP.
Another super exciting development is that Ikea has curtain hardware for going continuously around corners:
That is a flexible piece of silicone that you bend to fit around the corner, and screw in to the curtain rod on either side. This allows you to hang curtains in the corner. I can't find the curtain rod online, but it came in regular and extra long sizes (up to 154 inches, which is the one we used). I bought two extra long rods, five brackets, two finials, and one bendy corner piece, for about $45. That is ridonkulously cheap.
And here we are with my beautiful new curtains:
Here is the corner:
The sliding door in the playroom remains to be dealt with, as does the high window in the dining room. I have ideas for both. The sliding door in the playroom will probably get a valance or a cornice board in a navy ikat fabric. I may try to glue some sheer fabric to the high window, like I did with the china cabinet in our old house. However, I need a ladder to deal with that window, which I don't have. I have zero desire to spend $100+ on a ladder, so I am suffering with the blinding sun glare on the glass tabletop for the moment.
Its coming along nicely, isn't it?
Since we were on a curtain roll, I decided to put up the blue Ikea Stockholm Blad curtains that I discussed in this post. We went to Ikea, I put the blue curtains in my cart....and then my eye fell on these Janette beauties.
Stop the presses--navy blue, teal, aqua and a citron green curtain? That incorporates all of the colors I need to work with in the playroom? And even has teal and aqua like the living room, which the dining room is open to?? And they are less than half the price of the curtains I was originally getting? I could get six panels of the Janette for just $75, or two panels of the Stockholm Blad for $60? SIGN ME UP.
Another super exciting development is that Ikea has curtain hardware for going continuously around corners:
And here we are with my beautiful new curtains:
Here is the corner:
The sliding door in the playroom remains to be dealt with, as does the high window in the dining room. I have ideas for both. The sliding door in the playroom will probably get a valance or a cornice board in a navy ikat fabric. I may try to glue some sheer fabric to the high window, like I did with the china cabinet in our old house. However, I need a ladder to deal with that window, which I don't have. I have zero desire to spend $100+ on a ladder, so I am suffering with the blinding sun glare on the glass tabletop for the moment.
Its coming along nicely, isn't it?
