I think just like there's a time of the month for more chocolate than usual, there's a time of the month for craftiness. I don't know when that time is or what inspires it, but the last couple weeks, I've been tapping into the creative lobes of my brain. Most recently it came from a desire to have curtains and lamps that were cute and not expensive. So I dug through my collection of random linens and found a tapestry I once bought at Anthropologie to serve as a cover for my duvet when I was in college. After I got married, it was a nice tablecloth. But then I needed curtains to cover our very unsightly closet. So after choppin em up and yelling at my sewing machine for a good three hours, we have a couple nice panels that I can use for a closet now and one day for actual, real, non-basement windows. They aren't half bad. Philip likes them too, I'm sure, even though his first reaction was "this room is way too girly now..." Here is the process documented in case you'd like to see how it's done (note Mina's help):
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| I found the curtain rod and clip holders at Hobby Lobby for half off, and I bought the finials from Urban Outfitters (also on sale) |
Then, because the room wasn't girly enough, I decided to spice up the lamps on either side of the bed. I found one lamp at a yard sale last weekend for $4, and the other one had been either in my room or somewhere in my house growing up for as long as I can remember. They didn't match and had awful lamp shades, so I bought fabric, spray adhesive, and "almond" colored spray paint at Hobby Lobby to make them "grown up" lamps. I'm a little wary of the results, mostly because they're just super matchy matchy, and i'm not into matchy matchy. I think they'll work though, even if I end up moving one of them to another room.
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| yaaaaaaay |
So happy Friday! Do something fun tonight, even if it's just fun to you. Enjoy an oldie, but so-goodie song to lull you into a relaxing weekend. As the Welsh say, "tara!" (pronounced ta-da)
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