Like how you hang the curtains. When we first moved in to this house there were these lace things hanging in place with a dark blue valance. Very dated. I think I took those down as soon as we moved in, even before I had anything to replace them. I had a serious dislike for them.
A standard rod was in place when we moved in and it functioned well enough, so I used it (you can almost see the original rod buried under all the lace). Never loved it, but it worked so why spend money on a window you don’t own, right? To replace the curtains from above, I found some great quality panels at the local GW and created this (you can read about them here) …
A definite improvement, but as I continued to make changes to the dining area it no longer worked in the room, so down it came. Actually this guy has since been deconstructed and turned into curtains for the boyfriend’s office. In it’s place went some inexpensive room darkening panels from Wally World. The panels are in a basic taupe and will work with most any change I throw their way. Initially they were hanging on the same rod as shown in the picture above, but recently replaced it with a universal track rod. The universal rod was originally purchased for another project, but it didn’t work out. I love it over the sliding door.
All was good until I read a recent post here about how to create faux pinch pleat panels. It was such a simple idea, but I knew it would definitely improve the look of my panels. Here they are before the change (sorry I forgot to adjust the white balance)…
and after…
Better, right? Anyone else out there addicted to constantly tweaking the smallest things? Sometimes I feel like I obsess over the littlest of details while giant messes pile up around my current obsession. It’s like some sort of tunnel vision.
