Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Nathan's curtains
In May, we finally got Nathan some new curtains. When we first moved into the house, he had the curtains that were already hanging in the room. Then, I decided to try to dye them red because we had planned to get red curtains. Well, not only did the process tear holes in the fragile fabric, but it left the curtains pink. The pink I could have fixed, but the holes were just too much. Well, eventually, we replaced the pink curtains with the beige ones (seen below) that originally hung in the living room. The reason that this process took so long is that Nathan really liked the traverse rod. He liked being able to open and close the curtains himself. So, we were trying to find some curtains that were pinch pleat for the traverse rod. They also had to have a white backing because we do not have blinds. In addition, they needed to look masculine (which is rare in pinch pleated curtains). Oh yeah...and we didn't want to spend an arm and a leg. We found some that we decided would work back in the fall, but we kept waiting for them to go on sale. Well, they finally did...in May. So, Nathan finally has some curtains (drapes) that go in his room. Oh yeah, we decided to go with blue when we checked out the red version and the blue version of this fabric. The blue just seemed to work better.
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Looks spiffy!! I had forgotten about the stripes in his room. I've always wanted to try it. I bet it was time consuming! I think it looks more masculine though, and so far I haven't had a need for that =)
BTW: Where did you buy the curtains? I'm thinking of something very similar for one of my rooms, but buying them premade at a cheap price may be a better deal than making them myself!
I love the blue, too. And, that style of bunk bed & color of the stain are so great. He has a nicer bedroom than Josh & I do! Is a traverse rod somehow different than a regular rod w/ wooden loops (think shower curtain?)?
The curtains came from JCPenney. Actually, I bought them online. I wouldn't say they were cheap, but they are on clearance. They are called Wendy Thermal.
A traverse rod has the curtains attached to moving parts. You pull a cord at one end and they open (or close) automatically. That's why Nathan likes them.
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