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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Living Room Curtains

Do-It-Yourself Decorating
Fancy Window Treatment
What do you think of these ornate curtains? I can’t even guess how long I spent on them, but it was definitely hours! We thought this fabric matched our new living room sofa pretty well—it’s a small maroon pansy print with gold highlights. We hung them on the main picture window in our living room, not yet sure what we’d do on the other two large windows (currently covered with worn, bleached-out lavender curtains leftover from a bedroom).
Curtain Ruffles and Ties
In this close-up, you can see the curtains’ ornate features. I put a two-inch, hand gathered ruffle along the inside edges of both panels, matching the tall valance ruffle on the top edge. The matching curtain ties were edged all around with a mini one-inch ruffle as well. All I can say is, we’d better use these for a long time!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the color combination! Better make sure you take them with you. :)

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful! That ruffle adds a nice trim.