DINING ROOM CURTAINS ~ adding a little personality

It makes me so happy to transform a room from blah to wow!

When I finished painting all the furniture in my dining room (and there was a lot of furniture!), I was so relieved. And it looked great. You can read all about it here.

I LOVE BLUE!!

So when the dining room went from this…

to this after we staged it to sell our house (I missed my blue soooo much!),

to this

I was VERY happy.

Except for these…

Sheer white boring curtains to the floor.

SOME INSPIRATION

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bordered drape design - I love this look.

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So I made these….

I used the same fabric that I used on the chair cushions. Because I “SO DO NOT SEW” I used Heat ‘n Bond to do each hem.

Fold the hem over, iron for 8-10 seconds and let cool. You have a nice strong hem!!!

So easy peasy!!

Because we added the topper to the curtains, I ended up with this…

Now I don’t know if you know me well enough yet but I’m going to share a secret about myself. My middle name is…

LAZY!!

So what am I to do. Should I cut and measure??? I did some research and I found this chart:

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Well, looky here! If I fix them, it will be “formal”. I’m soooo not formal! If I leave them the way they are, I’m romantic. OOHHHH LAALAA! I’ll take that!

We spray painted the curtains rods, brackets, and finials that were already in the dining room black.