Here is a quick story today about curtain dilemmas…I know we all have them, right?!?
{Or it is just me?}
Last Fall when I finished up the decor in our Dining Room in our new house, I ordered these curtains from West Elm. I thought they were fun and would provide something a little off-beat in our fairly traditional-style home.
The more I walked by them, the more they bothered me. They just didn’t work in the style of the room even though the colors were great–gray and white. I mulled over what I thought I wanted to replace them with, and one day, realized I already had a set of curtains that would work perfectly, so I switched them out to these, just on a trial basis, to see if I liked them.
Much better. These are nice but plain linen curtains which I lined with black greek key trim to jazz them up. Pretty, huh? And added a bit of sophistication back in the room, which I think it needed. The squiggles are now being relegated to the basement.
I really, really liked these in here, the problem was I had made them for the room across the hall–the “Library” where we just built new shelves. I just need to get over my hatred for hanging curtain rods {why do I dread that job so much?!?} and therefore these have yet to actually be hung up, because really they will be perfect on either side of this bay window {below}.
So, I still needed curtains in the Dining Room. I stopped in the curtain section while browsing at HomeGoods the other day and was blown away by their selection. I grabbed this pair, at a mere $30 for TWO panels, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to try these! They had a great trellis design, one that was more sophisticated in the space than the ones with the squiggly lines!
I think these are keepers! What do you think? I need to line them as they are a little thin, I’ll get to that one of these days –maybe after I get the rods hung to finally finish up the windows over in the Library 🙂
Drapes can be expensive–just a quick tip to check out the selection in your local HomeGoods, you never know what you’ll find. At that price, I can keep updating as I am so inclined which is probably a good thing since I keep changing my mind in here!
{You can order this chandelier HERE, I always get asked!}
Happy Saturday everyone! Hope your weekend is going beautifully!
XO,