Hall Bathroom

My Labor Day project that I forcasted to take only 3 days has morphed into a three (plus) week project! And such an easy project too: paint the walls, re-purpose accessories to match the room and sew a new shower curtain.


It started like this:




And currently sits in this state:

I have the walls painted. The accessories are in the room, not yet properly placed (tags still hang from some). Awesome.

The problem, I believe, is with the shower curtain. I don't know how to make a shower curtain. I can see it in my head, I just get scared when it comes down to actually doing it. So for now, my shower curtain is fabric draped over the rod with the hooks sitting on top of the fabric:




Not a great picture I know. My issue is with the holes where the hooks go. They are like button holes. I don't know how to make one button hole, much less twelve of them. I read online that there is a "button hole presser foot" on the sewing machine that will make the buttonhole on the fabric. Great, I still don't know how to do it.

My Sweetheart asked why I didn't just buy a new shower curtain. Well, because I wanted a shower curtain that was more than 72 inches long. I want to hang the rod higher so I need an 85 inch shower curtain. Yet another one of my brilliant ideas.

My goal: complete this bathroom this coming weekend. Wish me luck. It's a guest bathroom so no one is using it right now. But with the holidays around the corner...I need to get moving on it!

Kitchen Curtain Project

I had been planning on making new curtains for my kitchen for weeks now. Since before May 21st when I posted about my new spring/summer colors in my living room. Well, this weekend, I finally did it! We asked our nephew's over on Saturday so we could spend time with them. While they (my Sweetheart and the two boys) played Wii, I got busy on my curtains. That is between turns on the 4 player games we were playing. I kept telling them I wanted to work on my curtains but they kept including me in their game! :)

As I started my project, I couldn't decide if I wanted a valance across the windows like I had before. I'm too lazy to find a picture of the curtains I had before. They were red and were tab top. My nephews and my Sweetheart liked the idea of having two panels versus the valance. I read in BHG that if you use the panels for color and not so much for functionality, then it's okay to use a narrow panel. I liked the idea of panels so I ran with it.

My Sweetheart liked them too. And the boys did too. I did have to keep them window sill length so they don't get dirty since one window sits above the sink. The prototype left me with the feeling that they should be longer. But in the end I decided that wouldn't be a good idea.

I'll admit they are a bit simple, but I like simple and neat. I am a big fan of solid colors vs print. My newphew kept asking why I didn't "just go to the store and buy them so I could play with them". Trust me, that was plan A. But I was adamant about the solid yellow and I couldn't find solid yellow in any store or online.

I do like the way it looks. This morning when I walked in the kitchen and the sun was shining in, I was completely satisfied with the result! Here's a look at the one over the sink:

And again......

And the flowers....My Sweetheart bought them for me "just because". He ran to the grocery store for me last night and came back with these. "Because they match the curtains you made" he says. What a Sweetheart, huh?

Oh and because I totally forgot about my 4th of July post and all the cute decorations I had out (that I have since put away)...I thought I would post the only picture I got of my holiday decor!

Happy belated Independence Day! Thank God for the men and women that fight for our freedom. God bless them!!