No Sew Curtains Part I

I fell in love with these Burlap Curtains that Jen over at Tatertots and Jello made.  She is so talented and I adore her blog.  I set out to use the same color scheme and style since I liked hers so much (clever huh?), but my problem was that I get so much sunlight in these windows that burlap was a just a little too transparent for me.   I decided to line them with the same material that I used to make my PB Pillows.  Doing this allowed me to actually be able to turn the curtains around and show the burlap side or the linen side.  I actually ended up liking the linen side with my kitchen better.

Here is the reverse side (too lazy to climb up and flip the rod around...sorry)

Here is the eat in kitchen.  I did not ruffle mine like Jen did because my material just didn't seem fluid enough to do it.  I tried but mine looked goofy.  I sort of like the simplicity here.

Part II of these curtains will be to make one for this window which is just off of the eat in kitchen area so I'm going to use the same fabrics.  The rod is already on the window so I'm going to use what is there.

These were made simmply with my hot glue gun.  I will post a tutorial on how I make the family room curtain, but for the others I followed Jen's great tutorial.  Thanks Jen!

.........Stay tuned for Part II

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Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous

Desk challenge completed (a.k.a memo board)

I finally completed the memo board!  I have to say it's definitely growing on me.  I wasn't certain about it when it first went up because I think it's too poofy...like a headboard.  The outlets came through fine too.  You can still see things plugged in but unless I have it completely rewired that is just the way it is.  I think this is definitely an improvement.  Look!  More paperwhites!  You should all see when I start to pull out the Tulips!  I'm crazy for Tulips!

Desk Before:

And the desk after (Please ignore the cubbies....that still needs to be dealt with)

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and

Make it for Monday at Cottage Instincts

A Few "Before" and "After" Photos

Here are a few before and afters.  The biggest changes we made on our family room/kitchen remodel were to take out carpet and tile and replace with Brazilian Cherry hardwood (that we left to the professionals).  I apologize for the poor quality photos, they were taken with our video camera because we didn't have our camera during walk through.  When we moved in, it just became chaotic and I never took any more "before" photos. 

Kitchen - Before

Kitchen - After

We painted, added an additional cabinet to the center island, and topped it off with a cherry butcher block top which I took to our local planing shop to route decorative edges.

Family Room - Before

Family Room - After

Wood Floors, Paint, Crown Moulding, Fireplace surround and hearth, removed Entertainment Center (see below for it's own remodel)

Entertainment Center Re-do into a Wine/Liquor cabinet (I know...that's a lot of liquor..what can I say?)  Center section was removed and in it's place we added a wine glass rack, lights, and space for wine refrigerator.  The top portions of each side cabinet was cut down so that they are now recessed from the base cabinets.  We stained it just a little bit darker and we now love it!  Personally I would LOVE to paint this unit black and might just do so in time, but that is going to be a hard sell for the husband.

Soon I'll be posting my next project which is to add/organize my desk area in the kitchen with an upholstered memo/cork board.  Sounds easy right?  Well....it's always those projects that you think are going to be simple that turn out to be difficult.  We'll see......