New Window Treatments

I have to say that I am pretty proud of myself because I finally made progress on my living room plan list that I shared with you in this post!  This weekend I (actually Adam) hung our new curtains.  The part that I am most proud of is that I sewed these curtains myself.  If only you knew about my 4-H sewing days, you would be proud of me too... my sewing projects were nothing short of a disaster, just ask my mom!  Haha!

Here they are!

New Window Treatments

I found the material on the Calico Corners website.  It is called Kalah Blue.



84" Panel Curtains



Here is a reminder of what the living room looked like before.

This is where my curtain inspiration came from.

Remember I said I made the curtains myself?  They were easy as pie to make - if you can sew a straight line, you can make panel curtains!

I made three 84" curtain panels so I ordered 7 yards of material. 

I cut the material into 84" long pieces of fabric and finshed the rough edges with a straight stitch.

After I was done sewing, I ironed each panel to make them look crisp and new.

The curtain rods are from my all-time favorite store, Target, and so are the curtain hooks.

Last, I had my personal handy-man (Adam) help me hang up the curtain rods.

Ta-Da - the new curtains are hung!

Curtains are the first item I can cross of my living room to-do list!  My next project will be to re-cover the throw pillows on the couch.  In fact, I just go the material in the mail today! :)  Below is what is left on the list. 

1. New window treatments, add curtains

2. Re-cover throw pillows

3. New wall hangings

4. Add accessories

5. Replace rug? 

I admit that I have a little bit of work yet to make it all come together, but it will.   

*BETH