Look Out Martha Stewart

Over the past month or so I have been doing a lot of work on our kitchen. It started with taking off the old wall paper - time spent, about 15 hours. Then painting, first primer, then two coats - time spent, around 10 hours. Finally, I looked and looked for something for the windows. Everything I found looked like it should be in either a senior apartment or a country style home - of course, this is not the look I was going for. I checked into having some cafe curtains made - the cost was going to be over $600. So, I took a sewing class at the fabric store. I had flashbacks to middle school home ec and Mrs. deLeo (I think that was her name). I remember a fabulous pair of shorts I made in that class. Anyway, I spent this weekend making the curtains - it took about 8 hours just for the cutting, pinning and sewing. We also went through three different curtain rods for the big window. 30 or so hours later, here is the final product (sorry about the mess on the counter, I was too tired to move it)....





I am so thankful that my next project is painting the dining room and not more curtains.