DRAPERY ROD : Even being unemployed, I haven't had as much time to devote to finishing the home decorating as I'd like. But I've made a little progress recently.I *finally* unpacked the boxes in my study/office! I had thot I'd paint the unfinished-for-10-yrs bookcase that holds everything in those boxes. But last wkend I said "f**k it", brought the still-&-eternally-unfinished bookcase in & unpacked all the damn books. That cleared up a bunch of space in here (the study is where my computer is & I spend most of my day in here). Again, a deadline actually had to loom for me to do it -- in 2 wks, a friend is staying over & my study is the default guest room, once there was enough space cleared to put out the air mattress (someday we'll get a futon & I'll have the fancy lil' guestroom of my Monica-from-Friends dreams ;-). I also cleaned up my desk & file cabinets, which badly needed it. And sorted thru the closet in here, which had lots of junk that should've been stored in the garage anyways. Now I can get to all the stuff I need to sell on eBay soon!
DRAPERY ROD : Better still, my husband sprung for bedroom curtains. I'd had some black velvet panels on order from Newport News, but they kept getting back-ordered & finally were cancelled. So we went to Bed, Bath, & Beyond & found nice, heavy, non-see-thru, dark purple velvet panels for $50 each. We got a black iron curtain rod w/pointy arrow-like finials too (our canopy bed is black iron). I put them up last nite -- finally replacing the hideous white vertical blinds that came w/the house & let light stream thru the sliding glass door into our bedroom at dawn. This morning, w/the new curtains, we could finally sleep in! The dark purple is actually a better choice than black -- it's still very dark, but a bit warmer in feel than black, & it subtly coordinates w/the purple metallic brocade canopy from India, black velvet comfortor, & dark purple tone-on-tone striped sheets. Still need to put stuff on the walls, but the bedroom looks much better now.
DRAPERY ROD : Lastly at Bed, Bath, & Beyond, we bought a new shower curtain. The old one had torn down, so we needed a replacement. And my hubbi agreed that a fabric curtain would look better. So we got one in a burgundy marbelized pattern accented w/green, black, & gold marbelized patterns (it's a fairly common pattern avail. at lots of stores). I thot it might look cheezy, but it looks FAB-U-LOUS. I'm amazed at how such a simple thing totally revitalizes this standard, ugly bathroom. Now I want to marbelize the whole damn room! Can't, of course, since it's a rental. But still, a simple shower curtain does wonders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trystan L. Bass @->--- editor for hire gothic martha stewart buy my junk atOn Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:22:30 -0800, "Trystan L. Bass" wrote:
DRAPERY ROD : I want to do this! We have a black iron bed and sliding glass doorwith hideous white vertical blinds in our bedroom, too. And we have adeep purple crushed velvet comforter (Xmas present from my husband).(In fact, I think we have discussed the similarities in our housesbefore.)This may seem like a stupid question, but did you take down thevertical blinds or just put the curtains over them? We rent, too, soI'm a little hesitant to take the blinds down completely. Although Iguess it couldn't be that hard to put them back up when/if we move.(We may buy the place at some point, but that's not for sure yet.)I'm sure it would make a HUGE difference in the look and feel of thebedroom. Then maybe I would get around to having all the printsframed that I want to hang in there. (Lots of voluptuous femalenudes, Birth of Venus theme. :)
DRAPERY ROD : kalipriestessplusgoth extrordinaire ;)"I'll pull you from your tower I'll take away your pain Show you all the beauty you possess If you'd only let yourself believe..."You'd have to look at your blinds to be sure, but usually youcan take the blinds down, whilst leaving the hardware that holdsthem up in place. Then they are much easier to put back up whenyou end your lease. =) You can easily cover the hardware withyour curtains.Sounds pretty! *whispers in your ear* Do it... take the blinds down. I was so happy when I took down the ones abovemy bed, although so far I've only hung a sarong over thewindow. Bansidhe --------------------------------------an d bats flew round in fragrant skies,and wheel'd or lit the filmy shapesthat haunt the dusk; with ermine capes,and wooly breasts, and beaded eyes ------------------Alfred Lord Tennyson
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