Smiling Here
OK.
This curtain thing is gonna kill me.
Vernon would live in a cave... I want lots of light and visibility.
How do you blend those two desires into one?
Well, I'm trying some dark chocolate lined curtains with sheers in between. I had hoped to be able to pull them to the outside of the window, so during the day I wouldn't lose any light... but I bought one rod too short to do that... and have, of course, thrown away the packaging.
Plus my measurement, taken by myself... was WAY off and now I have more holes to patch and paint over.
<BIGSIGH>
I apologize, Lord, for all those bad words I said...
But, my one goal for the day...
hanging curtain rods...
is still about how it was this morning.
I got so frustrated I just left it all.
I took my dogs for a walk this afternoon, brushed them out a tad, laughed as they lay *IN* the creek (there's still 12" of snow, but it was 48* today and they were HOT), and trained on them against crossing the cattleguard onto the highway.
Fairly unproductive day, I'd say... apart from the two meals I cooked and cleaned up after...
Well, we have 10 days before we'll start watching our heifers for calving season... I should enjoy unproductive days while I can!
Dally did... I do believe she is smiling here...
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Yup, looks like a happy dog to me.
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Aren't dogs good for the soul. Take a deep breath and dive in again. Just sit back and wonder what you have to do once the Mills place is gone. Saddle blanket here I come.
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Awww, Dally!
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Hi Carol,
I layer sheers for diffused light - BUT you could put up sheers and hang rods from the ceiling for very long brown velvet tabbed curtains that you can pull back and draw up on knobs on either side of the window durinig the day. It has the advantage of making the ceiling look higher too.
http://mudrocksmetal.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-is-uncluttered.html
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Like you, I want light, light, light. I hung the heavier drape out beyond the window frame so that I had as much window showing as possible-then I hung sheers in betweeen. I live in a village so need to cover windows at dark. It is a nice effect if you have room. A rod too short? YOu will live with these curtains a long time--go buy the longer rod and let the devil take the hindmost! Someone will want that shorter rod someday.
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She's got a cat-got-the-canary grin--what a cutie!
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