Sunday, October 2, 2011

Creative or Crazy Shoddy?

We have a large bay window in our living room that looks out on our very private 3 acre backyard. I took down the blinds the came with the house as we had never closed them in 3 years. There remained a very nice but unremarkable white valance that did nothing for the view or room. I haven't decided whether to hang decorative drapes on the sides (and what kind) or whether to put trim aournd the window.

So long story short, I had one of those middle of the night crazy thoughs and had to try it out.


Can you guess what I have done?  with book pages sewn together?
I made temprorary drapes out of vintage book pages!
They are sewn together and hung on the sides and across the top of the window.

It is definitely something I haven't seen except in my crazy middleof the night thoughs.

The color of the old paper works well in the room....



Ta daaa...


I lightened this one so you could see a bit better.  And haven't mastered photoshop so I couldn't brighten and lighten the inside without blowing out the outside.  So please excuse the BRIGHT view.

It makes me smile so it will stay temporarily and probably get tweaked a bit until I decide on how to dress this window.  So what do you think, creative or crazy shoddy?  (and any suggestions for a real treatment for the window are most welcome).

3 comments:

  1. Definitely different! But I think I like it! I would add some kind of curtain rod or something at the top to finish off the window treatment to "frame it". Just an idea...

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  2. Hmmm...
    is Crazy Creative an option?

    While you're experimenting and trying to decide what to do and not cover the view (after all its' private...well, why not? I think it is definitely different, and I've seen walls covered in pages...
    So I say, Great job!

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  3. I like it a lot and how you folded the little corner over at the side...I have many nontraditional window treatments in my home.

    Lezlee Cheek

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