{The Abode} Living Room Curtains

This post is overdue.  Please forgive my tardiness while I distract you with these shiny pretties.

We finally found curtains for the living room and I splurged a little on the rods.  They didn't break the bank and were from Target. 

They are Anita grey curtains from Ikea.  I love our dining room Ikea curtains so much that I was ready to find another pair for the living room. I never thought I'd get solid grey curtains, but they looked pretty in the store and I thought I'd try them out.  I could always return them if they weren't right.
They have a subtle design woven into the fabric and they are heavy and substantial.

But before I get ahead of myself...here is the BEFORE.  This room is so hard to photograph so I didn't get a great one.  We had these rather formal damask curtains with a fancy jabot.  They were here when we moved in and I've been nervous about replacing them but we finally bit the bullet.

Here's why. The swaggy jabot was stapled onto a cornice board that was screwed into the wall.

And I  do mean screwed. Check out these bad boys!

Here I am trying to be stealthy and artsy taking a photo in a mirror.

We were left with these monstrous holes (no, we haven't filled them in yet but they are covered by the new curtains until we get to them).

While the hubs was taking down the old curtains, I amused myself.

I won't bore you with the curtain rod hanging details but here they are. Ta Da!!

Again, I had a hard time getting an accurate photograph of the room

 

These are a little better. You can see them against our wall color and furniture.

A close up of the material. They hang really nicely because of their weight.

I love 'em, they're staying!
I still need to hem them but for now they are puddled.

Linking up with:
Thursday Favorite Things
Create It Thursday
Alphabe-Thursday

Pin It