Wit & Wisdom from my Journey through Womanhood
I’m on a quest today. I want to put Scripture in every room of my house. I want to surround my children with the Bible. I’m not perfect, but it is!
My problem is that there are so-o many good verses! And so many nice decorations. How can I choose? I hate decisions.
The main living areas of our house are all wide open to each other. The living room, dining room, and kitchen all flow together. I decided to aim for a Tuscany style of decor; that style is one of the few that I like in all of those 3 rooms. Example: I could handle a contemporary living room, but strongly dislike a contemporary style kitchen.
While browsing the web and pinning decor ideas I found a beautiful wall mural. It was marked down so I bought it before we even signed the papers for the house.
Dining Room Wall Before
This week we pasted it to the dining room wall. Yes, pasted. Not peel & stick. Who’d ever think that I – lover of faux painting – would use wall paper!
Candles with light sensors = awesome!
My son wanted horse curtains and they are expensive to buy. Instead I used a 50% off curtain at the fabric store and made them myself.
FYI: This post has 18 pictures and a lot of words.
This is my “pattern.” It’s wrinkled from being carried around in my purse and clenched in my hand while shopping for material.
First measure your window vertically and horizontally. The general rule to determine how much material you need is to take the width of your window times 2 or 2.5. That will give your curtain the extra drape it need to look nice. So I needed 2 panels 45 inches wide. Since material comes in 44 inches I just needed to figure the length I need.
To determine the length needed: Subtract the length of the tab from the length of the window. Add inches for the hem at top and bottom. Take that amount times 2 and that is the length of the yardage you need.
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