Well, yes, actually I am. I'm sure that I like all these cafe curtains that I've been seeing around. I'm sure that I like the idea behind mine and I think it was fun to totally cheat my way through making them.
I'm not sure that I like these particular ones in this particular front hall application, though.
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I started with one of my Walmart flour sack dish towels, and drew a really simple window pane plaid on it in Sharpie.
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Then I cut it to size and hot glued the top to make room for the "curtain rod"...
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...Which was actually a bamboo garden stake that I grabbed out of the mud room. I hot glued the whole mess up on the window frame just to see how it would look. Then I got to thinking that if it looked great as is, that would be amazing cause I totally cheated my way through it.
I don't hate it, but I wouldn't exactly call it "amazing."
As much as I thought I wanted a little curtain in here to bring in some soft fabric, I'm now pretty sure that I'll just put the wreath back up that was there for the last year. So you see, it's a good thing that I have a fear of commitment and didn't go out and buy a curtain rod like a sucker.
So the hot glue will be popped off the frame and the wreath will go back up. Oh, and I guess I should finish painting the walls too, huh?
As you can see, that's underway! I'll give you another peek at the progress tomorrow!
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Courtenay, what a cute idea! So clever! I never thought to draw my own window-pane plaid!!!!
Your project would be perfect to share at TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS, my new weekly linky party! It is live every Wednesday evening at 8:00. Come on over and join in!
Great window mistreatment, as the Nester would say! I would never have guessed that was Sharpie!
Your cafe curtain looks cute, but what a great idea to hot glue first before committing.
Mary Alice
I think it's super cute. Thanks for sharing at DIYByDesign.
I think it looks GREAT!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! :)
Nice! I had cafe curtains for a while, and they are cute. Thanks for linking up this week.
I think it's very cute! Well done :)
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~Pernilla
Looks great! It reminded me of hubbys and my first apartment when I used dish towels for our dining room. Thanx for coming to the party!
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I tried a cafe curtain on the window over my kitchen sink using a cute dish towel from target. Bought the curtain rings and rod. Hated it. Left it there for about 2 weeks, and took it down. Wish I had known about your trick of hot gluing! :)
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