Dressing up the windows

Our windows needed some interest, so I decided to dress them up with some curtain panels.

I found these beauties at Bed, Bath and Beyond. They are the color of sand and they have a wonderful texture; they almost look like soft burlap. I love the square grommets; they give the curtains a more contemporary feel.

Before heading out on my curtain shopping trip, I searched online for BBB coupons. I didn't find anything, but I did find this tip...

Did you know that you can just ask the cashier for a coupon and they will usually give you one? I'm not a very ballsy person, so I felt a tad embarrassed asking for a coupon, but it paid off because the cashier ended up giving me 20% off!

While finding great curtains was a breeze, finding the perfect curtain rod was not.
I wanted something chunky and made of wood. The problem was that our windows span about 10 feet and all of the wooden curtain rods I could find were only 9 feet long.

So I made my own!

I bought a 12 foot long, thick, wooden dowel at Lowe's. I stained it a dark wood color and had Jacob cut it down to size for me. Then I bought some dark wood finials and screwed them on the ends of the dowel. I also bought some matching dark wood brackets and
Voila! Just what I had in mind!