DIY Kitchen Curtains, A BIG Peek, and A Question

To you who have just hopped on over for the first time…welcome!  We’ve been working on a little kitchen makeover here.  So far, we’ve done a little painting, finished the kitchen office area, had an electrician do above-the-sink wiring, made over the European cupboard doors, and my husband’s been working his magic on the upper cupboards (more on that later).

Yesterday I finally finished the valance to go above the sink.

A while ago I wrote about the $6.00 fabric I found in the As Is department of Ikea.  I really am not sure what it’s intended purpose was, but it was a great (huge) piece of fabric hemmed on all four sides.

I trimmed off the bottom, split it in half, and hemmed the rough edges to make curtains for the sliding glass door.  I LOVE to use black rings with clips that I found at our local fabric store (they go on half price often).  These particular ones were left over from curtains in our previous house.  They not only eliminate the whole dilemma of headers, but I think they look really neat, and slide back and forth really nice when you need to shut your drapes.

I wanted a simple valance to go above the sink.  This picture from Pottery Barn was my inspiration idea.

I used the leftover fabric from what I had cut from the bottom of the other drapes.  It really was a simple project, but you would have thought I was trying to sew Kate Middleton’s wedding dress for all the problems I had yesterday…!  First I made it too long, then too short…  Anyway, it ended up being 12 inches (finished height) and 1 3/4 times the length of the window.  I hung the white roman shade we had had previously underneath.  I like the “layered” look…and it also allows the functionality of being able to shut the blind when we need to.

For those of you who’ve been begging for a bigger “peek” of the kitchen…this is for you…

Here’s what our kitchen was when we started a few weeks ago…

And here it is this very day…

O.K.  Now I have a question for you…  See that “Seaside” sign above the door?  I made it the other day…but I’m not sure if I like it there.  Do you?  (Don’t worry, I won’t be offended by your honest answers!)…

I’m Linking Up…

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