For those of you who’ve been waiting on tenterhooks since I posted “They laughed when I sat down at the piano” to know whether my curtain rods worked, sorry for the delay – don’t you hate it when your day job gets in the way? But yes, today was the day I tried to put [...]
Posts Tagged ‘curtains’
The proof is in the pudding, or, in which I succeed in hanging my curtains on branches
Posted in Building, Designing, tagged branch curtain rods, curtains, DIY curtain rods, window treatments on February 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
They laughed when I sat down at the piano or, how I made curtain rods out of sticks
Posted in Before & After, Designing, tagged curtain rods, curtains, DIY curtain rods, make curtain rods out of branches, make your own curtain rods on January 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Growing up, “They laughed when I sat down at the piano” was a shorthand, nicer way of saying “I told you so.” Both my parents used it occasionally but until I Googled it for this blog post I never knew its provenance – a wildly successful lead in for an advertisement for music lessons by [...]
In which I fall truly, madly, deeply in love with Ikea’s Dignitet curtain hanging system
Posted in Building, Designing, Shopping, tagged curtain rods, curtains, Dignitat, Ikea, window treatments on January 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I am head over heels in love with Ikea’s Dignitet curtain hanging system, which I managed to install on three windows and a sliding glass door 100% by myself (OK, after my husband showed me how to use a bit extender on the drill, but still). Ikea’s been my go-to spot for curtains and curtain [...]


