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Curtains!
We have curtains! On our windows!
We moved here three and a half years ago, folks. And it's taken me that long to weigh options, decide, doubt my decision, weigh again, postpone, repeat. As Fanny Price says in Mansfield Park, "I have no talent for certainty." You're going to laugh, because after all those years of hemming and hawing, I went with a very basic white linen drape (and, by the way, it's actually a lot thicker than it looks here with the light glowing through).
We really wanted this little den-like space to feel like a cozy timeless library, like it could have been assembled by your librarian great-aunt in the 20s or 40s or in 2010 by, well, us. Eclectic. Maybe a little quirky.
Because of this--and I know this will not be everyone's favorite--we also chose antique brass hardware. I love it for this room, though. (By the way, I've been seeing a lot of brass and gold in magazines so maybe the trend is turning back to gold and brass?)
Linen drapes on sale, here
Rods and such, on sale here
I'm glad we got this vintage, scraped-up postcard spin-me-round at Brimfield last month:
(^You spin me right round, baby.)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Reader Comments (10)
I'll be thinking, but in the meantime, your house looks FAB and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
that's my favorite room in your house. I love it.
STUNNING! I especially love the bass in the corner. I do hope someone plays...
Your room looks great! Congrats on the curtains. We're pushing SIX years (I can't believe it...) and my windows are still bare. And I don't have any fabulous ideas about how to display that post card holder but I LOVE IT! What a find!
Thanks!
Liz, someone does play the bass: it's G. I love that about him. He put himself through college on a bass scholarship and played in the university symphony, plus played paid gigs for musicals and operas and country-western reviews. It doesn't get much play anymore but it sure looks good in the corner!
I LOVE your room! Especially the settee. My designer friend tells me brass is back so there you go, you are so in. (She told me this when I was lamenting that we haven't changed any of the brass light fixtures in our Victorian style home that we have lived in for almost three and a half years. Maybe your curtains will inspire me to change the light fixtures!) My suggestion would be to get a fun small table next spring at Brimfield for the other side of the couch and display the postcard stand there.
I am two and a half years into choosing curtains. For real. Your curtains are persuasive. And your home is beautiful Annie. I really do love it. It does look timeless and cozy. Can I come over and read on your sofa?
I love your house, and those curtains just go so perfectly in that room! Love them. You have such excellent taste, my friend. Come here and help me!
ooh, I adore curtains and yours are loverly!
Girl. You do have great taste. I love it. It is a room I would feel very happy to be in. Thanks for sharing it! Can you come to my house and help me?