The Scoop on My Striped Drapes

They are the backdrop to way too many of my photos.

You are probably sick of looking at them.

If there’s anything you’d like to know about my striped drapes check out my post at Window Mistreatments today.  If you are tired of hearing about them, click away and we’ll both pretend this never happened.

Did you notice my dog? His personal life mission is to stand in every photo I take and then act all nonchalant about the whole thing.  I have to crop his brown self out of almost every photo I take.

PS, are these extra-large photos annoying?  Would you rather they be smaller?

On CONtent and conTENTment

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I wanted to tell you about some up and coming things at Nesting Place.  For the past few months I’ve felt a bit scattered, maybe you noticed.  I’ve been hard at work bossing around the best graphic designer in the business. She’s so good that last year her que for the ENTIRE 2010 year filled [...]

Confession

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There’s not gonna be a window mistreatment ebook. Back in December I was trudging right along with working on the ebook.  It was really hard for me to get into writing this in ebook form but, I promised I would have it ready in January and that alone was motivation to kick my working into [...]

Calling All Window Mistreaters

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I’ve been slaving away at the Window Mistreatment ebook due out in January and I’d love to include some of you who have mistreated your windows. I get emails every week from people sharing their mistreatments and I really love seeing all of your ideas and creations, there are lots of you out there who [...]

Striped Drapes

striped drapes

Inquiring minds need to know where I bought my drapes, who made my drapes and if I painted my drapes.  Well, I hate to let you all down but, round these parts, I make my own drapes.  They are called Window Mistreatments because I do it all wrong, I rarely sew, it takes 5 minutes [...]

Window Treatment Makeover

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Wondering if your room needs a change?  Something I do from time to time is just take down my window treatments {or mistreatments}.  Take them down, live with it for two days–48 hours, this is key.  You will experience one of two emotions both starting with “Oh my word”: 1. Oh my word, this room [...]

Windowless Mistreatments

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I used them in the bathroom in the old house but now, they are in the foyer. You don’t need a window to soften a room with fabric. Six yards of fabric at $5 per yard {1502 fabrics, Thomasville, NC} is much less expensive than a 8′ x 5′ rug. Do you have a place [...]

Fabric Buying Tips

Calico Corners Fabric. If I were stranded on a desert {deserted?} island and could only have 5 tools to decorate my tree house, fabric would be one of the chosen tools. We’ve talked about where to shop for fabric and many of you are asking how to know what fabric to buy for certain projects. [...]

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