Monday, December 19, 2011

Manic Monday, (or) Diane Designs the Divine Drapes

 I took my final vacation day of 2012 today, just in time to get our long-awaited new drapes.  You know how these things go - take a picture of the "before" look, realize those windows should probably be washed, run around doing that (inside & out), bake some Christmas cookies while you're at it, blah blah blah.  I was never so glad to see the guys show up to intall the drapes so I could finally sit around and watch.  Here we go - this is the living room in the front of the house - before:

 Here is the after shot.  Notice the artwork has been moved around, too.

 Here is the TV room, pre-drapes (sorry, the light was bad):















And after.  Diane helped me move the furniture around so it all looks right:

Here is the kitchen window, "nekkid" as they say in TX:


And here is the nice roman shade, perfect!
















Breakfast nook, before:

Here are the valances:

Here's a detail shot, check out the origami effect.  Whoever sewed these paid a lot of attention to matching the fabric patterns between the panels.

Finally, here is the master bedroom, before & after:

Our thanks & Merry Christmas to our friend & fabulous designer, Diane.  I'm sure she will take referrals, we're pretty good customers.  Merry Christmas, everyone!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Wanted: New Editor for the local 5pm news

 Please.

Meanwhile, we put up some Christmas lights last weekend.