Since I have turned over a new leaf and am beginning a new chapter in life, I decided to just start a new blog. I'll keep my old one, but will no longer be posting on it.
So, what's new? Well, the most exiting thing has finally happened. I finally have moved into a cute little trailer. While we are still in the middle of organizing and down sizing, we really haven't had a chance yet (it's only been a week) to begin any of the redecorating plans we have to turn are little trailer into a sophisticated gothic lair. The style we plan to go with is an eclectic mix of Victorian, industrial, Halloween and a few other elements. While it's a mix of styles, the most important part of this theme idea is cohesion. Everything will be cohesive. All rooms will have a mix of blacks, greys and whites. It will be fun to see how each room comes together, but cohesion and cool relaxing tones are the name of the game.
My first project is making curtains. :D I've always wanted to make my own curtains, so I am super excited. I've also never really done any real official curtain making and as I am winging it, I think this will be fun. We just want a simple curtain - no fancy drapery, so winging it is pretty much fail proof. I'll just be doing one room a week, so this week I am going to work on my bedroom space.
Yesterday we went to Joann's and picked out 2 fabrics. One for the window covering, and one for the closet. I really want to remove the closet door. It's a pretty small space, and eliminating the door needing space to open just seems ideal to me. Plus the plain white door just isn't really nice to look at. I want to bring in decoration in space saving ways, and for this room, no door and a lovely skeleton print fabric is perfect. This will be the only room the closet door gets removed.
I got 2 and a half yards for the closet curtain. This will be super simple as there is no point in lining it like the window curtains. I should have that one done pretty quickly.
For the window curtain, I got 5 yards - each curtain will be around 2 1/2 yards with a little fabric being set aside for tie backs. I don't think I actually need that much, but we will see. I'll be better prepared after I do these for when I get the next round of curtain fabric. I also got 5 yards of plain white muslin for the lining.
The fabric has been prewashed, dried and then ironed. (Let me just say, for the record, I really do not enjoy ironing muslin. It's like, once it's been washed and wrinkled, it cannot be undone. At least not totally.) Ironing the fabric took me over an hour! I'm not sure how it took my that long, but I gotta also say that I adore my new iron. <3 It only cost around $20 -24 from Walmart and it is glorious! It's got a heavy weight to it and that makes ironing so much more effective. It's truly a joy to use. :) :) :)
I'll do a progress update once I get to work on the cutting and sewing after dinner. I also need to find my camera so I can take pics. TBC!
