Okay, this is a white curtain, on a white door, with white vinyl wallpaper....can we say TOO MUCH WHITE!! When we paint this hallway, it will be a beige colour probably, but I want some exciting window topper...I was thinking homespun?? Tell me...what would YOU do for a window covering??
This is the big window in our kitchen. These walls will probably have a blue tone to them of some kind...not sure...but blue is my colour in the kitchen....what would you do with this window? These curtains do not fit correctly and I'm just plain sick of them. Do I just do a topper? Do I ditch the mini blind? Do I do a topper and a bottom, or what?? This window is my biggest challenge...so any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!
This is the other window in our kitchen...what would you do here? Again..it's has to be blue of some kind.
This is our back door, just off the kitchen, so it would have to kind of match the kitchen. The curtains are on the top and midway down....the glass goes from top to bottom. I might also add that I do like the sun shining in here, so I don't want one long window covering on this door.
Thanks for all your help!
Marion
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keep the blinds. you need some toppers( valances) . homespun would be great! i will get a pic of mine tomorrow. just remind me...lol
you can paint over the vinyl wall junk. use a primer first..... mine is burgundy but i am hoping to change agin soon.
kim
I would get homespun for your windows. A blue plaid or something similar! I would use valances in your kitchen above the sink and on the door...and i would make tab curtains for your kitchen window that is big! Go and browse fabrics...i bet you will find something perfect!!! :)
Okay, lets see if I get all of this! LOL
You can paint over that vinyl and I'll tell you it's not nearly as hard as people will make it out to be. I have painted every room in this trailer at least twice! LOL (In the beginning I bought paint off the mis-mixed rack and then later I realized what I truly wanted) I didn't use primer. Not once! ;) No TSP, no sanding...none of that crazy crap. I just painted over the stuff. I never really painted before so when I did the kitchen and it took 3 coats of paint, I just told myself it would always take 3 coats and went from there. (Seriously this one coat stuff is baloney! Nobody can be certain that they cover ever inch of their wall in the same amount of paint in one coat!)
I have always used cheapy Wal-Mart paint. And I have always used at least a satin or semi-gloss. I was used to being able to scrub the walls and I wanted to still be able to do that. I have heard of others using flat, and I tried it once in the laundry, and it doesn't seem to stick.
Okay, that's what I did...:)
Homespun is usually the way I go. It's inexpensive and valances are easy to make. If you like the fancy cuts of the curtains you have, then use them for patterns.
The blinds...I have went through all phases with those. I loved them, hated them and now have a few in places around the house. My kitchen windows are valances and cafe tiers (I can shut them for some privacy). The living room is a valance over panels and we have Roman shades to pull at night. The front door has tab top panels (actually they're tiers but just the right size). The back door has a valance, panels and a mini blind. My room is a valance, tiers and faux wood blinds. It's whatever you want. Whatever you like!
Have a great weekend!
Homespun would be so sweet, Marion. I can't wait to see the transformation!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Marion,
With your walls blue, what will your cupboard colors be?
With your smaller windows, I would go with a blue and white homespun pattern for valances. I'm not sure I would add a bottom curtain to it if you have blinds already. You could just close the blinds when you want more privacy.
I would probably go with either a white or mostly white pattern for the larger windows if the walls will be blue. White will break up the blue.
Your porch door, will it be white?
My kitchen has blueberry cupboard doors and drawers, white walls with the one window having a white and blue homespun check pattern for a valance. The baseboards along the floor and the chair rails (midway on the walls) are all the same blueberry color as the cupboards etc.
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