Detour!

I'm still working on the dresser!

I could not find my antiquing products 

or paint so I did the next best thing...

bought more!

So yesterday morning, I decided to work on it.

The beginning of something fabulous!

Trying to hand paint lines and nooks and crannies

is virtually impossible with two little monkeys on your back.

No, really.

 They love to climb on me whenever 

I am down at their level.

Time to wash the brushes and put

 it all away till night time.

So instead, I took a look

around to see what I could

muster up without the help

of my monkey's.

Drapes.

Our kitchen door is at the front of the house

and is all glass so at night,

I feel like I'm being watched 

while cooking dinner or

cleaning up.

Mr. FPH suggested we 

put mirrored tint on it.

Umm... no.

Somehow, mirror tinted

windows doesn't scream

French Country to me.

I did, however, have an abundance

of Toile fabric still waiting 

to be put to work,

thanks to my very generous

friend, Missy.

I've hung onto this fabric for

quite some time, just using

bits and pieces here and there.

In our 

"house that we just borrowed"

{that's what Brock calls the rental},

I made a valance for the big sliding window

{which I took down before we moved and replaced with burlap}.

I then reused a part of that in my new

laundry room, with some to spare.

These drapes were a perfect solution!

I think I love them.

I didn't do any fancy sewing,

just straight as an arrow 

with no bling.

These tie-back's were saved from a remodel

job Mr. FPH did back in CA, 

that were headed for the dump. 

They were the "wrong" color

so a quick spritz of black paint fixed that!

I'll use little pops of Toile 

to tie everything together throughout

the house. Not too much,

just enough. 

Now the possums and raccoons

can't peek in anymore

{yes, we've had both looking in}.

Now onto the next project...

xo, Amber