Monday, June 20, 2011

Progress June 2011

We have had a rather unusual start to summer. The weather has been overcast and cool. We are still marching forward and hoping that summer soon shows its face around here!

A lily and phlox from my garden:

One pic is never enough of my flowers:

A little progress has been made at our home, going from this:

To this:

And from this :

To this:

Think I spent hundreds of dollars for custom coverings? Try ""cut to size" cellular shades from Home Depot for less than $130 for 4 rather large, hard to find window sizes. These would cost more than $1,000 had they been custom ordered. My sweet hubby hung them for me and the entire family is overjoyed that we have relief from the sun at dinnertime!

I am documenting one little project at a time, to show the progress that we make around here. In the meantime my oldest daughter has been doing a lot of babysitting, while my son has been working on a new hair color...oh my! Stay tuned for more pictures!

hugs,
Cathy M.

6 comments:

  1. Don't you hate HATE how much window coverings are?? Those are awesome for an awesome price. We're having issues with our basement windows (i.e., I won't spend $450 per window for plantation shutters.)

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  2. Looking at your yard through your windows makes me feel dismayed about mine. You do such a nice job!

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  3. that is such a great tip on the Home Depot shades - these look fabulous, wow! I may actually stop over there today, we've been holding off on a window that brings blinding morning light into the kitchen b/c of the expense to custom cover a 60-year old window ... thanks, cathy!!

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  4. I love how simple they look...you hardly notice them...I had to look twice to find what the difference was between before and after! I love that. Your windows are so pretty!

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  5. Oh, I love the shades! I spent a fortune on custom reed shades for the downstairs windows b/c we had some funky sizes. When it came time to do our bedroom I got smart and went to HD for some cut to size for 1/10th of the price. And I love it just as much.

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