Paulette

I posted pictures from the Athens and the Crete segments of my vacation.

I’ll get to Santorini soon.

I’ve been negligent about posting further pictures from Greece (hence the grape reference).  I will post Crete pictures soon.

I did place an order for draperies this weekend.  I needed to replace the homemade tab curtains & Walmart special curtain rods.  We really needed to update them to match the new kitchen.  They will be fine in Brian’s bachelor pad.

Here’s the fabric I chose:

I saw this already made up in the store and immediately liked it.  The background is taupe which I had already as tab curtains.  I liked the red accent and the leaf motif.  The red is a little brighter than it looks in the photo.  I think the fluorescent store lights make it look different.

I did take one panel home to check it out before making the big order.  Everyone liked it so I went back and signed on the bottom line.

The new drapes will be pinch-pleated on a new rod.  They will open & close smoothly which will be nice.  We will now have matching dining & living room window coverings.

As usual I picked something that was not on sale and did not offer a discount of any kind.  I debated whether I should pay full price or not.  I have never bought custom drapes and probably won’t need to for a very long time.  I decided to go ahead with it.

So much for not spending a bunch this month…