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One of the first projects I completed when we moved into our loft was hanging window treatments in our living room and bedroom. Our ceilings are extremely tall, so the idea of buying decently priced curtains off the shelf was out of the question. As usual I went into DIY mode and decided to sew my own curtains for our living room. I picked out some clearance fabric and went to town.
I bet you didn’t know that of the 6 windows I had to cover, I’ve only sewn drapes for 5. I bet you also didn’t know I’ve been using belts and upholstery cord to tie back our curtains…
Pretty classy, right? I always thought it would be a short term problem… that I’d find the perfect and most unique way to tie my curtains back. Well, once I get something partially functional I move right along to the next thing and forget about it until it breaks… or the times when I actually have to wear the belt that’s currently tying back our bedroom curtains…
There are so many creative minds out there, thinking of all the clever ways you can tie back a set of curtains. I gathered a few of my favorites that I’ve pinned over the last few months:
We were making do like this for a while… then Christmas came and our tree blocked the view of my slacker ways, and so all was forgotten. Well, naturally we had to take our tree down (against my fiancee’s will – he’d have a year-round Christmas tree if he were single!), so now the make-shift upholstery-cord-curtain-pull has since been glaring in my face.
Anthropologie sells some amazing drawer pulls and coat hooks, but most sit at pretty ridiculous prices. I remember seeing this exact vintage glass coat hook at Anthro for around $30. Well, handy dandy Cost Plus sells the exact same hook for $9.99! So, I bought it and slapped it on our wall to pull back our living room curtains.
Ta-da! And the world is good again!
Curtains hooks look great! Glad to see you in the Home Depot Style Challenge group – can’t wait to see what you do with your outdoor space!