Ruffles!

My mom made beautiful curtains for our front room, and she and Jeremy hung them this past weekend.  

I am so excited about them!

As with all the other rooms in our house, redecorating is going slowly in this room.  This is our music room, where we practice, and also where I teach voice and piano lessons.  It was a dusty green color when we moved in, and I had never painted it until this past April.  I painted it "Purple Heart," which is really a shade of lavender.  I knew I wanted to have espresso brown fabrics in here, and saw a photo of a ruffled curtain panel that I thought was beautiful.  I showed the photo to Mom, and she designed these...

I love all the many ruffles, and the way the light shines through the part without ruffles.

  

This window is on the front of our house, looking out to the street.  

The curtains look nice pulled back too.

I searched all over for curtain rods and holdbacks and finally found them at Lowe's online.  Another thanks goes to my mom for picking them up at the Ft. Wayne store, since they didn't have them at one close to us.  They go really well with our light fixture.

The other window in the room is narrower (and currently containing our window a.c. unit),
so only needs one panel.

Here's a little example of photography light and color differences...

1)light on, no flash;  2)light off, with flash;  3)light off, no flash

(You can click any of the photos to see them larger.)

  

I really love the curtains, and am so grateful to my mom for making beautiful custom curtains that are exactly what I wanted!  She is so talented!  And, thank you to my dear husband for helping install them in 105 degrees and 100% humidity!

I still need a rug in this room...I have been searching high and low, and am pondering making one this winter...  We shall see.  

I also need to get over my fear of hanging things on the wall.  Slow, but this is great progress... :)