F - fixing up a room (blogging the alphabet) #abcblogging

6/4/2014

Did you know that in the spring the lighter comes earlier and stays later?

This is a lesson my eight year old has been learning and it's been driving him crazy!

"MOM!!! It's too light out! I can't sleep!!!!

So we set out one day last week while hubby was away at a conference to see if we could do something about that.

We found what we needed at JYSK. We found ourselves a bit confused for a while about our options but a very helpful sales clerk alleviated that issue quite quickly.

My son wanted these drapes, and had me pick out a version of a lighter shade. It was hard to choose and the lad needed to think how long our window was and how long our walls were. There were plenty that he liked that were simply way too long.

We almost forgot a curtain rod and once we had two in hand off we headed.
Time to put them up there were no instructions so needed to figure out how to put them up.
Drill, screwdriver and "get her done" attitude served us well. :)

From the diagnosis of the problem.

Our blinds are very old and over time and handling by children and adults, they have developed health issues.

Should we duct tape them? The lad thinks that will hurt them more, so cover them up we shall.

Let's open them mom? Can I do it???

Then came the work of threading the drapes onto the rods. It had taken a while to figure out how the rods work. The one rod slides into the other and it simply didn't want to come out! Rather frustrating, but perseverance proved key in this instance.

The lad's cat Milo was quite intrigued by all these goings on. He wasn't helpful when it came time to thread the drapes on the rod...all that movement was too intriguing for him, but he did a great job of monitoring where the drill was so we wouldn't step on it.