WhoHoo! And It Only Took 6 Mths!

Today was a good day minus the fact that I forgot to set my alarm and woke up at 7:08 and found Oldest lounging on the couch watching Disney instead of realizing "hey the suns up and Mickey Mouse Club House is on why isn't mom up?". We were able to get ready and out the door in just 20 minutes thank goodness! After I dropped him off at school Littliest and I came home and I finished up a few orders and then decided to tackle a project that I had started well 6 months ago. Really! No let me count....7 months ago! OMG! See honestly OCD and ADD here y'all! 

This is our dining room before I repainted it last summer. I had found these rooster toile curtains at Tuesday Morning and fell in love with them. Well they were a tad short and I was not sure how I was gonna hang um.

Here is a bad pic of my first attempt of hanging them with knobs from HobLob. I also had let out the hem to make um puddle. That did not work and I decided they needed something more done to them. 

So I accomplished making a topper with pinch pleats back in September and had The Papa cut down some  rods for me. That's how it stayed till well now. Yep, just one panel and yes, blue on my ceiling. I did paint over the blue but until last week!;)

Ta-daa! Finally both panels are done and I LOVE them! Now please if you are a master seamstress like Sonya over at Beyond The Screen Door please don't come running over to look at my handy work. ( Thank You Sonya for being my inspiration on attempting these! You rock!) It is far from perfect but I do think I did pretty darn good figuring out how to adjust the original panel and how to pleat both the new topper and toile panel. 

Here is the view from our foyer. One day we may add some bamboo shades but for now I enjoy how sunny and bright the room is with the windows bare.

Closer look at the topper. It took me abt two and half hours to do this panel today only because I forgot how I did the first one! My bad since I did not do both at the same time.

I love how they puddle just a bit on the floor!

While we are here in the dining room look at my cute bunny salt and pepper shakers I found at HomeGoods a few weeks back. Aren't they just adorable!!?? I kept hoping they would get another set in for my mama but no such luck. I know she would love them too.

And look what I found yesterday on my weekly jaunt to HG! I had purchased The Maddison Pattern in blue our first fall in the new house. I LOVED them but decided to go a differ direction than blue and thus they sadly went back. When I saw the same pattern in green I HAD to bring them home to see if they would work with the white plates...also form HG...that I already had.

Here is the opposite setting which I think I do like. Still debating though.

I have added a cute spoon and fork print from HobLob. Not sure it will stay there or not but I do like it.

I also added this adorable bunny pic to the buffet! Just LOVE it! All I did was find the pic on google and printed it to size and framed it. I hope to find a real one someday soon. I have been on the hunt.

Just a pic of one of my many nests.

I think I have finally decided that my Pottery Barn scrolly votive holder will get hung on this wall.  

As for this wall I am thinking a Menu board with some plates framing it. Let's see how long that takes for me to accomplish!;)

And since I finished the dining room panel my next task to accomplish is cleaning up the boys art window and making the last set of cafe curtains for the breakfast area. Oldest says he likes sitting by the window because it inspires him!:) Love him and his corkiness but not loving his mess.

Thanx for stopping by and touring the dining room! I am linking up to Wow Us Wednesdays over at Savvy Southern Style and the following other parties later this week:
Open House Party- No Minimalist Here
Feather Your Nest Friday- The French Country Cottage
Inspiration Fridays- At The Picket Fence

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Write by: AN - Wednesday, April 6, 2011