There have been so many decisions I’ve had to make regarding the renovation. It has been stressful, but it’s also been really amazing to see my place come together. And all the fear I had that the choices I was making would clash were unfounded because things really did look good. I still think it’s a bit of a miracle that I didn’t end up with things that looked mismatched, but since so much of what I picked were neutrals in the same color tones, I guess I set myself up to have that happen.
I do still have to buy a few more things for my place, but for the most part, the design work has been done for a while. Most of the design choices I made were actually before the renovation started, so it was done a while ago. But there have been a few things I’ve still had to figure out. I’m still planning a bit of a design for my living room, but I know that will happen once I get my new couch delivered. And once I buy some of the display cabinets I want to get, I will need to style those, but that feels less like design since I’m going to be using things I already own.
But one thing that I have been needing to do but have been waiting on was getting curtains for my slider door in my living room. I put shutters on my windows, but to do shutters on the sliding door would have been really expensive so I didn’t do that. I knew I wanted to at least have sheer curtains there since that’s what I had when I got my place. But getting regular curtains too would be nice in case I wanted to make my living room a bit more private.
When my parents have been in town during the renovation, they helped me out by meeting with some companies that could do curtains. But they were either too expensive or didn’t have fabrics we liked. I didn’t want anything too crazy for curtains, just something basic that went along with everything else that I had in the room. And even though I wanted to have some more privacy, I didn’t feel like I needed to rush to get more appointments set up. But I realized that I just needed to make a plan and go for it, so I scheduled an appointment with a company that could come to my place with samples and helps me decide on a design.
I had the appointment the other day, and I went into it thinking I might not find what I want. But I lucked out and I think I found something that will look nice. For the sheers, I went with the most basic white ones they had. I didn’t want them to be ivory or to have a design. I just wanted something simple and bright to go along with some of the accent paint in my living room. But picking out regular curtains was a bit harder. I didn’t want a big design, and a lot of the samples seemed to be too bold for me. But I think I found something that will go nicely with my paint as well as the new couch when it’s here.
It’s nothing crazy or fancy, but it will add a bit of texture and color to the room. And since they will mainly be off to the side because I’ll only have the sheers closed, they will not be a huge focal point in the room. I think it will look nice when they will be installed!
I got everything ordered during the appointment and the installation will hopefully be sometime next month. But since I wasn’t in a rush to get it done, I’m ok if it takes longer to get them. I just want to keep moving forward with getting my place finished and feeling like I’m really living in here and not just still moving in.
I know that there will always be more projects to work on, but at least for now, I think I’m done making big design decisions and can focus on the smaller things I need to get and style.
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