Let's Just Vent

We wanted to change our air vent that was above our bedroom door (below left.)

We don't know why the previous homeowner put one above the door as it's an eye sore…

and it'sjust plain ugly.

So with a few tools, some wood and metal…we made a more modern cover (below right.)

What do you think?  It looks so much nicer!

Yard Work Progress Part 1

Before

Our front yard needed some perking up!  This picture shows the bed after some

major weeding, so this looks better already!

After

We added some mulch and things are looking great!

We can check this side of the yard off our summer list….moving on!

Flowers Flowers

We have had some beautiful flowers pop up everywhere in our yard.  We moved in late summer, so we missed what all the gardens had to offer.  Tons and tons of color!

The Weeds Are Everywhere

FRONT FLOWER BED

Before                                                              After

GARDEN 

Progress of trying to find our raised garden bed….

Found it!!!  It took lots of sweat, but we finally found the dirt!

DIY Roman Shades: Part 4

Very easy project and looks great!

DIY Roman Shades: Part 3

Place you fabric underneath your curtain.

To make this look like a roman shade, you will need to remove most

of the slats.  To do this, you will need to remove to plugs that are

on the bottom bar.  They are easy to pop out with a butter knife.

Remember to keep these as they will need to be replaced after 

removing the slats.

Measure you fabric to decide how many folds you will want in your curtain.

Each fold will require a slat.  The photo above shows the slats glued in place with

heavy duty fabric glue. 

Replace the bottom bar with the string and plug.

Glue the 3" extra fabric to the top and bottom metal bars.

For our curtain, I needed to cut slots for the installation pieces.

Let it dry overnight.

DIY Roman Shades: Part 2

Lay out your plastic *cheap* shade on a large work space.

Here's the scary part….

...you will need to cut the "ladder" part of the strings that turn the slats up and down.

Make sure to only cut this part of the strings.  You will need to keep the main, heavier 

string that brings the entire shade up and down.

Remove this completely from the shade.  You do not need this anymore 

for this project.