Girls' Bedroom: Window Treatment Update

A few weeks ago, I took a trip to World Market and picked up some curtain drawbacks for the girls' bedroom.  I decided to give them some extra love with spray paint, my new bff!!

We purchased the screws over the weekend and were finally able to get them installed.  Once installed, I sprayed some spray paint in a small bowl and used a paint brush to touch up the screws so they would match with the rest of the drawback.

Originally, I had painted the girls' room a soft yellow and had a Noah's Ark theme.  The girls are still toddlers and will always be my babies, but I wanted to update their room.  I wanted to bring more color into it, colors that they love, and bring in more of their personality into the room.  So I decided to go with a gray, purple, and green room.  There are accents of pink and orange in there as well. The curtains were one of the first updates to the room.  One criteria for the curtains, they had to be either purple or green and block out as much sun as possible.  The girls sleep much better when their room isn't shining bright!!  I found the curtains online at Amazon.  If you need blackout curtains, I would totally recommend these babies!!  The only hiccup in my plan was trying to find curtains long enough and for the right price.  They are perfect in almost every way except for their length.

The window has an arch at the top that lets in a ton of sunlight, but when the girls are napping and sleeping I needed that blocked.  So I had to raise the curtains up higher, which means they are not touching the floor like I had originally wanted.  I would like to add a splash of green fabric to the bottom to make them the perfect length, but until I become friends with my sewing machine that will have to wait!

I have been making slow updates to the girls' room over the summer and currently working on a few posts to show you what I have done in there.


With much love,

Kristin

Photo Shoot, Ice Cream and A Trip To World Market

We had a few things on our agenda for this weekend, but on the top of our list was taking the girls out for a photo shoot and then some ice cream.  I am one lucky gal to have married an amazingly talented photographer - he captures the most beautiful pictures of our girls.  I could probably write this whole post about my hubbie...I am even sitting here with a huge smile on my face as I think about him.  I wouldn't be a supportive wife if I didn't at least give him a shout out to his amazing talent as a photographer.

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After our photo shoot with the girls, which definitely had its moments trying to get a 3 year old and 21 month old to smile at the camera  - heck who am I kidding, just looking at the camera at the same time was a challenge at times.  I pulled out all the stops with bribery of marshmallows and lollipops, that I have on hand of course and even put on funny glasses to make them smile.

Once the shoot was a wrap we made a slight detour to World Market - I was on a hunt to find curtain drawbacks for the girls' room.  I was looking for something simple and I found them!!

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find them on their website, but in their store they had a ton of selections all ranging in price from $6 to $10 a drawback.  They also had the cutest knobs that I might have to go back for later for a switch out of knobs I have been thinking about for the entryway table.  Since the girls' room is gray, purple, and green I decided to paint the drawbacks a pretty green.  The curtains are a dark purple, which is my oldest daughters FAVORITE color...at least right now :)  I used a can of spray paint that we already had in the garage, but we purchased it at Lowe's for less than $4 a can - Krylon ColorMaster Ivy Leaf in Gloss.  I used painters tape to protect the knobs and then went to town.  Here are the drawbacks after the first coat.

Here is the final product with two coats of spray paint.  I waited about twenty minutes in between each coat.  I was on a time crunch while the girls were napping and besides the back of the can said dries in ten minutes!

And I couldn't resist another picture...I just love the green and can't wait to install these babies in the girls' room.  Unfortunately, we don't have the screws to hang them and will have to wait until this weekend.  As soon as we get them installed I will post an update :)

I also put a picture on Instagram about being at World Market and they liked my picture and even started following me...I was so psyched!!!  What about you guys, any quick and easy updates you have made around the home?  

With much love,
Kristin