check, the red bench

the curtains are complete! remind me never to do that again...it took a few hours of massaging to coax my hand back to its normal state. here's the finished product.

to show you something new i've dug up the photo below of bench i built for my living room. actually, i built two benches for my living room, but the second one literally fell apart. not my best work (i'm going to whine now and say "but, i was 7 months pregnant at the time i built them", even though i don't know that it really makes a difference...things i've made have been known to fall apart every now and then!).


i made the bench with pine and upholstered the top cushion with my old ikea curtains (i still need to replace those curtains!). the material on the side that covers the storage below is simply a translucent plastic...the same material that people use to cover their florescent lighting.

flower curtains

it's projects like these that seem like a good idea until i get half way through and wonder what i was thinking. guess where i am with it? half way! i'm sure that somewhere in the world i could buy curtains just like these for $5 at a discount department store. but, here in nova scotia we don't have such selection. so, i went to the local fabric store then picked up some beading and away i go...attaching beads to fabric. this could take awhile!

for a really fabulous curtain idea check out mocoloco's post (one of my favourite blogs) on this magnetic curtain. how much fun is that?