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12168. thoughtful - 11/20/2004 12:12:28 AM close-up on cloud shade and not clear in the pic but an idea of the car pinstriping near the ceiling
 12169. thoughtful - 11/20/2004 12:19:56 AM was the cloud shade hard to do? well, it depends on if you've sewn before or not and your tolerance for doing 'crafty' things. I've sewn and done crafts most of my life, so i have a high tolerance for tedium.
the actual sewing isn't hard as you are fundamentally just hemming a large square on all sides. top hem is a type of pleater tape with threads running through it. you sew it on the fabric flat and then pull the strings to create the pencil pleats which are then evenly spaced and stapled to the board which supports the shade. The shade operates like a roman shade with the string running down the backside through rings sewn at fixed intervals to the back of the shade. When drawn up, it creates the puffy bottom you see there. When lowered, the shade entirely covers the window with some gathers still drawn up at the bottom, so it's still puffy, but not so full.
the tedium really comes in with sewing all those rings by hand...108 as i recall. then stringing the strings is also a bit of a pain, but well worth the results in my book. 12170. Magoseph - 11/20/2004 12:20:41 AM Thoughtful, charming and restful to the eyes, very nice work on the shades--thanks for posting the pictures. 12171. thoughtful - 11/20/2004 12:26:55 AM vases are souvenirs...the portmeirion by the bed is from our trip to england and the one on the desk is from our trip to mexico. I love putting reminders of places we've been around the house to enjoy. 12172. thoughtful - 11/20/2004 12:28:06 AM thanks magos, I enjoy doing rooms, and am sure, given the bedding you posted and your description, that yours will be just terrific. 12173. Magoseph - 11/20/2004 12:36:50 AM I'm going to try, but I doubt that I'll post pictures of it. I don't have a camera. My sons provide me with pictures usually. 12174. judithathome - 11/20/2004 1:10:24 AM Thouhgtful! Great job on the bedroom. And I love that you have teddys on the bed!
That is an impressive job on the shade and the flowers in the vase match the border perfectly. I recall the den, or study, that you did a few years ago, wit burgandies and greens. You definitely have a knack for decorating.
We have used various things in our house that we've collected over the years in our travels and our hunts at estate sales and malls. Things that people have given us, too. Some people think my house is like a museum and it is, really...a museum of a life. 12175. sakonige - 11/20/2004 1:51:17 AM very pretty bedroom. I get way too much dust in my house for that kind of thing, though, for some reason. Maybe I leave the windows open too much, but all that fru-fru stuff doesn't work worth a damn for me. I have to have easily cleanable surfaces. Everything has to be dustable and/or washable. 12176. judithathome - 11/20/2004 4:19:20 AM Well, everything in any room is dustable or washable in some form or another.
But I know what you meant. ;-) 12177. arkymalarky - 11/20/2004 4:36:40 AM Beautiful, Thoughtful! 12178. sakonige - 11/20/2004 5:18:11 AM I don't know why, but I get swamped with dust. I can't believe other people have to spend as much time dusting as I do or the world would be a lot freer of nic-nacs and draperies. 12179. angel-five - 11/20/2004 6:19:55 AM You might try buying one or two of those ionic breeze things. The people I know who have 'em love 'em. 12180. sakonige - 11/20/2004 6:37:32 AM might be a good idea. I have a conventional dust-sucker thingy in my bedroom. It is amazing how much stuff it picks up. I think a lot of it is pollen.
12181. arkymalarky - 11/20/2004 7:46:18 AM I need to get one of those too. We have lots of dust, and you're right it's probably pollen here, too. I'm allergic to about everything, but not much to dust, thank goodness. I have two purifiers, but I'm not good at keeping the filters changed. 12182. Ulgine Barrows - 11/20/2004 9:03:01 AM 12162. thoughtful, it looks fab. I could dive on into that bed and feel comfy.
I'm with sakonige on the dusting - I use my vacuum to dust. The florals you have would get sucked up, oops.
Not my style, I'm a contemporary angle kinda gal, but it sure does look inviting. The orangish bedspread complementing the blues around the room, brilliant! 12183. Ms. No - 11/20/2004 5:40:05 PM Lovely room, Thoughtful, but I'm in awe of your curtains. No way in a million years could I make anything that looked as good as that. You are so way craftier than I. I occasionally luck out when decorating but I really don't have much eye for consistently creating it.
12184. Ms. No - 11/20/2004 5:45:17 PM Gah! Dust!!
I live on a very busy street with lots of big trees so if I leave my windows open --- which is pretty much all summer long --- I get this combination of black road dust and tree pollen on everything. Next summer I may have to invest in a window AC unit to avoid turning everything inside my house gray.
I've got a lot of dust-attracting stuff. Candles and stone jars and lamps and wall sconces most of which haven't yet been unpacked since the organization of furniture and flat surfaces in my home is still a bit fluid.
It may turn out that I have to buy stock in Pledge. 12185. judithathome - 11/20/2004 8:04:37 PM Get those little Swiffer dusters for cleaning surfaces other than floors...they are a boon to dusting.
Pledge has a tendency to remain on the surface and collect even more dust but then it becomes goopy dust. 12186. christipeters - 11/20/2004 10:55:21 PM Surprise! I'm back!
I don't have the interface problems when I post from home and now that I am unemployed, I have more time to play on the internet.
So, how y'all been? 12187. Magoseph - 11/20/2004 11:03:16 PM Hello, what a nice surprise to see you back, Christi. What on earth happened with your job? Have you decided to retire--aren't a little too young for that?
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