It's curtains around here!

Take a look at this picture. See what's missing?

Of course you do--it's half the picture. I was missing curtains. Big, sun-blocking, privacy-providing curtains.

Well, no more, I say. This is what my living room looks like now:

It also looks like this:

I have them on the window in the dining area, too, but that window doesn't have much going on around it right now. When it's feeling a little more photogenic, I'll share pictures. I don't want to go embarassing the window.

The shades are a generous wedding gift, and they are much loved. They're Roman shades, so they close up on themselves in the most glamorous way, leaving little puddles of fabric at the end of each fold.

And they match with the blinds we have on our sliding doors, so everything is cohesive, light-filled and private. It's as Michael Scott would call "win-win-win."

Please excuse the current state of the chair. I'm making progress on it--I swear!