We moved some more furniture around, and after doing that the lack of curtains in the front living room started to bother me. I decided it was finally time to get some type of curtains up. It’s only been on my list since we moved in which is over a year ago. I’ve been content with just the blinds. For the large picture window, I decided I would continue to be content with the blinds. The front window could use at least a valance.

I perused Pinterest, Google and Amazon looking for ideas. I went to the store and picked up a length of black burlap with only a slight idea of what I was going to do, and came home and looked online for more ideas. Finally, I did something very similar to this.

I like the way it turned out. It took me about an hour of cutting and tying. I didn’t have to break out the sewing machine which I was grateful for. I used two yards of the black burlap and fabric scraps I had on hand for a grand total cost of $5.

Here’s the living room now and this is a link to the living room before.