Note: Last week’s Not a Recap – The Courtship will be up tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.
The drapes are hung, and I couldn’t be happier! How you ask? As you can see from the picture, we just cheated them upwards so that they land just below the window molding, and it works. I just said screw Martha Stewart, I’m hanging them my way! And what’s great about these drapes are they block the direct sun but allow the natural light in. Also, they aren’t as bulky as some drapes I’ve seen – win win.
So, after only a year, my downstairs has some privacy (of course I could have tried harder over the last year, but 🤷🏼♀️). And my dad swears he is never hanging another drape in his life 🤣🤣🤣.
There was another, more important, reason than privacy to get the window coverings up – my Books! (You should have seen that coming 😆 😆 😆). The front room gets morning light streaming through the windows, so I needed to protect them from fading. Of course, you’re thinking “she still has her books in boxes because she has no bookshelves” and you would normally be right, however….
…. the bookshelf has been completed 🥳 🥳! I cannot WOOHOO loud enough about this. My dad and I spent two and a half days last week designing, cutting and generally putting it together and I love it. Is it perfect despite our screwing the design up. The only worry I have? Not enough shelf space 😳. Yes, I have that many books. My mom made the mistake of suggesting I pare down my collection and she received this look in return 😒. Just kidding, though I can’t believe she made such a suggestion 😆.
But before I start unpacking, I have to decide whether or not to paint it 🤔? I may just paint the frame of it, or I may just leave it as is – one year is long enough to be away from my books 📚. Thoughts?
So that is why I was out of pocket all last week. When I wasn’t building or shopping for supplies, I was utterly exhausted, and my brain would just shut down (until I went to sleep of course 😜). I was still recuperating over the weekend, hence no “Not A Recap” post. It’s hell to get old 🙄.
That is my tale of “woe” this week 🤪. Back tomorrow with my snarky take on The Courtship.
My Lemons My Lemonade 