Saturday, November 10, 2012

Curtain for the closet

The closet in Ada's & Emma's bedroom was a sliding door closet and the previous owners had taken it off and stored it.  Good thing because I detest those type of doors- you can never see anything inside.  The problem is it always looks like a clutter filled eyesore and since their room might be my favorite in the house I had wanted to do something to cover it up.

I decided a curtain would do the trick but thought it might be more fun if they painted it themselves.  I was lucky enough to get some nice thick cotton that was 54" wide (exactly what I needed so I didn't have to hem the edges) on sale in a color that I liked.  I chose 3 colors of fabric paint that I thought would work in their room and that was about if for my input.  

I washed the fabric and hemmed the top and bottom and taped it to the kitchen floor.


Then we painted!
 I had the girls take off their clothes since it is fabric paint.  They just got right in the shower after painting.

 I let it dry here for about 3 hours.  Timed with naps and we just played downstairs after naps.
 Ada signed her work of art :)
 Detail of Ada's "building".
 Emma's work.

And here's what it looked like/ looks like in place.


And this is the rest of their room.  It just feels peaceful in there to me.


And the girls like it too!

2 comments:

  1. Not sure what I love the most about this post - the body language, the project itself, the rapt expressions, the new room decor or the finished product! Maybe the dancing-in-our-beautiful-room picture. All heartwarming and wonderful.

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  2. I agree completely. This was a particularly photogenic project. It captures them each very well. The dancing is totally my favorite. I can hear Ada singing and Emma laughing just by looking at it!

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