Oh Happy Day!

Ever since we painted our dining room Home Depot paint-matched Martha Stewart Potter's Clay (that's a mouthful), I can't seem to decide on what to put in our dining room in terms of curtains, wall art, tablescapes, etc.. until today!  (It's always been a mish mash of things that I change on almost a monthly basis... that's when you know it's really not working!).  I was scrolling the online sale/clearance racks of my favorite furniture stores for a guestroom bedframe, and I stumbled upon these beauties at Crate & Barrel:

Isn't it lovely? And although it's shown here as a tablecloth, I've got some pretty exciting plans to turn it into curtains. The light gray tones of the circular blooms will bring out the silvers and compliment the wall color nicely, while the dark lines of the branches will match all the dark wood furnishings we have in our dining room (hopefully).  Cue happy dance! 

Why curtains you ask? 

1. I've already got a Home Goods white, silver trimmed table runner that I received as a gift from my sister. They match my TJ Maxx dining room sconces nicely, so I'd rather not switch it out to a full blown tablecloth. Besides, showing a little table-nakedness is always nice when you have a table made of nicely stained real wood.

2. When I saw the tablecloth on the Crate & Barrel website, it immediately reminded me of a picture I saw of a guest room redo that used a similar Marimekko print for curtains:

Isn't it gorgeous?

And while the $46 dollar price tag per curtain panel (err.. or 60"x90" tablecloth) isn't exactly the cheapest of all finds, it's not a bad deal considering it's minimal sewing (in fact, I can even use iron on tape if I'm feeling really lazy) to turn this tablecloth to a nice curtain panel.  Plus, when I looked up this fabric to buy as just a bolt, it was about this price per yard (making it a lot cheaper to go the tablecloth route).  I should mention I'm a pretty lazy person... I try to look for ways to get the highest impact at the least amount of effort.  So I wasn't looking forward to buying a big bolt and having to hem all the sides to make it look nice.  And it was super convenient since we don't happen to live close to any designer fabric stores or clearance shops.  (Virginia is good for those so I hear).

So fingers crossed that these babies come in just the way they look on the website.  Sometimes color can be skewed from website to reality.  

I also bought 4 matching table napkins to possibly turn into some pillows for the living room for good measure.. we'll see how they come in though. I'm not worried, Crate & Barrel is pretty good with returns just in case!

photos courtesy of Crate and Barrel and makingitlovely.com