Summer Mistreatments

I hate window curtains.  I have no idea how to pick them, how to put them up.  They're annoying.  They can be ugly or old-fashioned.  I just don't get them.  Subsequently, our house has little to no window curtains.  Here's an example.  This is our computer room.  We spend time in here watching DVDs, blogging or paying bills.  There are a few glaring things wrong here, can you find them all?

OK, so let's focus on the windows.  Nice plantation blinds, but blaaah.  No personality, no color, nada.  Let me introduce The Nester.  She's a friend of a friend who has fabulous ideas about decorating and specifically, window treatments.  She affectionately calls them, mistreatments, and has a whole slew of information on her website.  So, I read up, got inspired and go to work!

The treatments I had were from my sister's apartment.  She's moving and gave these to me.  They were too big for my window, so I improvised and used these little safety pins to pin down the excess fabric to the right size.

Then I ironed them to keep the lines crisp.

Then I hung it up.  Well, maybe 'hung' is not the right word. 

I tacked them up.  See?

Also note- I moved the top of the curtains UP about 10 inches to give the room the feeling of height.  Aren't I sneaky?

Here's a look at my handy helpers.  Nester encourages eye balling things for straight lines, etc.  I'm too much of a perfectionist for that.  So I used a level, a pencil for marking the right height, the tacks and for a hammer, my fancy shoe.  

And here's the final picture.  The finished product.  Not bad for 20 minutes, right?  I wonder if Josh will notice. . .