The back bedroom is the coolest and quietest bedroom of the
house and we have been using this as our room particularly for summer in this
crazy heat! However it only had a
vertical blind which means the early morning light comes in and it’s very
bright – not conducive to sleeping in at all!
We had been using a blanket hung up with bull-dog clips to help block
the light but it was never to be a long term solution!
So block out curtains have been on our list of things to
sort out for a while now, but curtains are quite expensive and difficult to
find in the correct colour, length and style.
However on an impromptu shopping mission to Ikea…(who knew
you could spend 4 hours in Ikea!?!)…the perfect curtains were found, and with
50% off they were a bargain!
Thank-you to Jeremy for his patience and excellent handyman
skills in getting the curtain rail up and level! Why are curtains never straight forward!?
We chose to fit the curtains so that they are over-sized for
the window and extend almost the full width of the room. This creates quite a dramatic backdrop to the
bed and prevents any light sneaking out from the sides.
We are thinking of painting this room a dark colour, perhaps
a teal-blue, and then maybe get some new white bed linen to give it some
luxury!
I have started using the Houzz widget (to the right of this
post titled ‘renovation inspiration’, to get a collection of ideas for this
bedroom and the rest of the house. Click
on it and have a look!
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