Ikea Curtains

I was stuck in a rut with the window treatment in the living room.

  When we bought the house there was nothing on the windows except mini-blinds and I have always hated mini-blinds.

Custom window treatments in a swag and jabot style were all the rage. Instead I made a pleated valance with navy and mauve flowers. 
(Don't judge.)
Eventually, I covered the bottom half of the windows with chippy shutters I found at a garage sale.

These light brown valances are the third set I have made for these windows. 

I was ready for a new look but for some reason I couldn't visualize anything other than the pleated valances.

A standard window panel is 84 inches in length so something off the shelf at a big box wouldn't work. 
  I would have needed about 20 yards of fabric to make custom panels. 
 I have found some drapery pairs at 
Tuesday Morning but they usually didn't have three sets and they were at least $99.00. 
 A  pair of drapes from Pottery Barn would be at least that.
I continued to shop around for 96 inch panels and finally found some at Ikea.

Fortified with coffee, we made the long haul over there.

 It was a great way to spend a Saturday.

We found a sofa for Rebekah that we jammed in the car. 

Ikea sofa in a Subaru.


I choose the Lenda tab top curtains in white.
They were only $34.00 a pair. 
After I bought them I still couldn't decide if I wanted to keep them, but I hate returning things. 

I love them.

 
I think they add a little more elegance than a valance. 

They brighten up the space and they unify the 

living and kitchen.

That only took a few years!

Sprinkled with Ikea drapes,
Katie  
Linking with,
Between Naps On The Porch  
Savvy Southern Style   
Feathered Nest Friday