Ugh.

I have to admit that I am a miserable failure with curtains. I wanted to test out the Ikea KVARTAL track system to use in the living room wall of curtains.

Here is the installed track – mounted to the ceiling – and here is the curtains attached 2 ways (since I like to try things both ways if you know what I mean…). I tried those funny little plastic gliders and curtain clips…both look like crap.

Heres a bit of a cropped view with the two hanging styles – gliders on the left, clips on the right. The whole thing looks rather LAME-O.

Plus the window is in a weird spot, shoved right into the corner, so I’m a little stumped on how to actually hang a curtain there. I’ve been looking for fun fabrics since I think white curtains are ever so boring in the den…but now I can’t decide on a fabric or color. Theres a lot of yellow and orange and warm wood tones in the den, so maybe something cooler or more neutral might be in order. I love the fabric over at Sew, Mama, Sew! and Reprodepot Fabrics and feel like I might want to get some fabric to make my own curtains.

Where do fancy designers go for textiles? I bet its pricey…and I bet its not Joann’s.

So I’m a failure – a FAILURE I say – at curtains and such. Poo.