Tuesday, May 10, 2011

New curtains, Dave Ramsey style

I'm working hard on not spending money on things that I don't have to spend money on, in the interest of paying down our mortgage (and moving! to Oregon! yay!) But my kitchen curtains were at least five years old, and they'd been washed to the point of falling apart. Buy new ones? No way. :)



I found some pretty white fabric in my stash - actually I think it originally came from my mom's stash - and sewed myself some new ones this afternoon! I modeled them on the old ones, because I really liked them, but these are made of nicer fabric which will hopefully hold up to washing a little better.

Total costs: $0 + a few hours of time

(Honey, I hope you don't mind leftovers for dinner. The hours weren't in my daily budget.) :)

8 comments:

ooshela said...

Yay for Free! And they look nice to boot. :)

Mom said...

Nicely done! And I'm guessing they are what your eye focuses on in your kitchen - fresh, clean new curtains that you made yourself! And I'm guessing Gabe didn't mind leftovers at all :-)

sarah marie said...

very pretty! remember when you helped me sew a curtain?

Katie K said...

Woohoo! New curtains and less fabric in your stash. Great job. Now I think you should salvage what's left of the old ones and make clothes for your children- like Julie Andrews in Sound of Music. =)

Emily (Laundry and Lullabies) said...

Haha, Katie, those would be really risque clothes (the curtains were sheer!)

Amber said...

Very nice! Good for you to do it yourself like that too. And I'm definitely giggling about the sheer curtains turned into clothes... :-)

Ma Torg said...

When are you moving to Oregon? (and good job on the curtains!!!)

Emily (Laundry and Lullabies) said...

Ma Torg, the goal is to be able to move in 2 years.