It's an epic crusade of medieval proportions. EPIC, I say!
As a side note, I think "swatch" is a funny word and I feel like I should be wearing a fur stole with the face and feet still attached and swirling a glass of sherry when I say it. I'm so totally grown up.
More after the jump...
The first and third round of swatches were gorgeous, but more greige than the cool-toned gray I need to really make the yellow pop and to work with the blue-y purple-y grey of my walls. The Caitlin Wilson fabric wasn't the right colors, and at $60/yard, is cost-prohibitive for curtains, but beautiful.
However, the second round of swatches yielded a gorgeous dark gray on cream cotton Greek key pattern called Towers, in "Onyx". At $9.98/yard, I think we have a winner. HOORAY!
I'm excited to order the Greek key fabric and make (read: have mom make since I'm hopeless at sewing) curtains for my bedroom.
Also, there was one swatch, a large floral, that was the perfect gray, but was too loud for curtains. It might make a great cushion for the hope chest/bench (let's start calling it the "hope bench," shall we?). At $15.98/yard, it might just work.
As a bonus, I also managed to procure a little ottoman to put my little feet on when I work from home. As a diminutive person, my feet don't always comfortably touch the ground when I'm seated, and it causes me some lower back pain. I found this cream-colored faux velvet square ottoman at Target for half off.
It's very comfortable and goes great in my office, which currently has a grey/cream/coral color scheme. That room is also a work in progress, much like the bedroom, laundry room, and don't even get me started on the hallway and guest bedrooms. I've only lived here six months; it's a miracle I'm not still living out of boxes!
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