More kitchen prettiness.

I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't stand another minute staring at the sad-looking, stained, and torn blue flowery kitchen curtains that looked like they were salvaged from an old lady's estate sale.

I've been searching for the perfect kitchen curtains for awhile now, and up until very recently it's been a fairly impossible task. This was mainly due to the size we needed, which apparently doesn't exist. Okay, I lied - it does exist, but basically everything we found in stores and online looked like it was cut from the same Old Lady Country Shag collection as our current ones.

One recent Saturday I took one look at them and knew their time was up. I grabbed the fam, hightailed it to Hobby Lobby and bought some cute fabric. Because I'm really not great at sewing, I cheated and got iron-on adhesive and clip-on rings.

I don't have any before shots - just take my word for it that you're not missing much.

Here's the after (you may have seen a sneak-peak of them in last week's post):

Here are the project details at-a-glance:

• Total cost: $30
• Time: 1.5 hours to measure and cut material, as well as iron the hem
• Other deets: I used a 1-inch hem all around, and on the bottom I did a 4-inch hem. The iron-on adhesive worked really well - just make sure you use the "steam" setting with a damp washcloth on top so it gets hot enough to set.

Not too shabby, eh? I still can't stop looking at them - they really brighten up the joint. :)