where to hang your faux kill

  When I got the antler chandelier I had visions of hanging it in my dining room or my son's bedroom and have it look uber cool. I did have some second guesses about the dining room- was the chandelier big enough?... would it fit with the decor?.... huh...  then I thought- is this neighborhood ready for an antler chandelier in the dining room.... would I be making apologies for it later???  AHHHH!  then I decided to place in Tucker's bedroom- it would be SO cool- what little boy has a chandelier like that in his room?  No one!  that is- no one but my son ;)

So Eric (the most amazing handyman ever) comes over yesterday to hang it up and guess what?  It is too tall for the room!  I was so disappointed.  So then Eric and I walk around the house looking for a home for said antler chandelier.  Foyer?  nope- too long.  Staircase?  nope- too hard to get to.   Last but not least- the KITCHEN!  I gotta say... i love it! 

Chandelier Before

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Chandelier After

Hanging of the Antlers 

Next thought is to put a dimmer on the switch- this thing is BRIGHT (which I like) but who doesn't love some mood lighting?

    

Curtain Call

So Brian, Tucker and I have been living in a fish bowl- our family room has one huge picture window with NO BLINDS!  AHHH- this has been driving me crazy since we moved in and as of today...our neighbors can no longer see us watching TV or Brian doing his P90X.... sorry ladies!
As a reminder- here is what it looked like before:

love the window- but no privacy!

Eric (who is awesome and fixes everything in our house!)
installing the ceiling mounted track

I ordered some burlap panels from Ballard Designs and a ceiling mount rod from Curtain-Tracks.com.

Burlap Panel

Hanging Curtains- we decided on 5 hooks per panel- 6 panels total

I love how they turned out!  I will warn you- the burlap smells a little like gas... Eric has told me this is normal and it is nothing that some Frebez won't take of- so I'm not worried.

I'm pretty happy about this project!  The only thing I might tweak is adding more hooks per panel... we will see!

Brian enjoying some TV.... or is that smile because of the the curtains???