What I Really Wanted to Say…
Apr 30th, 2008 by Tana
So these are my new kitchen curtains. The ones they replaced were hand knit by me to a tune of about 40 hours per valence, if I remember correctly.
Since we’re putting the house on the market and the window coverings are typically sold with the house, I wanted to make something else to put up since I had no intentions of leaving my hand knit valences with the house.
I was talking with a friend of mine from southern California and telling her about how we’re selling the house and some of the projects I have going along with that. When I mentioned making new valences for the kitchen so I wouldn’t have to sell my hand knit ones with the house, she filled in the blank and said, “Yeah, they’re good enough for you, but not good enough for somebody else.”
What really I wanted to say was, “Yeah, they’re good enough for us, but they’re too good for someone else like you who would have no appreciation for them whatsoever.” But I refrained. Some people just don’t get it.
I really like the new curtains, though. They’re bright and cheery and they go very well with the kitchen. The two windows are two different sizes so I customized the length for each window. You can’t necessarily do that with store-bought curtains. I think they look very nice.
But again, no one is obligated to agree with me. If you like store-bought curtains, by all means, buy them and hang them in your house. I’ll be happy because you’re happy. Just don’t expect me to get why store-bought is so wonderful.
Cheers!
oooh, what a comment she made! I’d have been a little peeved, too…
The new curtains are pretty, but the knit valances are gorgeous!
And, really? Since when do curtains go with the house? We purchased our home with no curtains (except the ones in the living room that were custom made for oddly sized windows and would be of no use in another home) and when my brother and his wife recently sold their home they took the curtains with them. Perhaps that’s a regional thing? When we bought our house, we expected the stove and dishwasher to stay. Nothing else was included in the contract. We could have optioned for the fridge, but preferred to purchase our own (new) one.