If at first you don't succeed, try again!

Hey it's me! I'm still here. Last week was my last week enjoying the girls so that's what I did :)

In the midst of enjoying them I was also dealing with a curtain fiasco in Giada's room. I know fiasco is a bit dramatic, but when your child is complaining about the sun in her room in the morning and getting up at 6am......it's a fiasco. 

I had plans to get new curtains anyways. It just happened much faster than I thought it would be. And I still hadn't found any I liked! Ahhhh!!  Sure I found tons of cute sheers, but no black out drapes. It is much harder to find black outs than I thought. Then I realized I had not checked out Pottery Barn Kids. And then score! I found these ruffle trim blackouts that I loved because they were simply chic yet girlie with the ruffle trim. 

Of course I couldn't wait for them via snail mail, so I sent my darling hubby for them. I know what you are thinking.....why didn't I get them? Well the only two Pottery Barn Kids around are each an hour away in opposite directions. And Chris just happens to have some work by one of them! See I'm not mean ;). I couldn't wait for him to get home so I could iron those bad boys and get them up. Honestly I could not handle Giada waking at 6am one......more......time!

So here is her room before. 

And here is her room after I ironed TWO of those huge drapes. 

I hated it. Nothing about them I liked. Oh and when I pulled them shut, you know the reason for me getting them, oohhhhh emmmm G! It looked like I went to walmart, purchased the plainest white sheet and hung them. Ummmm not a cute look, neither was the one I had on my face!

Here's another just in case you were still on the love/hate fence. Then it made sense to me why on the website the only photo they had was one of the drapes drawn back. I should have known!

So back to the drawing board it was for me. And I obviously needed to return these things. So the next day my mom and I hopped in the car and headed to the other Pottery Barn Kids to scope out their options in PERSON this time!

I know why I steer clear of going to these stores. I wanted everything! 

Back to the drapes. After liking a few and imagining them in her room I fell in love with these trellis design blackouts, in lavender of course. I got home, ironed them and got them hung. 

And here they are.......

What a difference!!! I love it and couldn't be happier. They help to tie the lavender together in her room, but are still delicate and girlie looking. Oh and I love them pulled drawn shut also. This picture is with the lights on. 

And off. Oh and see anything else different?  Yep, I moved the little storage bench from under her window to the foot of the bed. Now there is so much room on the other side of her bed also. And the bench really finishes off the foot of the bed. 

Today is the first day of school, so I will now be crying my eyes out. Literally.......