Many moons ago I mentioned how I made curtains for Jaxon’s room out of our old shower curtain.

We had only lived here almost three years, and I just couldn’t find any curtains that I was happy with. Poor boy with no curtains or blinds for that long. Well, he survived.

The shower curtain originally hung with the stripes vertically, but I wanted the stripes to transition smoothly with the stripe that was already on the wall, so I just flipped this baby sideways.

I like how these curtains introduce some other colors into the room.

The bookcase is orange

(which you can barely see)

and the surfboard is green.

I feel the curtains pulled all these fun elements together.

I didn’t want a rod pocket or tabs at the top. I feel a pleated look is a bit more refined looking, so I sloppily cut out some little rectangles and sewed them on the back side every couple of inches or so.

Now the  length was obviously too short, so I just added some drop cloth that I already had, and I actually prefer this look over stripes for the whole length.

These curtains cost me ZERO dollas!

Oh, and these two monkeys are now sharing a room.

Carter’s having a hard time sleeping in a “big boy” bed, but I know he’ll get there. I hope.

Anyway, do you ever go to Target and see all those cute shower curtains and wish they weren’t shower curtains, but something you could use elsewhere in your house? Well, now you know how to transform them into curtains for your dining room or living room. If you can get two panels out of one shower curtain, this really is a very affordable option compared to those one panel for $29.99 deals. Yikes, I can’t seem to stomach $60.00 for a vinyl window.

It feels good to be back, at least for two days in a row. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.