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After redoing my front living room and adding board and batten to my once beige walls, I thought I would love everything about it. I mean, I got my completely white room that I've always have wanted. But in reality, the wall with my french doors and gallery wall was just way to white...never thought I would say that! ha! Here's a good picture from my painting process that shows how white it was before I started adding wood accents:To break up the white, I add this wood accent piece above my door from DecorSteals. It helped a ton. Then one day, my curtain rods started to sag...no thanks to my pup that likes to lay right against my curtains and pulls them down with his weight. Both sides were pretty bad, so I took it as a cue to get new hardware. I then decided if I was going to do that, I might as well add some wood and more contrast to this already dang white wall.
I remembered seeing something I loved a few years ago from Maison de Pax, and wanted to replicate the look with my own twist.
Here's what I used to get this complete look:Wood corbels from Home Depot1" x 96" wood round wood dowel from Home DepotWood finial package from AmazonCurtains rings from AmazonCurtains from Ikea
Tools:Circular lidJigsawStainSuperglue
I wasn't sure about these corbels at first, I thought I might want to make my own. But they are cheap! Under $2 each, plus they have a notch in the back to hang on screws. So, I decided to give them a try. I used a lid from one of my vitamin bottles and traced it in the middle of each corbel. It took about 3 traces until I found how deep I wanted it to go. I realized that going past the mid-line of the lid gave me the needed depth. When I picked this lid, I made sure that the diameter was larger than 1" since that was the size of my dowel. I then cut out the half-ish circle with my jigsaw. I sanded down the area that was cut to give it a smooth look and feel. I then used MinWax in Dark Walnut to stain the corbels and the dowel. I used the same screw that was hanging up my old hardware to hang up the corbel. It slide perfectly in place! It was great because I absolutely hate measuring when having to put curtain rods up...haha. I then added the clip on curtains rings to my existing curtains. I used ten on each side at each natural fold. I did try to hang these curtains on the dowel without the rings, and it worked. It was just a little harder to shut the curtains at night. Adding these rings gave it a little updated look and better functionality. After I hung them up, I lived with them for about a week and decided I hated the ends of the dowels. So, I bought these finials from Amazon. They come with 4 in each, but only 1 of each size. I ended up having to buy two to get enough for the job. But! That gave me an opportunity to pick from 4 different looks. So, I got some of this fun-tak and tried them all out :) Look 1: Look 2: Look 3: Look 4:
I ended up going with the chunkier look of look #4. I permanently attached it this time with some super glue.
This new curtain hardware and rod totally brought more character to this all white wall. It's making me love this little corner all over again. Here's the before of this space...before all the board and batten went up. This corner would always get so dark, but I did love how the frames jumped off the wall. I'm so pleased with how this turned out. I have more rods on order and almost ready to pick up to do the windows in my living room and dining room. I have one other big change in here that happened on Mother's Day! I'm not sure it is going to stay, but I'll share that with you soon. It's a new chandelier :) I had plans to update the current light with beads, and put my chandelier in my dining room. But, my husband got his wires crossed and hung it in here instead. I can't say I don't hate it. But, if I leave it...I have to find another one for my dining room :) So....stay tuned for that! I would love your opinions!
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