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Be Fun--Add Pom Pom Trim to Curtains.

February 6, 2013
A few weeks ago, when we hung a few sets of Ikea curtains in Greta's room, I knew we'd be revisiting them in an effort to make them more special/quirky/fun.  I casually looked for pom-pom trim (because, really it is the most fun trim there is) to add to the edges for a couple weeks and then I started getting serious.  Like, where is all the pom pom trim!?  Granted, JoAnns and Hobby Lobby had some--but they had a lot of....neon colors.  I had my heart set on a sunny yellow--not bright, neon yellow--to tie in with the gold polka-dotted sheets.  Spoiler alert--found some!

Etsy pulls through again.  I found and ordered 10 yards of golden yellow 1/2 ball pom pom trim (for less than $20!) from this shop and it arrived in two or three days. I think ideally, I would have loved HUGE pom poms, but these half-inchers looks so sweet and are the perfect color--I can't even complain. Check out how well they complement the sheets:

Gah! Attaching them to the curtains was really easy.  I followed Kim's method and used hot glue. It worked great, was real fast and the trim isn't going anywhere.   I just put a small line of glue on the back edge of the curtains and pressed the trim on, working in small sections.  When finished, the front looks like this:

And the back looks like this:

The results are really charming and just what these run of the mill Ikea curtains needed.

Mark this as one of those fast-less-than-an-hour-less-than-$20-projects.  (Love those.) Hold me back before I add pom pom trim to all of our curtains.

UPDATE! You can now shop everything in our house right here!

P.S.  Ribbon trimmed curtains in our family room!

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  1. I'm in love! I made some curtains for my daughter's big girl room recently out of a soft lavendar with a white pin stripe and they just need...something. I think some dark royal purple pom poms will be perfect. I love how it makes the sophisticated stripe a little bit whimsical and perfect for a little girl. Thanks for the inspiration!

  2. Cute! Love the look with the sheets. Am I the only freak that washes my sheers every now and then? They get sooo dusty in my house, so I would have quickly sewn these on to withstand a little cleaning. But they look fab! And you gotta love Etsy.

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