The large window in our great room has been bare for almost a year now. All of the curtains in our last house were sold with the house, so we arrived here empty-handed in the window dressing department.
We have (obviously) taken our time searching for just the right ones. In fact, the only other room that currently has curtains is Faye’s nursery. I have been following the Etsy shop, Martha & Ash for over a year now and when they recently added new patterned drapes to their inventory–I sprung for these charcoal patterned ones that felt interesting, but timeless, too.
I worked closely with Ashley to make sure the curtains were just the right size for our window. She coached me on length (we ended up going for a 92″ length instead of a 96″)Â and width and when the curtains arrived last week, they even came with a little instructions sheet that advised us how to help the pleats in our panels look their best.
Before I go any further, I should say–these are not cheap, Target or Ikea curtains–but they are the BEST quality curtains I’ve ever been in contact with. And, they’re really gorgeous. They are heavy and fully lined with blackout material and are hung by hooking the attached drapery pins onto curtain rings–so easy! Also, the panels are made specifically to fit each side of the window. With the curtains, she sent screw eyes to put into the wall right where the curtain return would be and instructed to hook the last drapery pin into the screw eye, so the sides close, there’s no light gap, and it looks finished.
I wish you could have seen my face as we were hanging these on Saturday. Every step of the way, I was in awe. I may be hooked on quality drapes, and definitely can’t say enough about the quality from Martha & Ash.
Curtains really make a room feel more comfortable, more complete, taller, warmer…although we wish we had all of those things for this room sooner–these were definitely worth the wait in our book.
On the return of the drapes, how long is the screw for hooking the side of curtain into the eye? I’d like to achieve this effect on my own drapes–but I’ve seen both L-shape and eye-hooks recommended. Does yours come about 4″ from the wall?
I had Martha and Ash drapes and I cannot say enough how much I LOVE THEM! So gorgeous and high quality. Sadly, I moved and sold the drapes with the house…I am finally in a new place and definitely getting their drapes again. Yours are gorgeous!
Catching up on old posts- just wondering fi you have ever considered moving the two couches a bit closer together- so that each can use the coffee table comfortably? It might cozy up things a bit?
Yes, yes yes! Something needs to happen here. We honestly just put both couches in here because we were having a large party and needed extra seating and it kind of just stuck. But we seriously need to reconsider the arrangement, even though it is temporary.
Your new curtains look so soft and luxurious! I checked out the etsy shop and there are a few things that I would love to order for my own home. Time to start saving my pennies! ;)
I cannot tell you how happy I am to see that someone else out there is currently living without baseboards! We’re also in the process of updating our home and haven’t crossed that one off the list yet.
Haha! Yes!!! Air-five. As pathetic as it may be, our goal is to have those done by…October. Ha!