The Foxy Thrifter: No Tea, No Shade

"Girl, no tea, no shade but you need some curtains!" - me, every time I look at the windows in my house

I bought my house in November 2012 and have yet to buy curtains for my massive windows. Shameful, I know. Partly because the windows really are huge and I was intimidated. Mostly because curtains are expensive! I wanted something fun and playful but I've noticed that curtains are a lot like bras: the larger the size, the more expensive the price, the uglier the bra (or curtains).

{my living room currently}

I've seen tons of DIY curtains on Pinterest. But something you should know about The Foxy Thrifter: I. Cant. Sew. So obviously that eliminated most of the DIY tutorials. Well, enter my BFF. We met up at our local Goodwill to see what we could find. The first stop was the linens section where we she found this.

Being the thrifty and crafty lady she is, she hands it to me and says, "Curtains?" Well duh! Of course she would look at them and see curtains. I don't know if I told her this at the time but I saw these tablecloths at Goodwill almost a week prior to our outing and it never even crossed my mind before she suggested it.

There were 4 brand new tablecloths in the same pattern so I bought all of them since I was unsure how many panels I would actually need. Turns out I only needed two.

It would also turn out that the tablecloths were about 2 feet longer than I needed. And since I am no seamstress, I hemmed them the easiest and laziest way possible: with safety pins. I measured out the extra length (23 inches) and then pinned 3 safety pins on each side of the panels. Next I attached the curtain hanging clips and they were ready to go!