Red is the color of my true love's.........curtains.

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I was all jazzed up over Kaffe Fassett and he fearless use of color?  After that I decided that I needed to turn over a new leaf, get true to myself, and start getting brave about color.  (big talk, scary action)  So the other day I was walking through my dining room and stopped to look at the boring, boring, boring curtains that were hanging there.  (Did I mention boring?)  As I looked and pondered a piece of fabric that I had been revisiting at our local Hancock Fabrics came to mind.  The red of the pattern was almost the exact red of the walls....I was positive of it!  So, off to Hancock I go, taking Amazing Husband with me just in case he saw the fabric and called a halt to the whole thing right off the bat.  (He would almost NEVER do this, but better safe than live with an unhappy man.)  We find the fabric, on the sale table, and there wasn't enough.  Careful math done by Amazing Math Man Husband indicated many more yards necessary than those available.  Not one to give up easily I begin to sort through the rest of the fabric and come up with not one, but two different patterns that I think might work.  It's a little wild, this mix of pattern, but I think I'm brave enough to go for it.  Several hours and many long seams later: 

new curtains in the dining room and kitchen.  (click on the pictures for a bigger view)

General reaction:

Me: the hem on the kitchen curtains is a little wonky.

Amazing Husband:   No, really, I like them.

Darling Daughter:  They look Swedish.

Darling Daughter's boyfriend:  Ummmm, interesting.  Very you.

(Darling Daughter's boyfriend already thinks I'm from another planet. )

But wait!  There's more!  Red is also the color of:

MY HAIR! 

Or at least some of it.  I had red hair at birth and I've always sort of dreamed of being brave enough to be a redhead.  So when I went in to have some highlights I mentioned this and Amy, my son's girlfriend, (who also thinks I'm not of this planet) and a really amazing hairstylist, decided to give me just a taste of red.  AND.....I love it!   I want more!  Clearly I am having some sort of mid-life awakening (this sure isn't a crisis) and grown a wild hair.  The underside in the back is solid red and then she just added pieces of it throughout.  Really, I know it's crazy, but having red in my hair is making me so happy. 

The weather dudes indicate that we may be getting something close to a blizzard tomorrow so I'm going to head out today and stock up a bit.  6+ inches of heavy, wet snow and lots of wind.  Should be fun!  I do so love weather. :-)

If the format of this post is a little nuts I apologize.  Typepad had been acting really strange lately and I haven't figured out how to make it better.  Liz, I've been trying to get the pictures to pop up into separate windows for weeks now with only sporadic luck.  I really do want to be sensitive to all you dial-up people!                                                                                                

Comments

[PainterWoman]

Perfectly even curtain hems are for the obsessive-compulsive. I love the Swedish look red /red-white/ white-red curtains!! And the red hair. I'm thinking that looks more fun than gray grey gray.

[Joy]

I like the red too!

[Annie]

I love the red hair (and curtains)....but especially the hair. It's very cool. :)

[Liz]

Look at you with the red locks... how fun!

Great curtains, too. I have so many I need to make, but haven't made the time to make friends with my sewing machine. Maybe soon. :)

[christine]

Way cool curtains and especially way cool red hairs............;)

[Debi]

I love your curtains, I love your Noro bag (down there vv)and I LOVE your hair!

And I loved your comment :)