C's Window

C's room makeover is limping along.  She has the most gigantic window in her room.  Not only is the window huge, it has a huge transom window above it.  It's great that her room is so nice and bright, but it's not so great when I would like her to sleep a little later in the morning and she is getting woken up with the sun.

Here's her room before any making-over began.  Just keeping it real for you, with the mess and all:

Here's a less scary pic:



My solution was to cover the giant transom window with a pelmet, a.k.a. cornice or valance.  I was inspired by this window from Hi Sugarplum:

Source: hisugarplum.blogspot.com via Suzanne on Pinterest

It looks so pretty and fancy....until you look at the back.

Basically all it is is foam board and duct tape. Simple, right?!?!?  Hi Sugarplum provides a great tutorial on how to make the pelmet, but I'll give you a few highlights.

Start with your foam board.  I got mine at Michael's for about $2.70/piece, but I just saw them at the dollar store for only $1.  I had to use 4 pieces and duct taped them all together.  To cut the board, just use a knife, score the board and then break it.



Here it is all laid out on my kitchen floor. This gives you an idea of what a beast this thing is:

Next, duct tape batting and fabric all over the thing.  Staples don't really work in the foam board, so duct tape is the best bet.  For fabric, I took some Pottery Barn curtains that K has had in her room FOREVER and just cut them up to fit.  I didn't want to spend a lot on fabric, because I was kind of dubious about how this project would turn out; and, because of its size, if it would even hang on the wall.

Here she is getting ready to be hung:

You can see a seam over on the right side where the fabric wasn't long enough and I had to add an extra piece.  To hide the seams, I just used fabric glue to glue on some white grosgrain ribbon.

Here it is covering the transom window.  It is so hard to take a picture of a window with the light streaming in!  Sorry for the dark photo.

Come back tomorrow and I promise you better pictures!  You will also be able to see the curtains that I made.  I know you're excited!