95 inch back door sliding glass door. Part I.
Awesome for letting the sun in, awesome for letting the warm air swoosh through the screen door, awesome when your boyfriend’s home, or your roommate, or anyone at all.
NOT so awesome when your home alone, for the first time, in the new place, and you’re kind of a wuss when it comes to these things. Watching TV and eating granola for dinner turns into quite the paranoid-ridden event.
It really is ludicrous. We don’t exactly live in Watts. This city was rated the 4th safest city in the nation last year, there are over 500 units in this place, ours couldn’t be more in the middle of the whole complex if it tried, but for some reason the two X chromosomes are all “AHH YOU ARE HOME ALONE. TIME TO FREAK OUT NOW”.
So, I figured a quick fix was in store - run to JC Penney, grab some adorably chic curtains (pictured above), throw them up, no big deal. Too bad after we looked around for an hour it took only about 30 seconds to realize there was no justifiable way we could throw down the amount of money they were asking. It came down to hmm, super awesome curtains… or groceries for 2 weeks? Considering the granola for dinner wasn’t exactly cutting it, we went for the latter.
But still, freaking out nightly isn’t awesome. And the fact that a large piece of fabric directly effects my sanity is somewhat bothersome. Mike is a touring musician so self-granola-dinner-and-tv nights were going to be quite frequent.
I knew I had to find a solution. Mission: curtain without breaking bank. I chose to accept it!
… Part II up next …
