Updating my Home Office

I’ve finally replaced the window treatment in my home office. It is a project I had put off for way too long. The action now was prompted by the knowledge that warmer days were coming and the west facing windowwould - as always - cause the room to be hot in the afternoon.

The 25 year old mini-blinds had started to fall apart last summer - and never provided very good insulation. The pocket sheers (sheer fabric with pockets for keepsakes) were probably my favorite sheers but they were 20 years old and beginning to tear; I put off taking them down as long as possible.

My first thought was to take down the mini-blinds, replace the pocket sheers and buy insulated drapery to go over the. I immediately had to revise the plan because the pocket sheers are not available. Pooh! What will I do with all the mismatched earrings, unusual buttons, name tags from my daughter’s high school activities, and other small items I’m not quite ready to discard? Right now they are in a box. I’ll keep them for a little longer but they won’t be in sight.

I opted to implement the rest of the plan. Ordering the drapery was easy and I was able to use the same rod as I already had for the pocket sheers. They look very light weight but have an insulated backing that will make them more effective in the summer than the mini-blinds every were. I’m ready for the first warm day!

There are still ‘clean up’ parts of the project: filling in the holes from the mini-blind brackets, donating the pocket sheers, and deciding what do to with the broken mini-blinds. I’d like to find a way to recycle them but they are not something that can go into the normal weekly recycle bin pickup.Pocket Sheers folded/ready to donate

I’m pleased to have completed the first ‘Spring 2015’ home improvement project!