Since re-arranging furniture isn't always plausible... re-arranging photos, quilts, and other wall-adornments IS! For the last few months, I've known & been mulling over where I wanted to move things~ what I wanted to put in it's place~ and how to do it without cluttering up wall space. Our home is welcoming & lived in; it'll never look sterile or like it's been ripped out of the pages of some interior design magazine. And I'm perfectly a-ok with that!!
When dad passed, I knew that the Starburst quilt would come "home"... and I knew where I wanted to put it. Somewhere honorable~ somewhere seen by all who are in my home~ and somewhere fitting for display. Long story short~ the living room.
If I lived in a "normal" house~ without high, sloping, architecturally interesting lines~ hanging a 66" curtain rod would be a piece of cake. But, that's not how our house is designed. The quilt itself is 62" square so the rod has to be way up there on the wall so that it's not hanging behind the couch.
Murphy's Law: the big ladder is in the shed out back. The 4-rung "cute" ladder is the only one for which I had easy access. This meant standing on the top rung~ balancing & switching between a 1/8th drill bit & Phillips head attachment~ measuring where to put the 6 holes~ and (doing something that only a girl could/would) shoving the little level in the front of my bra so it was easily accessible. Hooah!
If you want something done right~ you had best learn to do it yourself. I learned that lesson from two very important women in my life: my mother & my grandmother. My mother would walk upstairs with drill in-hand & take care of business. [Why my dad's reaction was always, "Oh shit~ what's your mother doing with a drill now?!"... I'll never understand. But my husby says the same sort of thing to me as well. *scratches head* Whatever.] Both taught me that it was foolish to rely on others to do things that you were perfectly capable of doing; within reason, of course. Kudos to these strong women for passing on so graciously such a powerful lesson. I was watching when you didn't think I was...
... and the result: the Starburst quilt was hung in an hour. :o)
Happy Quilting~ or DIY-ing!!!
