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When my friend K left our town for London in the middle of wintertime, she gave me a pair of gorgeous old linen curtains. They had originally been hanging in the living room of her beautiful house before she bought new ones (you can see them in their previous home here…)

I'd long admired their retro greeny lushness, so I decided to make them into curtains for our bedroom. It's so nice to see the spring sunlight shining through these in the morning, they match well with the tree-ferns outside that brush against the glass, and of course it's great to have a little of Karuna and her family in our home. 🙂

Have a great weekend and I'll see you again on Monday.

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16 responses to “leafy green”

  1. Annie Avatar

    What beautiful fabric, and how lovely to have something to remind you of your friend 🙂

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  2. Emily Avatar

    Gorgeous! Love the colours.

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  3. kaylovesvintage Avatar

    wonderful, great fabric
    enjoy your weekend

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  4. louana Avatar

    they fit in with the view perfectly! Happy weekend Melissa

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  5. karen Avatar

    What fantastic fabric – so calm and lovely that there is such lovely history behind them.

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  6. Kylie Avatar

    Oh my, that fabric is divine! That’s a great score 🙂 Kx

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  7. keishua Avatar

    that is so lovely. i think green is so relaxing and the fact that they were from your friends.

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  8. Regina Avatar

    I love the pattern on them! What a great gift.

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  9. Nicole Avatar

    I adore this style of vintage print. It’s such a good thing that pretty fabric like this is being used and loved instead of rotting in a landfill.

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  10. julie Avatar

    beautiful curtains – I love this shade of green, it is quite a (unplanned) theme in my house now. A lovely story to go with them too.

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  11. sloane Avatar

    Green has always been, hands down, my favorite color. I adore the pattern and lush green of your new/old curtains.

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  12. Jamara Avatar
    Jamara

    I followed the link you put up regarding the curtains earlier in the day. Then as Justin and I were discussing the house I gaze wishfully at all day across the valley Justin mentioned he thought is was for sale.
    A moment or two of browsing on allrealestate and it turns out that the house is your friends old house, the very one the curtains originate from!
    Enjoy them Melissa they go so well in your bedroom 🙂

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  13. sugarkane@xtra.co.nz Avatar
    sugarkane@xtra.co.nz

    They are stunning! STUNNING!

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  14. Thrifty Household Avatar

    Thank you for the totally unexpected trip down ‘memory lane’! I remember that design in blue from my childhood (but where I saw it, I can’t remember…)
    I love the curtains in green!

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  15. Tania Avatar

    Those curtains are beautiful and really bring the outside in!

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  16. coco Avatar

    just wonder if my package arrive to you safely.
    i hope it is in your hand by now.

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