15 Minute Project- Curtain Tie Backs

My son, the Chunk, was born 8 weeks ago.

His room has a crib and a dresser/changing table.
The end.

Second kid syndrome, right? When the parents are too busy taking care of the first kid to put much effort into the second kids bedroom. With Booger, her room was painted not only one wall color, but has an awesome accent on one wall with her name spelled out. We had a crib (that I put together myself, thank you very much!), clothes washed and hung in her new (and also painted) closet, a rug, stuffed animals, blankets, curtains, the whole nine yards.

With Chunk... we were lucky we got the room painted and a changing table in there before he came. It was a close call.
That being said, these just went up about four days ago.

And there they sat, all dark and gloomy for 4 days. They are a bit squished on the rod, so pushing them open wasn't much of an option-- I needed something to hold them back. They are room darkening curtains, so the room was, well, dark.

So off to the craft store we went! Chunk sound asleep in his carrier, Booger in the cart desperately trying to grab anything she could off the shelf (did you know a 2 year old neeeeeeeeeeeds a floral wreath? And scrapbooking supplies? And vase filler rocks?)

I searched the aisles numerous times, hoping a spark of inspiration would come. Then I found it-- white, braided rope. I knew I could easily make a tie back with the rope, held onto the wall by some 3M hooks.

A day later, I was able whip out some new curtain tie backs! Chunk's room is now coming along, slowly but surely.

Step 1: Measure approximately how long you wish your rope to be to hold back the curtain
Step 2: Cut rope
Step 3: Using a hot glue gun, fold over the frayed end(s) that are cut, and glue onto rope, creating a small loop.
Step 4: Attach one loop to the hook, gather rope around curtain, attach second loop on hook.
Step 5: Admire your handiwork.

Silver 3M hook; white braided rope

It's not perfect (the loops are pretty shabby), but it gets the job done! And it hides behind the curtain a bit, so no one will notice anyway, right?

At least we can get some nice sunlight in this room now! Chunk will appreciate my work when he's older...

And that's today's 15 Minute Project!