How To Paint Your Curtains!

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As I mentioned yesterday, I love using paint, acrylic or spray, to provide a quick update or new look or to add some color on something I already own. There was a weekend recently when Sean was home for a full 12 hours before he left for another trip and that means project time for me. I was debated whether to do our dining room and living room curtains since they are on the same wall but the dining room had two curtain panels, the living room had four. I opted for the dining room curtains and I am glad I did.
I bought acrylic paint at Michaels in those tiny 69 cent bottles, why, because Michaels fails to carry the color grey in the larger bottles. Out of all the colors even glittery golds and sparkly silvers, they skip over grey. So I ended up going to two Michaels, buying out their entire grey line of non-glossy paint.

Also I bought a foam roller brush, a painting tray, a drop cloth and then blue taping tape. Then I laid out the curtain on the drop cloth, measured out the curtain and then figured out the length of each painted stripe and the spacing length. Then painstakingly painted over and over and over again!
Finally, one curtain was done and then I realized I had another to do. I let the curtains dry overnight then the next morning, peeled the blue tape away and voila, painted striped curtains!
Enjoy the photos!
The before

The after