Two of the four walls in the nursery are glazed cement block wall. Very practical for a basement. Not very soft and nursery like for a baby. We decided instead of dry walling and painting, or painting glazed block, we would try something a little different. I dreamed up this odd idea of covering the walls with fabric instead of paint. It is a little more versatile for us. After we move out I can take the curtains and use them as curtains for windows, or turn it into a quilt, or whatever I dream up!!!!


Here is my inspiration. The long wall to the left when you walk in the room will be the solid blue color. (You should have seen the lady at the cutting table when I told her I needed 8 yards of the solid blue) The green and blue plaid will cover the short back wall. That’s the other reason I wanted to use fabric. I can be way more creative with it than I could have been with painting.

My sister found this fabric, I thought it was totally cute. The colors match perfectly, and the froggies are adorable! I will use this to make bumpers for the crib and other little items around the room. It is flannel and it feels very comfy. I would like to pull out little bits of orange/yellow and accent as well.
Here is what it all looks like together.

Cut twice, measure once…. right?

I did a simple rolled edge around 3 of the sides. Then did a 1 1/2″ hem. Then we are going to put gromets in the top and either hang from hooks along the top of the room, or string a line and thread it through the gromets. Jason hammered some of the gromets in tonight. I have two of the curtains done!!! This is going much quicker than I thought it would… hopefully it continues this way!

 This is what the back wall looks like now that the curtains are done. 

Oh yeah, and with coupons and gift cards, I spent around $25 out of pocket. I would have spent more than that on paint alone!

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