New window shades

I'm so excited, Bob hung new window shades in the kitchen. Back in 2004 he took out the big window we had, and added two small windows and a door and the deck off the door. We never put window treatments on the windows because we love the view out to the back yard of the flowers, trees, and little animals. But, the late afternoon sun is terrible. So, today he bought 3 of the bamboo type shades and put them on the windows and door. It will be perfect to block some of the sun, but it won't wreck the view since we can still see out the shades.

When we put new curtains on our bedroom windows, he took the old blinds off and set them aside. They are nice blinds. Not wood, but kind of a wood look and they are sheer. They help block the sun, but let in lots of light. We didn't throw the blinds away since they are so nice. So, now we found some use for them. We had three windows in our room. Bob put one of the shades on Shawn's new window. He's going to put another on the window over the sink to help with the sun problem. The last blind will go in here, in the dining room. Once we get them all up, it will have more of a uniform look between the rooms out here.

I love making little changes to the house. And, it's nice to be able to use things you already have. There's something about little changes that lift your spirits.

Another change we want to make are the stools at the kitchen table. The ones we have are pretty. However, none of us anticipated that the hooky things that hang over the back would be "dangerous." By that I mean they hook your clothes as you try to walk away. They make it harder to walk around the room.

In the garage we have some old bar stools we had in one of our other houses. I told Bob he should just fix them up--repair the rungs--and so on and we can use those. They are nice stools and it would be a shame to buy more if we already have some we can use.