How come nobody writes rap songs about overthinking housewives? Well, Karen, that’s because there ain’t nothing sexy about a lady in her suburban home, wearing her birth control robe, staring at 4 different images of “brass” curtain rods for hours trying to figure out which one is actually going match the other one she already has up. HA!
So my dining room has been a spot of slow progress-we’ve lived here for almost 7 years! I’m always getting closer to my fantasy of this like Home Alone meets Vogue in the Hamptons meets Nancy Meyers vibe, breakfast nook.
I remember going to my next door neighbor’s house for the first time when we lived by the beach in Orange County and seeing her wall to wall Ballard designs bookcases and breakfast bench nook off her kitchen. AH! What a charming vibe!!! Obsessed!
It wasn’t exactly what I wanted but it was approaching. For our space, I wanted a little more of a collected feel. A mix of seating, textiles with different patterns, yes to the books and chachkas/plates/art.
So with our current home we have this dining room/family room combo off the kitchen and it is essentially “wall-less” because of all the windows (I can never have enough light BTW).
PS watch my video on how to make your home feel like you here.
My latest hang up (of one year) has been cafe curtains. This has proven to be a challenge because of the triple window situation that doesn’t allow for a simple middle support bracket. It would have to be on the window so this is a semi-DIY headache-or so I thought (I’ll get to that later in this article).
Cafe curtains would add some charm, cozy and textiles to this very sterile vibe in here but omg I want to re-do the window eventually and I already have both a woven shade plus a motorized roller shade beneath that…
Translation: Would all this work, time and cost be for nothing? Would it look ugly and cheap? Oh and returns…is there a human out there who loves returning things? Not I!
I want to be filling casserole dishes as I look up to the cutest little Norman Rockwell family eating in a charming spot in front of me that says “Wow, this a beautiful life.”
So that’s when I did something different and like the perfect set of dominos life can be when you shift your beliefs, some amazing things happened.
The pattern break I made in my head that made me “place order” after staring at an amazon tab for months and how to flip your switch from decision paralysis to making s*** happen
Where to start making your decisions from that completely changed my entire outlook on life
The perfectly timed coupon that I noticed right after I made the decision to finally get “the pillows” and how to make these things happen for you every time
What arrived in the mail and how it was wrong and perfect at the same time
How to tell the difference between “this is a disaster” and “this is part of the process”
Are you full of the “what ifs” when you are making financial decisions? A lot of mine comes down to time.
What if I spend hours of my life searching for the right cafe curtain rod? What if I eventually find it and it’s one million dollars? I order it then see an influencer share one from Amazon that is $20 the day it arrives?
Cafe curtains are “relatively newly revived” in the design world so places like Target and Amazon don’t have tons of options yet. But I’m the person who wants the trends before they’re fully “accessible.” That’s why I love small design boutiques and places like Round Top where it all shows first (usually at a premium).
I had started this journey almost a year ago and purchased these pretty little curved end pieces for a skinny rod or DIY rod but ran into more hiccups and stopped-too complicated!
So I reminded myself of this: If my thought process is that it will be hard to find, super expensive, might still not work and will be a wast of my time - that’s what I would get. So I shifted to this belief system:
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