Two of the decorating blogs that I read on a regular basis, both had posts about how pretty the Kleenex box is, on the same day. It was a Kleenex marketing invasion. God save me from this type of success. The first thing I do when I get sick is scour the house looking for the Puffs Plus with lotion, for the sake of my poor runny nose. I don’t care about the design of the Kleenex box. That is like trying to pretty up the toilet paper or the paper towels. I am just grateful we have tissues, and I’m not blowing my nose into a leaf, or a piece of Soviet newspaper.
I promise this post has not been sponsored by Puffs Plus.
In the news of The World’s Slowest Kitchen Renovation, I have a blind on my kitchen window! I also have an outrageous estimate for getting the window replaced with a larger window, but for now, I am thrilled to have a blind. The morning sun is brutal. My mom said she wasn’t able to do the dishes because the sun was in her eyes. This is tragic. I can’t risk losing an opportunity for someone else to do the dishes, so we installed a blind.
These blinds are wood blinds from Ikea. We have put them on all of our upstairs windows for privacy, but they come a little too wide for our windows. Long ago I bought one, just to see if we could trim it down, and it worked!
Using a jigsaw, we were able to trim that extra inch from one side of the blind, so they fit the window (by we, I mean Stuart). You can’t tell that they have been altered and we have saved lots of money this way. The cost was $25 per blind, which is an approximate savings of $1000 per window. Wood blinds that are not from Ikea cost a fortune.
The color match on these Ikea blinds is just right for our old wood trim. They come in white and blonde wood and several different sizes, and if you own a jigsaw, you can cut them to fit.
I promise this post has not been sponsored by Ikea either, although I am open to offers.
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2 responses to “This Post Brought to You by…. Me!”
Mariam, nice post. Like the blind solution and I love IKEA too. Tell your Mom that Barb W. said, “no dish washing due to sun in the eyes – LAME, Margaret, LAME”. About sore runny noses, try Nose Better. No joke. Tiny tube of magic for sore noses. Use at first hint of a cold. And NO, this comment has not been prepaid by Nose Better – available in most drugstores and even grocery stores.
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I can’t wait to try Nose Better! And yes, no more excuses about the dishes, especially now. However, mom can be occasionally creative, so we’ll see what she comes up with!
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