Windows...

If I had my way, and an unlimited budget, I would LOVE to deck out our windows in beautiful, crisp white, plantation shutters.   BUT, at $150-$400 + per window,  ha.    hahahah.    hahha.  yeah.   That's not happening.

Currently we have really tacky, 1 inch vinyl mini blinds on all of our windows.  Some are broken (NICE!) but all of them are UGLY.

Replacing all of our blinds with 2 inch wood or faux wood versions would be a cheaper option, and I considered that too, but when you have SO much to do to a house, and SO much you still want to buy to furnish said house, even $40 a window can add up.

SO, having said all of this, I want to share with you what I found at Target. 

Look at that price!  WOW.  I'm normally more of a fan of white blinds, but I think these add a natural element that is quite nice.   Now, I did check these out in the store first, and they are NOT faux wood.   Imagine your normal 1 inch vinyl blinds, made into 2 inch.  They are very thin, and when opened to let the light in, you can tell they don't have the thickness of wood or faux wood.   However, for that cheap, I'm willing to have a thin blind. 

I've installed two already, and they look SO great.  I'm not recommending these if you want blinds that look like wood.  They don't.  Well, they sort of do... a thin wood.  BUT, I love them!  I have a 23 inch window on each side of a 35 inch window in my breakfast area.  Gotta love that I was able to buy blinds for all three windows for the price of ONE faux wood blind at Lowes. 

Next step- some sort of window treatment for the top of those windows, which I'm thinking I'll make out of burlap.  Stay tuned for that adventure!