IT'S CURTAINS FOR THE COTTAGES!

Last year on  a very pleasant holiday in Norfolk (Norfolk for goodness sake, Cromer, Great Yarmouth, acres of flat...); well, it was the opposite of Scotland and there were some very nice hotels, and we were struck by all their lovely curtains. So we decided we needed new curtains for the cottages.

Up till now I always thought you had to make your own curtains;  I didn't realise you could go into a huge emporium in Glasgow and actually BUY them.  And just so much better than my rather pathetic efforts.  So off we went to Remnant Kings (now there's a mis-nomer if ever there was one) and spent about 3 hours coming to a very expensive compromise -  put me and Mike into a room and ask us to agree on something ..... Another 3 hours was spent deciding on linings ( fireproof, thermal, etc etc) and then we went home.

6 weeks later an enormous parcel of curtains arrived and - having  put in new rails , another major job -   we hang them up and - disaster!  Mhairi's ones are too long.  Either there is some mystique in the way you measure curtains, or they got it wrong.  And try taking up professionally made lined curtains!  Another 6 hours per pair.


However they are now up and hanging and very nice they are too.

So please,please enjoy the new curtains.