Return of the Curtains + New Pillows

Steph and I had the opportunity to go back to Atlantic for the Atlanticfest Road Race, a five mile run that cuts through our hometown. This is one of the races that I've participated in for the past four years since I started running. On a side note, I got fourth in my age group (not too bad!). 

Anyway, after visiting the family for a little bit, we made our way to the Walmart in Atlantic. While we're both adamantly opposed to going to most Walmarts, Atlantic's is always less crowded and not nearly as scurvy as some of the other ones we've been to. Our goal was to find some new curtains. The eggshell blue curtains just didn't work in our living room since I painted, and we've been needing some that more closely match the walls. We looked online, but the prices were way more than we were willing to spend, I thought it was too risky to look at curtains based off of internet photographs. Walmart seemed like a decent option.

We totally lucked out as well. There were several options to choose from, and we could spend fifteen dollars for two panels rather than ten, twenty, or, in some cases, thirty+ dollars for just one. We finally decided on a color called bennett (don't ask me what sort of name that is), and the result looks like this:

Instantly, our walls don't look as blue as they had with the eggshell curtains. I also really like that the the curtains have a semi-sheer look that lets in some light, while blocking out the interior of the house when someone looks in from the street.  We may end up going with a darker brown rather than this tan color, but we definitely like the neutrality of the look. 

The older pillows we've had for a couple of years didn't work. A combination of five different colors, including purple, the old pillows really clashed with every other accessory we owned in the room. While shopping for the curtains, we found these pillows as well.

This blue color in the pillows definitely helps tie the room together, and it matches the blueish hue we get from the walls, which oddly enough, seems to help bring out the grey in those very same walls. It's amazing how quickly accessories and curtains can help to bring a room together.