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Book Ideas:  Punched "Tin" Curtains  |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 09:43:52 AM
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I made these "curtains" for my kitchen from aluminum flashing. I love how the light streams through them in the morning - unfortunately it was rainy this morning when I took the picture! 
I printed a pattern from the internet and enlarged it to fit the metal. Then I punched out the pattern with a nail and hammer.
I get comliments on them all the time and the best part is that they were FREE - we already had the metal in the barn.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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cw246
True Blue Farmgirl
153 Posts
Cheryl
Largo
Florida
USA
153 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 10:08:36 AM
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Jennifer... what a great job. I totally love it. I always loved punched tin cupboards... never seen "curtains". I love it. Your pattern is beautiful. Did I say I love this? 
Have a GREAT day
cw |
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jcbtxstars
True Blue Farmgirl
77 Posts
Julia C
Midland
Texas
USA
77 Posts |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
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farmgirl1
True Blue Farmgirl
116 Posts
Robin
Douglasville
GA
USA
116 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 11:19:10 AM
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I love them! You did a fabulous job. I think I'm going to have to make me some.
Robin
#1 prissy farmgirl.
Oh, I want a pink John Deere Tractor. |
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
2436 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 11:40:53 AM
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I REALLY like these!!
AND ..I have SO much Copper stuff in my Kitchen..This would look So cute!!
I think I might just have to try this!!
THANKS somuch for showing the Picture..Really so nice!
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
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nashbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
687 Posts
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
1553 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 12:05:00 PM
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Methinks our Queen Bee needs to buzz on over to your house and check these out...most definitely an idea for her next book!
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 1:12:35 PM
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They are beautiful, Jennifer!! They remind me of the punched tin lanterns that we had hanging in our family room back in Mass. when I was young. Such a clever idea.
Karin
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 5:20:24 PM
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Thanks for all the kind words!
Abbasgurl, the metal is bent at the ends and nailed to the window. If you didn't want to do anything that permanent, perhaps you could use magnets with a sticky side? The aluminum is of course very light, so those might work just as well.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 6:22:52 PM
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I love your curtain! How many windows did you do this on?
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 6:25:22 PM
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Thanks, Alee! I did it on all three kitchen windows.
For two of my windows in my living room, I hung singletrees that I found in our barn. The middle ring is perfect for hanging a tiny wreath at Christmas!
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4185 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4185 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 05:00:25 AM
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| Jennifer, I love your curtains, and really like your idea with the singletrees. Humm, what else have you done. You might like this idea that I did : I am using an old metal grain scoop for a utensil holder on my counter. I cleaned it up and sprayed it with sealer, and it looks really neat. Michele |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 06:09:22 AM
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I LOVE that idea, Michelle. One of my favorite things to do is go "scalveging" (salvage and scavenge, geddit?) in order to repurpose things around the farm.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 07:35:24 AM
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Cute, Jennifer! I like your style a LOT!
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
There is a Redeemer. |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 08:02:52 AM
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Oh, Jennifer - they are just darling. I can see why you get compliments on them all the time! And the pattern you picked for them is just perfect. It's true - what a wonderful way to "farmgirl up" your kitchen!
XOXO, Libbie
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
1106 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 08:28:21 AM
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I love this too!!!! You are SO talented!
Sam |
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lasagefemme
True Blue Farmgirl
65 Posts
Lisa
eastern
Washington
USA
65 Posts |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 10:27:21 PM
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Jennifer....do you remember where you got that pattern??? Its just so beautiful..........
"Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail." Thoreau
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 11:00:00 PM
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I LOVE this idea TOO!! Very farmgirlish for sure.
And I love the single tree idea too. I want to see if my Uncle still has any of my grandpa's old tack and maybe I can do that too. I have two tall skinny windows in my living room that I would love that look on!! Gosh you have great ideas!!! Love the utensil holder one too!! I can tell you are going to be inspiration for alot of us!! Keep coming with the ideas..we love them!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2007 : 05:57:39 AM
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Originally posted by lasagefemme
Jennifer....do you remember where you got that pattern??? Its just so beautiful..........
I just googled "punched tin patterns". I'm sorry I don't remember the name of the pattern!
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
341 Posts
Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
341 Posts |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2007 : 11:21:45 PM
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0h my g00ness are th0se beautiful. I l0ve the pattern, I w0uld have never th0ught 0f it. I l0ve being 0n here and being inspired!!!!! Thanks!
Car0l Sue
listening to the quiet moments
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - Nov 11 2007 : 09:33:47 AM
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| those are great i havent done any punched tin work in years...I will have to do some again. good job! |
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Book Ideas: Punched "Tin" Curtains |
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Punched "Tin" Curtains
