This Old House

The inevitable finally happened the other day. The butt ugly blackish-grey Levelor blinds that were adorning the window in our bathroom gave out at last. We've only lived with them for 20+ years, and frankly, I don't see how we put up with them for so long. All the windows of our house were covered with these monstrosities at one time - they were there when we first moved into our rental. But over the years we managed to replace all of them except for the ones in the bathroom. The Misers have been in this old house for awhile. We started out as renters, and then bought the property from our landlord, whom Sparky is still friends with. They always got on, and because of that we got a pretty good deal on this property back in the mid 1990s. Anyway, over the years we've done this and that to the place - mostly getting rid of unfortunate 1970's interior mistakes that came with the house, such as green and yellow shag carpeting, plastic beige tiles covering the kitchen walls (including the ceiling - why would someone glue plastic tiles to a ceiling?) and now those hideous blinds in the bathroom.

I wasn't happy at first when this happened, but now I'm feeling differently. I got out my sewing machine and made new curtains. Sparky gave me some canvas from the giant roll he has (for his paintings), and I measured, cut, sewed and hemmed a new window treatment that is a vast improvement over the ratty Levelor. Now the light softly filters in, the canvas color is nice and neutral, and it adds a happy little boost to our tiny little water closet. Why didn't we do this sooner? It didn't cost much, which as you know is always a plus for The Misers, and it looks so much better. The lesson learned? Sometimes it's good when things break. And even if you "don't  fix something if it ain't broke", sometimes maybe you should...