Before & After: the dining room semi reveal!

Finishing the roman shades for the dining room felt like a big weight was lifted from my shoulders!
Last weekend I had my baby shower, and I felt bad with those ….."nice" paper shades.
Well, goodbye paper shades, hello gorgeous roman shades!

The current state (not totally the after, as a lot is still left to do/buy):

Resources:

Fabric: Sharon Kessler, Pheasants Cotton fabric, for Concord Fabrics

Wallpaper used under the chair rail: Thibaut 

Linking up at Thrifty Decor Chick

Dining room wallpaper update: almost there!

I was in Baltimore for a quick visit, and with an extra pair of hands from my friend K, I was able to get the wallpaper in the dining room and almost finalized the roman shades. They just need to be hung! Yay!

The initial concept of using a striped wallpaper under the chair rail, together with an amazing fabric for the roman shades:

The "workstation": I covered the dining table with a paint drippings cloth, a sheet of MDF, and the wallpapering tools handy:

The before:

 And a preliminary after:

Using my wallpapering working station I was able to cut the fabric to be used as roman shades:

Watch this space for an upcoming reveal!

Stripes and florals: yes, please!

Do you get happy when sometimes decor purchases just fall in together as a well though puzzle?

Well, it was how I felt today when I put the Thibaut stripes wallpaper I had bought a while ago on ebay,  and an amazing Sharon Kessler fabric adquired at my most recent DeBois haul.

The plan:

Wallpaper the lower portion of the dining room walls, and replace my not so fancy paper curtains to some snazzy roman shades.

What do you think? Do you like/mix prints with stripes, either on your fashion or home decor?

Stripes and florals:

Fabric detail:

Hasta la vista, paper curtains!