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valkryorWell. That took too bloody long.
For the longest time, the only windows without coverings were the ones in the bathroom (already privacy glass) and the kitchen. Also, for the longest time, we had the privacy of a house next door with their own greenery doing the 'curtaining' for us.
Now, we have an open pit with a concrete pad that is going to become two low rises (6 floors, I believe) and the summer sun blaring into the windows on that side of the apartment in the mornings. To help with that, I repurposed an old, white gauzy curtain that had some cat damage near the bottom into a sun reflector for Declan's room (white curtain faces out, dark blue curtain faces in, all on the same rod). And it's been working.
It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it also didn't cost me anything besides a load of laundry (I washed the curtains in his room before I hung them up again). Because they are both IKEA curtains and have the same tabbing system, I didn't even have to sew them together, which was pretty fucking sweet.
The kitchen window? I can see all the way to the Aud from it. Which means that people out there can see me in here. Now, to be fair, I don't do anything interesting in the kitchen BUT I don't want to have such a clear view into the construction site that's about a driveway's width away.
Aha! thinks I. I have an old bamboo roller blind that was in the small bedroom when that was our television room tucked away in a corner. Paul didn't even know that we had it and didn't remember it at all. I was happy to have a possible solution to my problem that, again, didn't cost me a dime. It will filter the light and give us some privacy. Perfect.
What I didn't count on was how fucking long it was going to take to install one fucking blind.
It...snowballed.
Before I could install the blind, I needed to wash the window (I've been putting it off for YEARS). Before I could wash the window, I needed to pot the purple basic I sprouted from sprigs that Paul got in some pho. But, while I was in that area and working, I should also scrub the dish tray. Before I can scrub the dish tray, I need to put the clean and dry dishes away. Oh, look, the plastic bag bag is overflowing, so I should really bag that up. While I'm here, I'm going to clean the faucet and tap with vinegar. Oh, and the backsplash and counter need wiping down. It's pretty hot. Let's see if Declan's sandals still fit. Now that they're out, I need to tidy the shoe rack. Before I put the step ladder back, I need to sweep that area out.
It's been like that for HOURS.
No wonder I'm fucking tired.
At least my blind is up even if the cleat needs to be moved up a bit to accommodate a cactus pot. Should have measured that first. If I move the plant and spin it around...
For the longest time, the only windows without coverings were the ones in the bathroom (already privacy glass) and the kitchen. Also, for the longest time, we had the privacy of a house next door with their own greenery doing the 'curtaining' for us.
Now, we have an open pit with a concrete pad that is going to become two low rises (6 floors, I believe) and the summer sun blaring into the windows on that side of the apartment in the mornings. To help with that, I repurposed an old, white gauzy curtain that had some cat damage near the bottom into a sun reflector for Declan's room (white curtain faces out, dark blue curtain faces in, all on the same rod). And it's been working.
It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it also didn't cost me anything besides a load of laundry (I washed the curtains in his room before I hung them up again). Because they are both IKEA curtains and have the same tabbing system, I didn't even have to sew them together, which was pretty fucking sweet.
The kitchen window? I can see all the way to the Aud from it. Which means that people out there can see me in here. Now, to be fair, I don't do anything interesting in the kitchen BUT I don't want to have such a clear view into the construction site that's about a driveway's width away.
Aha! thinks I. I have an old bamboo roller blind that was in the small bedroom when that was our television room tucked away in a corner. Paul didn't even know that we had it and didn't remember it at all. I was happy to have a possible solution to my problem that, again, didn't cost me a dime. It will filter the light and give us some privacy. Perfect.
What I didn't count on was how fucking long it was going to take to install one fucking blind.
It...snowballed.
Before I could install the blind, I needed to wash the window (I've been putting it off for YEARS). Before I could wash the window, I needed to pot the purple basic I sprouted from sprigs that Paul got in some pho. But, while I was in that area and working, I should also scrub the dish tray. Before I can scrub the dish tray, I need to put the clean and dry dishes away. Oh, look, the plastic bag bag is overflowing, so I should really bag that up. While I'm here, I'm going to clean the faucet and tap with vinegar. Oh, and the backsplash and counter need wiping down. It's pretty hot. Let's see if Declan's sandals still fit. Now that they're out, I need to tidy the shoe rack. Before I put the step ladder back, I need to sweep that area out.
It's been like that for HOURS.
No wonder I'm fucking tired.
At least my blind is up even if the cleat needs to be moved up a bit to accommodate a cactus pot. Should have measured that first. If I move the plant and spin it around...
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Date: 2021-06-08 01:33 am (UTC)I don't mind that kind of thing when I'm just having a quiet, puttering kind of day. But when all I wanted was a damn drink of water...
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Date: 2021-06-08 01:51 am (UTC)The window, the basil, the dish tray, and the blind were all planned because they needed doing and I had the fucks to give. It was everything else that just creep creep creep. It also meant that anything else I wanted to do (like, say, fold laundry) was not done because I'm too friggen tired.
At least I solved the cleat issue. I moved the plant forward 5cm or thereabouts. That's it. That's all I had to do. It's probably for the best, too. The container the cactus is in tends to get shoved in the way of the window. Not a big deal if it's open. Kind of a pain in the ass if I need to close it. But now it's gloriously out of the way and in no danger of being knocked off the window sill. Huzzah!