pretty easy: hankies + clips

I decided to spray-paint the curtain clips of my hankie-valance. While everything was taken apart, I thought this easy-peasy idea would make a nice how-to post.



These curtain clips are from Ikea (left over from the no-sew valance I made for the boys' room). They were silver and needed to fade into the background so they received a few light coats of white spray paint out at the ol' picnic table.



Next I lined up my favorite vintage hankies (every single one received from blogging friends through swaps or gifts), folded them in half . . .



and clipped their folded ends to the clips now hanging from a tension rod.



If I ever compile a Top 10 of Home Decor Useful Faves, tension rods will surely make the list. (These handy clips just might make the list, too.)




I placed the tension rod so that my hankies fall around cafe-curtain-length, roughly half-way down the window over my kitchen sink.



Easy to do and easy to change!

(Imagine this handkerchief trick with colorful bandanas or patterned napkins? Presto!)

Thank you so much to everyone for your happy cheers about my Fifi news! This is just the bestest place to share.

xo
elyse

Note:
{I found the cup & saucer at HomeGoods. Interesting because the back of the saucer reads: Blue Vintage Rose, Peppertree Tabletops, Coastline Imports. I later bought a matching teapot that simply says Cath Kidston.}