Shower Curtain APB Update…

Another mini metamorphosis for Met Monday. On May 22nd I put out an APB post for this shower curtain. Within minutes fellow bloggers told me to check out Anthropologie for the one featured in the picture I posted, and Target for a less expensive alternative. I went to five Targets looking for the less expensive version…but no luck. Believe it or not I have an Anthropologie a mile away from my home and had never been in...so I bought the curtain from Anthropologie with a plan to see what it would look like hanging. Then I went onto Target’s website to see if they had one available online…and they did. However, I got sidetracked reading the reviews for the Target version…many commented that there was a concern since it was polyester…there were some challenges with how it held up in the wash.

I waffled on buying the Target version and returning the Anthropologie version. I loved the Anthropologies version and it came in the cutest cloth case. I could envision the case as a pillow. I decided to keep the Anthropologie one and I rationalized doing so because I haven’t purchased anything new in a year except for a few business clothes, that I was actually getting two items for the money, if you count the cloth case that was to become a pillow, and that a cotton version would get better with washing.

Now, I didn’t need a shower curtain…I wanted one... as I already have nice glass doors on my shower. I felt the glass made the room seem sterile because of the white walls and other white items. I thought a ruffled shower curtain would soften the look. See before picture below. By the way I already had the shower rod and my friend Kathy gave me the hooks (two more good reasons why I could rationalize the more expensive version).

In case you are interested, the chamber pot in the picture above and below was used by my aunts and uncles (who are now in their 80s) when they were children -- before they had indoor plumbing. If you want to see a better picture of the fish hook…click here. To see what is to the right side of the shower curtain area…click here.

Here is the ruffled cloth bag that the shower curtain came in. I stuffed it with towels so you could see that it will make a cute pillow. It had a little tag on it so I snipped it off.

I am thinking this cute pillow would look good on my bed. Picture below is without the tag.

Stop by Between Naps on the Porch and see what others have transformed. I am also tagging onto Southern Hospitality's Today's Thrifty Treasures Every Monday...even though my shower curtain wasn't so thrifty...my shower rod and hooks were. If that is too lame check out the deal I got on two Baekgaard purses.

Two of my favorite blogs (Between Naps on the Porch and A Beach Cottage) are up for the 2009 BlogLuxe Best Eye Candy award. Click on the button below and vote.

Maya over at A Beach Lovers Place and author of Completely Coastal featured my buoy candles and porch on her blog. Thank you Maya.

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Renee