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Sweet Salvage purchase update

salvaged tin

After the July Sweet Salvage sale and in my subsequent “what I bought” post, I promised to show and tell you what I did with the tin molding piece I purchased.

The need for a valance arises from the fact that I can’t stand looking at the nasty metal Venetian blinds in our master bath for another minute.

blinds

The problem was – the tin piece was about 10-inches too short to cover the full width of the window. It took over a month, but I finally solved the length issue when I found two square tin ceiling tiles, one for each side of the long piece.

vintage tin valance

Since this window is in the shower/toilet/tub area of the bathroom, full coverage is needed in the morning and at night, but during the day, I like to pull up the blinds to bring in light and see out onto the backyard.

tin valance

The valance hides the stacked blinds when they are fully pulled up. Perfect!

I tucked burlap ribbon, that I’d purchased at Hobby Lobby, along the top, to hide the hardware I used to hang the tin pieces from the ceiling. Hanging them from the ceiling was the only option … the walls around the window and tub are marble.

tin and burlap

Although these sun-glared photos don’t do it justice – I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.


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2 comments

1 Marissa { 08.22.13 at 11:08 AM }

Looks so cool!

2 Sloane { 08.22.13 at 5:42 PM }

Genius!

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