The Curtain Reading Log: Stay classy

Around 10  years ago, I bought some old cotton curtains for $20 from a thrift shop.  They were too wide for my windows, weren't lined, had sun damage near a couple of the edges, plus some mysterious holes (from bugs?).  The bookshelf design ("Bestsellers" was printed along the selvedge), however, made up for these flaws.


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Last January, Debbie, my neighbour, helped me paint my living room walls a soft grey before the new grey carpet was laid.  We were anticipating  how fresh the room would look and although Deb was not impressed with the limp tatty curtains that I was determined would stay (I like vintage stuff), we discussed which of the book titles we had read.  We have both read The Good Earth, I have read Gone With the Wind, neither of us have read Hawaii yet, and so on.  At the time I was reading War and Peace and she looked in vain for that title on the curtain.  Alas, it is not part of the design. "That's okay, I'll just grab a marker and fill in one of the blanks," I joked.  

This idea  for a unique reading log stuck in my brain for a bit, and I decided to run with it.  I bought curtain lining and new tape and Deb and I cut down the curtains to a reasonable width for the wall space, discarding the worst bits and even patching the worst holes then adding new tape and the lining.  Now when I finish a book, I'll write the title on a blank book spine (there are over 1100 available) with a fabric pen.

The beauty of The Classics Club for my curtain project is that all the titles have already stood the test of time.

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