Curtains

The curtains in the camper were functional. Black out fabric on the back, a simple tan color, clean. They were just a little too plain for me. I wanted something funky. And functional. And fun.

After buying the pretty square beige fabric at Hobby Lobby, I brought it home, held it up to see how it all fit together....and I hated it. It just didn't go with the rest of the camper. It was way too yellow compared to everything else in the color scheme. 

After hanging the shower curtain, my mother says "why don't you get a few more shower curtains and use those as your curtain fabric?" Genius! And cost wise, it was only about $10 more to have exactly what I wanted vs a fabric that didn't match. 

We went on the hunt for 4 more shower curtains. I found 3 at one Target, and Mom found one at another. So we had the curtains in hand...but they were still that crazy stark white color. So what do we do?! Tea stain 4 shower curtains in moms master bathtub. And they came out great!!!

Now the next part, I have no photos of. Because in the chaos of baseball games, in-laws coming to town, more baseball games, and a photoshoot, I didn't have time to work on curtains....but my momma did! Or, well, she made time. 

And she didn't bring them back til the very last day of renovations, and they were like the bow on the top of the present, the cherry on top!

If you are cutting, sewing, and hanging your own curtains, there are lots of blogs and tutorials. But the key? Grab the curtain clips. If your popup doesn't have any, this is an AMAZING resource/store:

Coleman Popup Parts

I had to call the other day to ask about a light for the camper that had cracked, and Derek is super nice and FULL of helpful information. Need a part? Not sure what you need? Give him a call!

Shower Curtain

Our popup has a shower. Yes! And a potty. Yes! All in one, tiny little "room", that is seriously the best part for me. The last time we went "tent camping", I had to pee in the wee hours of the night. And I don't pee outside. I mean, I'm a boy mom and all, but really, that's a no go for me. You won't catch me popping a squat. Ever. So I had to wake up at 4am, pitch black, start the truck (I'm sure I woke up nearly every camp site around us), go up to the communal restrooms, and prayed to the Lord the entire time that a serial killer was not hiding in one of the stalls. NEVER AGAIN.

So after our first trip out with the popup, I noticed that the shower curtain was white vinyl. Cheap, thin, white vinyl. Nothing wrong with it--did the job of making privacy, but it added nothing to the decor of the popup. And I needed something cute to add a little color.

I found a shower curtain at Target that I fell in love with:

 Threshold Home Grid Shower Curtain

Color was just blue enough to add some color, but soft enough to not jump out at you. So pretty! I brought it home and instantly hung it up. It was perfect--or so I thought. Once the floors were done, the cushions were in, and the bedding was sitting on the beds, the color of the shower curtain struck me as odd. Hmmmmm...

Ah. Because it was WHITE and everything else in the camper was ANTIQUE WHITE. Oh the horror! No one else would have noticed it, I'm sure. But I did. And it would bug me. As I'm sitting staring at the shower curtain, I said to my mom "Huh, wonder if we could tea-stain it? Wouldn't that turn it a little more off white/brown?" Yes it would! And so I stained it.

I didn't follow any special "recipe" and I'm sure there are MANY on the internet. I just made a bunch of pitchers of tea and threw the shower curtain in the sink! 

It just antiqued it enough to take the stark white out of the curtain. 

Ignore the horrible pictures. I shot them really quick in my kitchen, under those terrible translucent lights. :( Sorry. You'll see the full effect in the "after" pictures coming soon!

BONUS: We have this bar that you use to flip the kitchen over when putting popup up down and away. But it was an ugly brown. After we painted cabinets, I had bought contact paper for the drawers...and it ended up being nearly the same design as the shower curtain!....but, It's white. Oh well! I like it!