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New Curtains for the Family Room

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Dear friends, I hope you’re well! It’s been a while since our last chat, but I’m still here, thinking of you. Today’s design story is driven less by aesthetics and more by practicality, and my desire to show off 🙂 I love making pretty things but when these things turn out to be practical as well, I’m twice as tempted to share the outcome, hoping it will inspire some of you to try something similar in your home.

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Create Academy’s 25% OFF Easter Sale

Hey friends, great news! Create Academy is having their Easter Sale right now with 25% OFF on all of their courses! If you’ve been tempted to try out one of their classes in the past, now would be an excellent time to go for it. With their exquisitely photographed and detailed courses taught by leading experts on a variety of topics that include cooking, gardening, landscape and interior design, upholstery, block printing, sewing, interior styling etc, Create Academy offers a wonderful learning opportunity to anyone looking to expand their creativity and skillset, or to just be entertained in the company of experts. Throughout this post I’ve highlighted some of my favorite courses but there are many more to chose from. You can access the sale HERE, or by any of the links in this post, using the code SPRING25 at checkout. The sale ends on April 11th.  Happy learning!

Grow a Spectacular Garden in Pots by Arthur Parkinson

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Create Academy | How to Make Beautiful Curtains by Gemma Moulton 

Disclosure:  This post is sponsored by Create Academy and contains affiliate links. As always, all opinions are honest and my own.

If you’ve been following Café Design for some time, then you know how much I love Create Academy and their course offerings so, when they reached out to ask whether I was interested in taking a few of their classes and share my opinions with you, I leaped at the chance. Taking a Create Academy class feels like chatting with incredibly talented friends who are willing to share their wealth of knowledge and experience with you, and are cheering you on as you discover your inner crafter and decorator. Today I’d like to share my thoughts on a relatively recent class added to Create Academy ’s Arts and Crafts curriculum  – How to Make Beautiful Curtains, by Gemma Moulton. Gemma is a prolific curtain-maker and owner of East London Cloth, a workroom specializing in bespoke window treatments and soft furnishings.

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