Skirts

I can't believe it's taken me this long to post these pics!  Well yes I can - it's because I've been too busy just standing in the dining room admiring them.  Seriously.  I mean, wouldn't you?

Mom is a genius, and a sewing whiz, no?

So weird

I was looking at the last month's House Beautiful, and lo and behold came across this gorgeous home...

...with the exact same color scheme as we have planned for our newly renovated screen porch, right down to the yellow and white striped fabric and the minty accent on the door!  So weird.

Anyway, since I last posted about our screen porch plans, we've been rethinking the curtains/shades.  Although floor to ceiling striped curtains would look fabulous of course, I'm worried about the ventilation that might potentially eliminate when they're closed.

Sooo now we're thinking about something like these to provide privacy, and still let light/air through:

Except instead of standard lattice, I'm thinking about using the design of the railings from the HB house, kinda like this:

Or this...

Or maybe something simpler...

What do you think?  And have I mentioned that I can't wait for spring??  Although to be fair, this hasn't been a very wintery winter, has it?