tonight i experienced a mini decorating tragedy. i went to ikea with the intention of exchanging my newly purchased enje roller shade for one without little punctures. so i did just that. turned it in for store credit, indulged in some sweedish meatballs, cruised in for my new curtain only to find that THEY NO LONGER CARRY ENJE ROLLER BLINDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE STRING THAT HANGS DOWN THEREFORE THEY ARE ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. um. excuse me? what the fu*k? i can't put up any other form of curtain in this room. the space is LIMITED. so when we found out the bummer news we nearly cried a little (actually i ended up shopping to cure my sudden sadness) but soon after rushed to the return area where we began our journey and begged to have our original punctured roller returned to us. and she did. and so that is that.
as of midnight tonight ikeas in cali will no longer sell the enje roller curtain! or anything with a string haninging down (ugly regular curtains are the exception) - UNTIL august when they come up with some stringless i don't know what option.
tragic. i know.
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ReplyDeleteSorry just deleted my original comment because it really made no sense. Why on earth are they illegal?? how odd.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear this story! Hope you find the curtains you need! Thanks for your comment on my blog. I love yours already - will definitely be back. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is tres annoying. I had sad curtain news today too. Odd. It there a curtain curse?
ReplyDelete(I got some amazingly patterned vintage curtains *perfect* for the bedroom. When I washed them to remove the smoke smell they shredded in a few spots. Wah. I have them up anyway as it is better then the torn bed sheet we had hanging previously!)
these are the times that try men's (and tough womens') souls! so glad you backtracked and reclaimed your perforations!
ReplyDeletekids can hang themselves on them. But I would have thought for a company that prides itself on design innovation could have just come up with a non looping alternative to the original design. Surely that would have been the more obvious and cost effective alternative????
ReplyDeleteSlightly odd but i see the risk. You can still buy them over here in the UK.
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