Sunday, January 22, 2017

DIY Bed Curtain for Kids Sharing a Room

Our girls have shared a room for almost their whole lives.  At least since number 2 left our room!
There is a bit of a problem right now as the oldest can read, and we let her after she goes to bed.  The younger does not yet read and claims the light makes it 'too hard' to sleep.  We tried having them in separate rooms, but that hasn't worked.  There is also a sleeping mask, but doesn't quite do the trick.


My suggestion of putting up a curtain was met with a big thumbs up.  I tried to figure out some way to put up a curtain.  First, we didn't want to make too big of a commitment because who knows if a curtain will solve the current problem.  Undoubtedly, the kids will at some time pull too hard and down will come down the fabric.  So attaching it to the wall or the ceiling would not be ideal.

First, I tried to get an inexpensive canopy bed to hang the curtain.


But I ended up getting scammed on gumtree.  Lesson learned:  07519379638 is a scam number, phillarkin37@gmail.com is a scam email and Paypal account.  Also, don't pay for anything by gift on Paypal!



Already out £60, and speculative about the whole project to begin with, Niall did not want me to do anything expensive.  So I ended up taking apart the existing bed, buying some new timber, and using the timber to make poles on two ends of the bed.


There was a little luck, and John Lewis had a pair of blackout curtains, already sewn, that fit just right.  They were less than the blackout material!

I used a 22mm wooden dowel, which isn't quite strong enough to hold the weight of the material.  I'll probably end up buying a curtain rod with some finials drilled into the two posts down the line.  It looks a little homespun, but it fills a need.†


The curtain doesn't block out all the light, but reportedly it blocks out enough (from the lower placed reading lamp) to make sleep possible.


This one is happy with her new curtain, and says it can double as a performance stage.






7 comments:

DMHReaper72 said...

I too have been scammed by this guy. However he didnt bother to investigate who he may be scamming.

The email address for the paypal account you have is not likely to be a scam, it is likely to be that of some poor unsuspecting person he has roped into his scheme.

How the scam works:

Scammer see items for sale and asks he if he can pay by paypal. If seller agrees he takes their paypal link.

He then goes looking for somebody that wants to buy something. He then tells his potential buyer he has what they wish to buy and that they can pay him by Paypal. He then gives them the Paypal.me link or Paypal account email he received in the above step.

He gets his "buyer" to text him when they have paid. He then texts the person he is "buying" from, to advise that he has paid.

The person he is buying from will see the balance in their paypal account and think the deal is done. They then meet him to hand over the goods.

A day later the person that he was allegedly selling to will raise a paypal dispute.



I however have a large network of contacts and history in IT.

I have his name, address, and mobile telephone number as well as a picture of him.

Unknown said...

To DMHreaper72-i have been scammed by this guy. I have his name and phone number however could you please send me his address?

DMHReaper72 said...

To unknown above.

I do not have his address. I DO know he lives in Beverley and roughly where abouts but that is it.

Unknown said...

I too have been scammed by this guy.

I will be in the Beverley area in a couple of weeks time - maybe my ex-marine husband needs to go looking for him!

DMHReaper72 said...

Somebody is gathering info on this clown with a view to fixing things for his victims.

The contact email is JacobScammer@myself.com

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