Off we went to a home store, they quoted us an estimated cost and set up an appointment to come measure the windows. They came the following week and took the measurements on a Tuesday and said they would call with further information. No call on Wednesday or Thursday, and Friday we left for Lisbon. The next week Dan stopped in to check on the status and they said they had called me several times (I wouldn't know, I was enjoying Portugal and my Ghanaian phone doesn't have voicemail... haha). Regardless, Dan said that he was ready to pay and they mentioned that the cost per yard had gone up. It was now going to cost an extra 600 cedis for all the necessary window treatments (approx $225). This was quite irritating given that we had already received an estimate that we both thought they should honor... additionally, this is illegal in the States as a bait and switch. He left and said he needed to think about it.
The weekend arrived and we went to a clothing store that specializes in "Africa-wear". Dan's office wears African garb on Fridays and they've been giving him a hard time to get some. So we went to browse. While we didn't purchase any Africa-wear, what we didn't expect to find was tables upon tables of fabric by the yard available for purchase. Dan walked up, looked at me and said "so, can you make curtains?" Approximately, 10 days later, I had fitted all of the windows with curtains. Are they professional standard? Heck no. But they were about 1/4 of the price and in fun African fabrics rather than cheesy curtain fabric. And, maybe most importantly, they prevent people from seeing straight into our house in the evenings.
Here's some pictures of our new curtains:
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