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Also, I have been meaning to make or get curtains for my room as i dont like blinds and also, I have a window that takes up most of a wall, and it lets a lot of light in the room, and i dont want it to look ugly. how did you make those curtains?

The library is inside the main house. where we live.  I have a number of Fairyhouses. I have what I call the studio it's where I make the little houses but I do have sidhe who come in there and use the place for various purposes or at least that's how it's happening so far. Remember I've only been here since July. The small houses I am putting in various places both in the woods which surround the property and I've essentially set aside for them and inside the house so they can interact there and have a place there. Also I do my garden starts inside the main house, so flower spirits need something inside there I feel so they have a comfortable place to go.  The studio is the shed like building that I'm renovating.  The studio is good for ritual work and is also comfortable enough to house guests who might be interested in spending a night close to where the sidhe interact without getting eaten alive by bugs, bears or coywolves.  I slept out here once it was interesting specially when the squirrel jumped on my head when I was sleeping.

I have an oak tree that tends towards curly growth. A number of branches were on the ground so I asked her and used the branches. as a frame for the the curtains. For the main window I took an old white sheet cut and sewed the edges to the proper legnth. I braided jute rope into the top hangers. I don't really like that so I'm going to redo that part. on the door ones I took hemp rope which is finer, bunch and tied the top of an old sheer curtain which we were going to throw away. The trimming is made with macrame hemp rope with glass beads. I have a box of exotic veneer scrap which I cut into circles and painted with a  pearlescent watercolor paint. I am not quite happy with the ones on the window and plan on changing them when I get thing's situated a little better. There are structural concerns that need addressed before winter and the garden which is a mess and brutally heavy work.  I use jute and hemp rope, hot glue to reinforce joints, glass beads which you can get a Michaels. I don't use plastic. It fades and looks poor after a year or so the glass beads are essentially the same material as quartz and while i dont think they have any esoteric properties they don't cause a problem either. Another window might be installed towards the woods when I get around to siding that area replacing the door. ( the frame is already there makes it easy to install a window.)

THis could be done with birtch branches as well birtch is a very elastic wood that takes to bending well. I've never seen an oak tree with the growth pattern this one has. It's very unusual.

I've got some updated pics  http://s823.photobucket.com/al…..  The woodstove is for the ' big fairy house" and I hope they will enjoy the fire on cold fall and winter nights. ….. after they get a good laugh at my efforts to start fires with wet kindling.