Question - When does 71.25 inches actually equal 72 inches?
Answer - When we're talking about a shade cut by Lowe's.
Yes, you guessed it, the shade fiasco did not simply end with a quick exchange. We thought, perhaps, that the first shade we brought home was too short because we had measured wrong. So during lunch on Monday Jon went back to Lowe's and did what any self respecting consumer would do - blame the store so that they'll take the product back. Any feelings of guilt were quickly quieted, however, when the second shade wasn't anywhere near the dimensions we'd asked for (contrary to Lowe's belief, 71.25 does NOT equal 72). Luckily this time it was too long, so we carefully measured how much we wanted taken off and a third trip to the store produced a shade that does fit our window.
Thus the shade is now in place, and since Cortney spent Monday detailing the walls, hanging the valence rod and valence, washing bedding and dressing the room, we are several steps closer to finished. Pictures soon!