While you've been bumbling round IKEA wondering whether to get curtains or blinds for your new kitchen, this Canadian couple have been turning their kitchen into a full-on replica of the one from The Simpsons. And, in answer to your question, DEFINITELY go for curtains. But only if you can get hold of some which feature corn on the cob. Calgary couple Marcia Andreychuk and Joel Hamilton described the wacky DIY project as a "retrovation" when they shared the transformation with CBS News."One day we just had this bizarre idea to take what we already have and turn it in to the Simpsons kitchen?" said Marcia.Simpson-ifying the kitchen has so far involved "adding colour" and covering surfaces and cupboards with "contact paper" to make them look like a real-life cartoon. The couple are now saving up to buy some more green appliances.Marcia said: "This is a risk-free project for the most part because it's not like we're ripping the kitchen apart and putting a ton of money into it."Check it out for yourself:

Two Perfectly Cromulent “Simpsons” Dinner Party Ideas After a soft launch at San Diego Comic-Con, MAC will officially release its line of Marge Simpson-inspired makeup online on August 28. (Prefer to shop in person? Wait until September 4. Prefer to use a makeup gun? But why let your makeup bag have all the fun? You can tip your hat to TV’s reigning cartoon family by decorating your dining-room table with objects inspired by two distinct Simpsons settings: the Simpsons’ home and Moe’s Tavern.The Simpson HouseMarge would never dream of parting with her signature corn-printed kitchen curtains; mimic the look with homemade placemats cut from a similar fabric. Lean a tiny painting of a sailboat on every place setting to evoke the painting above the family’s couch, and conjure the rest of the living room with a cartoonish houseplant and color-blocked lamp. If you can’t bring the TV into the dining room, create a TV dinner instead by serving food on a segmented plate. Arrange everything on top of a hot-pink tablecloth, which closely resembles the color of the living-room and dining-room walls at good old 742 Evergreen Terrace.1.

Corn on the cob print fabric; Field’s Fabrics ($12.49 per yard)2. Recycled Wood Art on Etsy ($38)3. Stoneware TV dinner tray; Green colorblock lamp with orange drum shade; H&M ($12.95)Moe’s TavernWhether you’re serving up a Flaming Moe, a bathtub mint julep, or just your favorite beer, it’ll taste just a little bit better in a Duff-approved pint glass. German Shepherd Puppies For Sale In Arlington TxRed-and-green argyle placemats evoke the tavern’s signature stained-glass windows, and the rest of the bar comes to life with a pennant hung on the wall and empty hooch bottles repurposed as flower vases. Puppies For Sale Near Laramie WyOf course, the look doesn’t have to be pure blue-collar: a blue bow tie pays homage to Moe’s daily uniform and makes a cute wrap for napkins and silverware. Schlage Door Knob Removal No Screws

And if you need an excuse to keep the party going indefinitely, simply declare it the “Feast of Maximum Occupancy” and point unbelievers to the telltale sign on the wall.1. Vintage Italian-made straw-wrapped wine bottle; North Starr Vintage on Etsy ($10)3. Duff Beer pint glass; Vintage blue felt pennant; Memphis Riverwalk solid bow tie; The Tie Bar ($25)6. Amelia is a Senior Writer at Groupon who owns about 600 houses' worth of housewares. She daydreams about throwing parties and amassing more housewares.This Couple Remodeled Their Kitchen into a Real-Life Replica of The Simpsons’ Kitchen Talk about bringing the screen to life. Calgary couple Marcia Andreychuk and Joel Hamilton have put their love of The Simpsons on full display, transforming their kitchen into a pretty-darn-close-to-exact replica of the one Marge and Homer occupy. “We had the same bones as The Simpsons kitchen […] all the elements seemed like it would work to convert it,” Andreychuk told CBC News of her self-described “retrovation.”

RELATED: Better Than Duff Beer: Homer and Marge Simpson-Themed Wine Bottles They didn’t stop at the basic elements like the stove, cabinets and countertops, though — the little details are in there too, from the curtains with corn-on-the-cob print on them to the olive green cooking utensils to match the stove. And just because they spared no detail doesn’t mean they spared no expense. “This is a risk-free project, for the most part, because it’s not like we’re ripping the kitchen apart and putting a ton of money into it,” Andrechuyk says. “My brand-new countertop was $20.” RELATED: Easy Ways to Make Over Your Kitchen—No Construction Needed No word yet on whether their fridge will be stocked with real-life Duff Beer, but we’re holding out hope. FILED UNDER: Home , The Simpsons A New Break and a Familiar 'Person of Interest' in Kristin Smart's 1996 Disappearance: 5 Things to Know Why Authorities Are Reportedly Questioning the Story of a Montana Mom Who Died After Calling Family During Her Alleged Kidnapping

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For there, sitting in the middle of the prosaic new development, was a vision in power orange and solar yellow – an exact replica of the Simpsons’ Springfield residence. And for ‘exact’, read precise, accurate, unerring, true and veracious. ‘We put in Marge’s corn-print kitchen curtains,’ says Michael Woodley, then project manager for the house’s architects Kaufman and Broad. ‘We put green logs in the fireplace. We put in a blue piano and Lisa’s saxophone sheet music. We put in the three mouse holes, exactly where they occur in the cartoon house. We put in the arched doorways, to accommodate Marge’s hair. We put three sets of each character’s outfit in the closets.’ They even planted corresponding trees around the house, equipping one with Bart’s tree house (complete with the legend: ‘Come in. and recreated the grease spot in the driveway left by Homer’s jalopy. ‘I watched hours of the show and amassed a huge range of drawings and cells, in order to get the details exactly right,’ Woodley says.

‘We had to work out how the characters moved through the rooms. And we looked through about 7,500 different paint colours before deciding on the 27 that would be used throughout the house. We knew that fans would be calling us to point out any mistakes we made.’ And did he get any calls? ‘None,’ he says proudly. The $150,000, four-bedroom, 2,200 sq ft toon dream home was commissioned by 20th Century Fox to give away as a competition prize to coincide with The Simpsons’ ninth season premiere. On the day of the house’s official unveiling, crowds lined the streets to watch Matt Groening dash off a quick drawing of Bart in some wet cement at the head of the driveway. According to Woodley, the neighbours were sanguine about having the primary-coloured apparition in their midst. ‘This is Vegas we’re talking about,’ he says. ‘It was just another attraction among many.’ However, upon completion, the house seemed to fall under a curse worthy of any ‘Treehouse Of Horror’ storyline.

The first winning ticket, announced during the season premiere, went unclaimed; two months later, a second lucky number was announced, but the winner – Barbara Howard, of Richmond, Kentucky, a grandmother of 13 – announced that she preferred not to leave her 260-acre ostrich farm, and opted for a $75,000 cash prize instead. The house was relinquished to the less-than-tender vagaries of the general marketplace, and recent reports suggest that its distinguishing features have disappeared. It’s now the same sandy shade as its neighbours. It flaunts torn blinds and missing screens. And its orange picket fence is now standard-issue white (the fate of the green logs is not recorded). Anyone hoping to go on a Nevada-based Springfield pilgrimage might have to rely on the weed-choked Bart slab that just about clings on outside. Woodley now has his own company, Woodley Architectural Group, and hasn’t been back to the house since it was finished. ‘It stands as my most unusual commission, and it’s a great memory,’ he says.