DIY Roman Shades: Part 4

Very easy project and looks great!

DIY Roman Shades: Part 3

Place you fabric underneath your curtain.

To make this look like a roman shade, you will need to remove most

of the slats.  To do this, you will need to remove to plugs that are

on the bottom bar.  They are easy to pop out with a butter knife.

Remember to keep these as they will need to be replaced after 

removing the slats.

Measure you fabric to decide how many folds you will want in your curtain.

Each fold will require a slat.  The photo above shows the slats glued in place with

heavy duty fabric glue. 

Replace the bottom bar with the string and plug.

Glue the 3" extra fabric to the top and bottom metal bars.

For our curtain, I needed to cut slots for the installation pieces.

Let it dry overnight.

DIY Roman Shades: Part 2

Lay out your plastic *cheap* shade on a large work space.

Here's the scary part….

...you will need to cut the "ladder" part of the strings that turn the slats up and down.

Make sure to only cut this part of the strings.  You will need to keep the main, heavier 

string that brings the entire shade up and down.

Remove this completely from the shade.  You do not need this anymore 

for this project.

DIY Roman Shades: Part 1

We picked out these two fabrics for our guest bedrooms.

We measured our window and then I cut the printed fabric.

You will need to add 6 total inches to the height and 2 total inches to the width.

(This will provide 3" at the top and 3" at the bottom.  It will also give you 1" to each side)

I also added a canvas backing to block out more light.  

The canvas is measured to the exact size of my window.

This is a no-sew project---can you believe it??? Yes, it's true!

I used stitch witchery tape for the 1" sides.  Fold the 1" extra fabric over the canvas.

Sandwich the tape between the fabrics and pin.

Now you are ready to iron which glues the fabrics together.

(You can also spray a light coat of aerosol glue on the canvas to attach it to the printed fabric.

I did do this on one curtain and not the other.  So far, I do not see any difference.)

The Power of Color

We had a blue guest room for a while, but we wanted to give it a boost!

Time to bring in some color!

We are loving the yellow!  I painted the large painting above the bed which

really adds a big pop of color to the room.  Looking good!!

We bought some art in Savannah, GA which we will be hanging

in this room soon.