I bought these 6 bamboo placemats at World Market for next to nothing.
First I made 2 wall hangings with them for our previous house.
Then, I used them as placemats (imagine that :)
THEN... I repurposed them yet again to make a window treatment for my back door!
First, I hot glued ea. set of 2 side by side, then glued them on top of each other... (over lapping each one evenly to make it the length I wanted.)
Then, I played around with tiering them up, and added velcro in the correct spots so I could "open" these "blinds" of mine. (tip: I place the velcro in the overlapped sections so they wouldn't show thru when the sun was shining.)
Oh, and I hot glued the top around my magnetic curtain rod.
Here is what it looks like all the way down.
(See what I mean about the sun shining thru? The overlapped sections have to be measured the same so it doesn't look funny, and it does a good job of hiding the velcro.)
Here is the "half-way open" look:
And, here is all the way open:
It looks SO much better than the black valances I had hanging there,
AND it added a pop of color!
3 comments:
That is a neat idea! I am going to have to try something similar. Our laundry room door needs both privacy and shade from the sun, and I think this would do just that. I like it! :)
I love this! I too need something for my laundry room/back door. So... if I understand right when you open the blind you just press each section to the velcro and it stays up?
Yeah, as long as you buy a strong velcro it'll stay just fine. (There are different strengths available at the fabric store.) In fact, you could really use a number of different closures such as snaps, hooks, etc. Whatever you prefer! Velcro is just what I had on hand.
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