Blinds from wallpaper

Blinds from wallpaper - an economical alternative to finished aluminum or plastic products. At the same time, they perform not only decorative and sun protection functions, but also block you from prying eyes. This is a life hack that will effectively replace the expensive purchased counterparts. One has only to spend a little time on their production, and the homemade version will be no worse than those sold in the store. And the interior of the room will only benefit from this.

Create your own hands such curtains for everyone. So if you have a couple of rolls of wallpaper, you can put them into action. Beautiful and useful decor can be hung on the window, balcony or to decorate in this way all the existing glazed frames. What your products will be is up to you. If you take the remnants of the wallpaper, which are pasted over the walls in the room, you will get a very interesting design decision, as if you intentionally decided to unite the space, decorating the windows like walls. But you can do otherwise and shut the glass with paintings of contrasting colors. For this, it is not necessary to purchase expensive materials. Sellers are happy to sell you something from the remnants.

This will save your money and will further transform the room as if you have made many investments in its design. To make them yourself, you need a minimum of costs and skills. Bright and unusual blinds will look equally well collected and straightened. True, home-made options have some drawbacks. They are easily dented and have a rather weak mechanism. In the process of work, pay due attention to this moment. And the undoubted advantage is that in their manufacture you can do with improvised materials.

Another obvious plus of the blinds, created with their own hands is that they are created to fit the window size individually. This applies to the length and width of the item being cut.If you repeat everything step by step, you will end up with an original addition to the overall style of the home interior. But the office can also be designed in this way.

Airy paper curtains will be useful as a temporary replacement for window textiles. For example, at the time of repair, when the sun interferes with performing work indoors, but it is necessary to block it from it. To figure out such shutters from ultraviolet and dust to any builder on the shoulder. Especially since any remnants of the cheapest wallpaper, even those that have already been used in the finishing process, will do for this.

The main advantages of blinds from wallpaper:

• Cheapness of materials.
• Ease of manufacture.
• Minimum time to work.
• Reliable sun protection.
• Suitable for any window.
• The original look.
• Step-by-step instruction

To create paper blinds you will need:

• roll of wallpaper;
• a coil of rope or cord;
• awl, retainer;
• stationery knife;
• glue;
• a coil of double-sided and unilateral tape;

So, having prepared all the necessary items, you can proceed to the direct production:

• Before you begin cutting, take measurements from the window. Using a centimeter, measure the window opening. Try to take the most accurate measurements. In the process of measuring, it will become clear how long your workpiece will turn out. Divide the available window height by 4 and add this figure to the window height. If you do not do this, then after you fold the sheet together with an accordion, it will become exactly a quarter less than what is needed.
• Prepare the rope. This is the main element of the mechanism. It must be exactly the same length as the canvas itself.
• Next, you need to give the workpiece a pleated look.. All parts must match in size. This is a very important point! With the slightest doubt in your eye, it is better to use when cutting a long ruler and a simple pencil. Having drawn the paper into equal segments, you will greatly facilitate your task. It is better to mark the strip width from 3 to 5 centimeters. At this size, a paper product will look neat and elegant.
• Then you need to find the middle and make a series of holes vertically along the canvas., an equal step from each other.Make it more comfortable with an awl. If you are planning a long-term operation, strengthen the place of puncture with transparent tape. Thread the prepared cord into the reinforced holes and tie it to the knot on the wrong side.

• An important point: straighten the cut to accurately determine if the cord is suitable for the size. If you missed and the length is not enough, you will have to redo this stage. A too long cord should be cut off, wearing a special retainer on the tip. This item can be purchased at any sewing shop or craft store. Do not forget to fasten the upper end of the cord. The easiest way is to tie it in a knot or glue it from the inside out with a small piece of single-sided tape.

How to make blinds out of your own hands, see the following video.

After making sure that everything turns out as you intended, take up the last step of the work. Fix the resulting handmade decor at the top of the frame. The most convenient way to attach lightweight paper curtains to double-sided tape:

1. Measure the desired length of adhesive tape and glue the strip to the frame.
2. Carefully remove the outer layer and press the top edge of the product against it.
3. If you want to wash the windows, you will have to remove the curtains for a while. And paper, as you know, sticks to a sticky surface tightly. Therefore, we recommend making wallpaper blinds reusable.
4. From the inside out on the upper edge of the paper blank, glue a strip of adhesive tape along the entire length. Of course, one-sided, smooth side up.
5. Now you can use the blinds to destination.

There are a couple of secrets how to make them even more interesting and unusual. Bend the outer edges from the bottom inward so that they touch each other. Connect them with scotch tape or ordinary paper clip. This design will give the interior a mysterious oriental flavor. Having added such design work with weighting, you will get a thing that is not inferior to a similar factory product. At least in terms of functionality and appearance.

Wallpaper for these blinds fit any. Of course, flizelinovye better keep their shape and do not fade, but the price for them is not too democratic. And washable is easy to clean from dirt and will not be expensive for them.But at the same time they are thin and therefore easy to crumple, besides unpretentious in texture. However, now the choice of wallpaper is so extensive that you can easily find what you need.

If the creation of curtains "accordion" seems difficult for you, try to make a different design. The list of necessary materials here is somewhat different. Take the following:

• a roll of any wallpaper;
• glue;
• scissors;
• any decorative ribbon in a skein;
• thin eaves;
• metal tube.

Manufacturing technology:

• Install the eaves over the window opening. Calculate the distance from the eaves to the window sill.
• Now you need to expand the roll of wallpaper and measure the resulting distance, adding 10 cm (for fasteners).
• After you can confidently cut off a measured piece.
• To make your blinds comfortable to use, we recommend using a metal tube in your design. It needs to be smeared with glue and gently press the workpiece with the bottom edge. That is, thereby, that will be at the bottom of your blinds.
• The glue should dry, and while there is time, attach the ribbon in the center of the cornice.
• Then unwind to the window sill and cut. Do it again so that you get two identical ribbons in the middle.

• When the glue is dry, glue the opposite end of the wallpaper to the eaves. It's not easy to crank, but there is one life hack. This will help the tape that you previously attached to the eaves (they will be needed to adjust the design height).
• Tie the lower edges of the tapes (at the windowsill) in a knot. In the resulting loop, place the tube with wallpaper folded into a roll so that the fixed tape is laid in the center of the tube.
• Now the roll must be turned to the top to the very eaves and glued to it.

As soon as the glue is completely dry, you can start using your new roller blinds.! Adjust the height by tying the knot. By the way, it is not necessary to take a satin ribbon. Any decorative braid of the texture that fits to your interior and selected wallpaper will do. For the bedroom, a roll-up curtain with a satin garter would be more appropriate, and linen or cotton texture looks better in the kitchen.

In the first and second versions of your homemade blinds will serve as a unique addition to the interior.Plastic counterparts can not boast a variety of colors, and drawings are applied to them only to order, and this service is not cheap. Therefore, to save here just will not succeed. With the installation of lightweight curtains you can cope without assistance. And our recommendations will help to make them right the first time.