Monday, February 21, 2011

shaded


After years of whining about how our old windows are the wrong size and too wide for premade window treatments, and crying about how expensive custom ones are, I decided enough was enough.  With the help of some instructions from 1959, a couple of crappy roller shades from the hardware store, and some cut up old Ikea curtains, I made fabric roller shades for the guest room!


(sorry for the crappy phone photos, I dropped my camera and it's busted.  Luckily, I've got an awesome warranty and it'll be fixed for free.  (I'm covered even if I run over the camera with the car! But only twice.) For a couple days, it'll be crappy phone photos.)

11 comments:

A Crimson Kiss said...

What an amazing idea, and a fabulous tutorial!

Also, best camera warranty ever.

a little black cloud in a dress said...

you should totally do a 2011 version of this tutorial. :]

abigail said...

I will! as soon as my camera is fixed :)

Brandi said...

Abigail, you are a woman of a thousand talents. These shades are lovely -- and I can't wait to see photos of your garden when that begins to grow!

rebecca said...

impressive abigail! that sux about your camera. i should have bought the warranty on mine. yikes!

k said...

that's talent :)

Unknown said...

Nicely done, my friend! I'm impressed!

karen said...

This is a great project! I've been toying with the idea of making curtains, but have yet to take the plunge.

Tiffany Kadani said...

What? Those are old patterns but certainly do the trick. So funny about the camera. Only twice! haha.

mixette said...

Isn't it incredible how expensive nice custom roller shades are! I love that you used vintage instructions.

Pistachio said...

Love it. Ingenuity always wins, even if the camera fails!!
Cheers!!