Curtains from wallpaper: how to do it yourself
Curtains and wallpapers in any room create a comfortable and cozy atmosphere. Very often, after the repair is completed, pieces of wallpaper remain that can be used for many purposes. One of the options for using "extra" wallpaper is to make curtains with your own hands. How to do this will tell the article.
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Features of manufacture and types of curtains from wallpaper
A person is always trying to make his home more attractive and comfortable, using finished or home-made products for these purposes. Recently, curtains and blinds from wallpaper have gained great popularity.
Original items will help:
- Decorate the room.
- Protect her from the rays of the bright sun.
- Protect the room from prying eyes.
Such products fit perfectly not only in the interior of the cottage, but also in the design of a city apartment.
Tip: Due to the specifics of the material, it is impossible to use elements from the wallpaper when decorating the kitchen and other household premises.
Advantages of curtains from wallpaper:
- Even when using expensive wallpaper, their price will be significantly lower than industrial counterparts.
- It takes a little time to make products, and you can change them as soon as you want, you only need to have the right amount of paper pieces.
- When using high-quality wallpapers that are treated with various impregnations, ready-made curtains repel dust and dirt, it is very easy to care for them and this extends the life of the products.
Tip: For windows, the best option is filters from wallpaper that can be painted. These are rather thin, but not light-transmitting materials. Their shade does not matter - the structure of the paper allows you to design models of that color, which is most suitable for the interior.
- The filters are fixed directly on the sash windows, this frees the window sill as much as possible and allows the use of fabric curtains without problems.
- The installation technique of the products makes it possible to remove and re-mount them if necessary, without the risk that the wings will be damaged.
The disadvantages of the models include:
- Short service life.
- Material wears out quickly.
- Cheap view compared to their counterparts.
But the opportunity, if necessary, to make a new model, pays for these disadvantages.
How to make curtains from wallpaper
For the manufacture of curtains from wallpaper you will need:
- Paper canvases.
- Wax or paraffin.
- The capacity is metal.
- Brush
- Cardboard.
- Scissors or hole punch.
- Glue.
- Twine.
- Threads.
Instructions for the manufacture of curtains from wallpaper offers:
- Lay out cardboard sheets on the table.
- In a saucepan, heat paraffin and brush on cardboard.
- Immediately attach a sheet of wallpaper to the cardboard, which should stick to liquid paraffin.
- Spread paper with paraffin.
- Apply another layer of colored canvas.
- The resulting material must be ironed so that the paraffin is evenly distributed and well saturated paper sheets.
- The same procedure must be exactly repeated on the back of the cardboard.
- Cut out circles from scissors.
Tip: To simplify, speed up and quality cutting of parts, you should use a hole punch of a suitable diameter.
- String the circles on the thread, and then evenly distribute on it.
- Fix the parts with glue.
- Cut the resulting "garland" into threads of the required length, which depends on the height of the window.
- Fix the threads on a common main element, which can be used as a pipe, window curtain or wooden plank, as shown in the photo.
Tip: To add decorativeness to the product, the use of paintings of different colors or colored paper helps.
How to make curtains out of dense wallpaper
From the remnants of dense wallpaper, for example, vinyl (seeLet's consider how vinyl wallpapers differ from paper ones.), you can make another type of curtains for windows.
To do this, prepare:
- Ruler and sharp scissors.
- Double-sided tape.
- Glue.
- Threads, strong enough, and awl.
The procedure is as follows:
- Canvases fold accordion. To do this, pencil marks are pre-applied. Folds can be done using a ruler.
- To fix the curtains, the first few folds are glued together.
- If the width of one web is insufficient, several sheets can be glued together.
- For easy folding and unfolding of curtains, you need to make holes in the folds and thread the cord through them.
Tip: To arrange the holes on the same line, you must pre-mark.
- A limiter is fastened, which can be made from a regular button.
- Curtains are fixed on the cornice in any way, for example, using "crocodiles" or on hooks.
Such curtains are made in a shorter time than the previous ones.
How to make blinds from wallpaper
From the wallpaper you can also make blinds. To work, you will need:
- Wallpaper. In this case, it is better to take dense canvases on a non-woven basis (seeLet's consider what is better: vinyl or non-woven wallpaper).
- Sharp scissors and a ruler.
- A simple pencil.
- Plain tape.
- Clerical knife.
- Hole puncher.
- Harness or rope.
Assembly procedure for blinds:
- The dimensions of the glass for which the blinds are made are measured. Their length is taken with a margin of up to 25% for the design of folds, and the width remains the size of the window.
- A rectangle is cut according to the received dimensions.
- The sheet is folded in an accordion with a fold about 4 centimeters wide, after preliminary marking of the part.
- In the middle, a hole is made with a hole punch or an awl.
- To strengthen the holes, they are pasted over with adhesive tape, in which the hole is also made.
- A rope is inserted into the holes.
- Its upper end is fixed by a knot.
- Window blinds are mounted on double-sided tape.
- At the bottom of the structure, the strip is bent in half and glued together with double-sided tape or glue. The result is a semicircle that looks like a peacock tail.
- The cord extends to the outside.
- A cord-clamp is put on the cord, which allows the blinds to be fixed in any position.
How to make curtain panels
An interesting option for making wallpaper are curtain panels.
They are made in the following sequence:
- Frames are going. For this:
- bars made of wood are taken, with a section of 3x3 centimeters;
- the elements are fastened together by self-tapping screws and metal corners;
- frame dimensions correspond to window sizes.
- Wallpaper is cut into ribbons, 4 centimeters longer than the width of the frames.
- The strips are attached to the frames with glue in increments of 4 centimeters.
- In the upper part of the panel, screws are screwed on the ends, which are not threaded to 10 millimeters.
- A bipolar cornice is mounted on the ceiling, in which holes are drilled equal to the diameter of the caps, while the distance is taken as between the screws.
- Screws are mounted in the holes of the cornice.
- The panel is retracted to one side.
Features of wallpaper and companion curtains
Wallpaper and companion curtains are often used in a modern room decoration style. When gluing walls with the same canvases, the room looks dull and out of date.
Wallpaper and curtains with a combination of colors differ in no more than two parameters, but in design they have common features and are in harmony with each other.Their combination allows you to diversify the room, make a decorative accent a bright companion and create a neutral background, a more "modest" partner.
Using companion wallpapers has several advantages:
- A large number of combinations for creative ideas.
- A diverse but harmonious finish makes it possible to avoid boredom in the interior or excessive variegation.
- Using this approach, you can easily adjust the perception of the length and height of the walls, visually change the volume of the room or its individual zone.
- It will not take long to select finishing materials that are compatible with each other - partners are present in the collections of almost all manufacturers.
- They can perfectly zonate the space.
Companion wallpapers are used for any room: hallway and kitchen, bedroom and hall. They are indispensable in the children's room, where you often need to zonate the space to revive the uniformity of the walls.
The combination of different coatings each one chooses according to his personal taste and imagination.
But the most popular companion options are as follows:
- The combination of one texture with a different pattern.
- The same texture with different colors, which is popular in eclecticism, minimalist styles and high-tech.
- The same color and pattern with different textures, which is especially often used in European design.
- The classic version with plain wallpaper:
- a companion with an image on the same background;
- dark and light one-color wallpapers, which differ from two to four tones.
- A combination of small and large similar designs.
Tip: Stripes and a cage can be well combined with abstraction and geometric shapes, and floral ornaments are suitable for floral prints.
How to make curtains from wallpaper, choose a combination of wallpaper and companion curtains, video shows.