Curtains are a simple yet distinctive method to frame a room besides providing insulation and privacy. Depending on the style and how you hang them, they may make a space appear larger, offer a splash of color, and disperse natural light. Why not make your own if you can’t find any you like? Sheets are your favorite fabric, and you can even transform dish towels into eye-catching window curtains. Here are a few curtain DIYs that are economical and simple to construct, ranging from back tab to pleated to blackout.
Pom pom
These DIY pom pom curtains will look like the ones you bought at a high-priced home improvement store. Only you will know how cheap they are and how simple they are to manufacture. If you don’t want to spend several hundred dollars on curtains, you can build your own for approximately $20.
Tea towel
You may use tea towels that you’ve bought on sale (for roughly $1 apiece at the Dollar Store) or that you’ve made yourself and have a few leftovers to make lovely tea towel curtains. It is one of the easy and most unique DIY curtains to try in which there’s no need to stitch. To hang your tea towels, you have to attach hooks to them.
Stenciled
To make stenciled curtains, all you need is some simple white curtain panels, stencils, fabric paint, and a little ingenuity. You may use whatever stencil you want, and they’re simple to produce. You may also apply the painting with a paint roller, so they only take a few minutes apiece.
Roller blinds
Start with an inexpensive roller blind and add your own imagination to create the ideal window covering. You may either use stencils or draw your design freehand. Use a craft knife to cut out your pattern after you’ve traced it in. It is a terrific idea for bathrooms and kitchens windows, but you can use it for any room you please.
Tie-Dye
Tie-Dye will never go out of style, especially when it comes to house decor. These tie-dye curtains are ideal if you want them to be both elegant and unusual. The key is in the fold, and you may fold your curtains in many ways before dying them to get various designs. These would look fantastic in any room, especially the bedroom in the house.
Lace covered screen
You can achieve this lovely and elegant look for any room in your house by simply covering your window screens with some old lace curtains and fixing them with fabric glue. If you don’t have any old lace curtains, you may use lace tablecloths or any other lace fabric you have on hand. When you pair it with lace curtains, you’ll get a Victorian effect.
Ruffles
When you add DIY ruffles to simple curtains, they become opulent. They’ll bring a feminine touch to any decor to those otherwise casual curtains. The best thing is that they’re simple to construct, and even the most inexperienced sewer can do it. To make them distinctive to you, add as many or as few ruffles as you wish.