Diy Vertical Blind Makeover

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Diy vertical blind makeover.

One option would be sliding panels in a coated or vinyl roller shade fabric. The blinds wouldn t go all the way down without some help so we slipped some thin lead weights inside the footer and the extra weight fixed the problem. This diyer cut an old bamboo blind to fit her space and then stapled quilt batting to the top rail. This particular video is how to diy changing vertical blinds to drapes on pull track.

If fabric vertical blinds don t sound like they will work for you and you definitely don t want vinyl vertical blinds then you may want to consider another option entirely. Great if you are in an apartment and want to change out those verticals that always start to fall of the track. The existing vertical blinds slider has little hole slots that i was able to slip the s hooks right into and clip up the curtains with no problem. This quick and easy hack will make sure.

Using these s clips made this diy makeover quick and easy. If you re a quilter use old blinds to create a design wall. We have great quality mini blinds that worked perfectly until i did this roman blind makeover and got rid of the weight of the extra slats. Then slide a valance and curtain panels onto the rod.

Then came the most tedious part of this project making sure the slats were where i wanted them to be somewhat evenly laid out. Securing the mini blind for its makeover. I hammered a few nails between the top rail and the blind slats so i could pull the blind all the way out while it was lying down. How to replace vertical blinds with curtains.

The other day they thought it would be fun to pull every single vertical slat down and broke at least half. Make sure it protrudes from the wall at least as far as the hardware for the blinds. So the vertical blinds stayed and i just lived with them because they were functional. She hung the batting covered blind on the wall and now uses it when designing quilts choosing fabrics or for displaying parts of a quilt in progress.

Simply hang a curtain rod above the top of the vertical blinds. These blinds got a total makeover with this simple process. Vinyl blinds are easier to clean and less expensive if you have to replace them. Well my kids forced my hand.

I had two choices buy more vertical blinds which i couldn t bring myself to do or finally come up with a good solution. The valance will drape down and hide the vertical blind hardware and the curtain panels can be opened to use the blinds or closed to hide them.