DIY DIY No Sew Two Toned Curtains

Hey ya'll! So, I've live on establish a solution to a lilliputian employment that I come upward across almost every fourth dimension I purchase curtains. You know how most stores sell curtains that are either 63'' or 84''? But when you lot hang your curtains close the ceiling similar the meshing tells you lot to, they goal upward existence means also short? And as well as then you lot hold off online, alone to notice that most 95'' curtains are $100 a panel?
And as well as then you lot confront palm as well as create upward one's take away heed to become without curtains forever.

Well, that's basically what I've done since February.

Basically, I forgot to accept the curtains downward inward the living room dorsum when nosotros were doing the floors, as well as during the joyous period of staining our floors night chocolate-brown as well as and then sanding them dorsum downward to the natural wood, the white curtains turned brown.

From the non-stop parade of dust.

So, subsequently a failed bleaching attempt, I threw them away. And pretty much since then, we've been without curtains. To brand matters worse, our 1970's windows are made of saran wrap. You recollect I kid, but I exercise not.

You tin set your caput adjacent to the window as well as your pilus volition blow inward the wind.

It's truly quite beautiful.

So, live on this calendar week I broke downward as well as decided to supervene upon the curtains. And I wanted curtains that were at to the lowest degree 95'' long because I wanted to hang the drape rod at the ceiling as well as receive got the curtains pile on the flooring a bit. I used to hang the drape rod correct inward a higher identify the window, as well as I've since learned that there's a much meliorate way. The meshing is a bully instructor of non-important life lessons such every bit this.

Here's a real basic drawing (sorry) of i window, amongst curtains hung ii dissimilar ways, to exhibit you lot just what I mean.

In a nutshell, you lot tin brand your windows seem much bigger if you lot hang the rod at the transcend of the wall close the ceiling. Then, hang the curtains beyond the sides of the window. This completely hides the frame as well as makes the window appear much larger than it truly is.

I did this inward the office inward a higher identify the door, as well as it made the room (and doors) hold off therefore much bigger than they truly are.

So, for the living room, I had most $50 to pass on novel curtains. So, non a lot, but a 'normal human' amount. So, I bought 2 sets of these white 84'' curtains as well as and then went to operate adding an extra panel of night grayness stuff at the bottom of each curtain. I ultimately made them into 110'' panels therefore that they would pile on the reason a lilliputian bit, only because I similar the means it looks.

It was a truly slow procedure that literally just involves mucilage as well as scissors. Here's what I did inward representative you lot desire to add together or therefore length to your ain curtains.

First, I bought four yards of grayness stuff (which was inward the clearance bin for $2.99 a yard), but I ended upward alone needing most 2 yards for all four panels, therefore oops.

Then, I set out my drape panel, measured how long I wanted them to ultimately be, as well as cutting my grayness stuff accordingly. I left an extra inch on all four sides to allow for a seam.

I used Unique Stitch for the seams.
In retrospect, a curlicue of hem record (that you lot Fe on) would receive got been fifty-fifty easier to use, every bit at that spot were a few times where I tried to describe a lead line of piece of work amongst the mucilage as well as it looked to a greater extent than similar a cursive dear poem. But, the mucilage did indeed work.
You tin notice Unique Stitch or Hem Tape on Amazon (affiliate links).

Before I attached the grayness panel to the white panel, I made a seam on each side of the grayness panel amongst the glue.

Basically squirt mucilage wherever a seam would be.

Try to exercise it neater than I did.

Once that's dry, flip it over. Apply a line of piece of work of mucilage to the transcend dorsum of the grayness panel, as well as attach it to the white panel. Then cutting off whatsoever remaining white stuff that hangs downward the back.

Since I prefer back-tab curtains, but these had rod pockets, I opted to hang them amongst or therefore clips instead. I've never done that before, but I recollect I may live newly converted.

It made a large deviation as well as made the curtains hang almost every bit if they were pleated. I used five of these curtain clips (affiliate link) per panel.

My favorite means to purpose the clips (and I tried out quite a few ways piece googling how to exercise it) was to get-go at the goal of the panel, crimp the stuff dorsum as well as and then clip the crimp closed. Then you lot just replicate that every few inches.

All that does is create a bunch of pleats, as well as it makes your curtains hold off much nicer than if you lot just clipped them upward at that spot all flat-like.

I know because I did that as well as it looked truly depressing.

And that's truly all at that spot is to it. Now you lot officially receive got truly inexpensive curtains that hold off pretty good, as well as you lot tin brand them whatever length you lot want.

Ignore my diminutive attempt at a Fiddle Leaf Fig. I establish it here for $17, as well as although I swore to myself that I would never fountain on this prepare (because of my history amongst plants), I eventually succumbed. Because it was $17.

And as well as then it arrived as well as it was 2 feet tall.

***Shakes fist inward air. Knows she brought this upon herself.***