The ability to do something with your own hands warms the heart of the maternity hostess, saves funds, and also protects against sunlight in winter and summer. Of course, if it is "something" - paper blinds. Despite the fact that few have heard of them, the scope of their application is very large: windows of cottages, veranda, balconies, loggias, rooms located on the sunny side, children's rooms. They are hanging during the repair, so as not to get the curtains, and even this is an excellent option for those who have not enough tools to purchase ordinary blinds. Such curtains look very original, and cash and temporary costs for them are minimal. To advise them to make their manufacture long winter evenings will not work, because to make such blinds from wallpaper can be able to each every couple of hours.
To do this, you will need only the following materials and tools: wallpaper residues, scissors, hole punch / sewer, ruler, meter, pencil, cord / satin tape on wallpaper, lock, double-sided and ordinary tape, glue. Wallpaper It is better to choose enough tight enough (fliseline wallpaper is suitable for painting), but transmitting light, not too dark shades, without large patterns and not very motley.
Master class: how to make blinds from wallpapers with your own hands
1. The width is measured and the length of the glass to which the blinds will be attached.
2. 25% is added to the resulting length value, and the width remains unchanged. It turned out the sizes of blinds. Extra centimeters will leave when the wallpaper flexion is harmony. The length of the tape / cord is taken with an allowance for tie bows, nodules.
3. From the remaining piece of roll wallpaper, the rectangle of the specified parameters is cut out. If the wallpaper with a pattern or striped, make sure that the pattern does not shift.
4. We fold the wallpaper with the harmonica, and the folds must be within 3-5 cm, otherwise the appearance will deteriorate sharply. If everything is done correctly, the end of one side will look like the letter "l" (this is the bottom of the curtains), and the other side will only get half - "/".
5. On a folded accordion, we determine the middle, on the place of which we make holes with the hole package. This useful tool is most often available in the workplace, but at home it will completely successfully replace the awl or screwdriver. The obtained holes in the wallpaper strengthen with the back side of the scotch, then we pierate the holes again. If these blinds are needed for a short time, you can not do this.
6. In the resulting clearance, we turn the cord or tape, and then we can crack the blinds to determine the rope length. In this case, the upper end of the cord is fixed by the nodule.
7. Bilateral tape glit across the entire width of the top steps of the curtains, at the same time additionally fixing the cord. It will be mounting to the window. On the lowest strip, down to the left, the piece is glued slightly less than half, so that the curtain decor can be performed.
8. The bottom is drawn up with a "peacock tail." For this, 5 lower folds glued together, and then fasten the bilateral scotch. In this case, the cord is excreted on the back side, the surplus is cut off.
9. The larger is put on the cord with one opening. To raise the curtains, you need to pull up the retainer, and to close the window - omit the mount down the cord. The end of the cord or rope can be decorated with a decorative major bead.
There are several versions of such curtains. You can still make them on two parallel cords, just like real blinds. The procedure for their manufacture is similar. Only in this case will you need a retainer on two holes.
So make Blinds from wallpaper do it yourself Completely difficult. All that will be needed from the craftswoman is several free hours and unnecessary wallpapers that all who have passed through the repair.
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