Diy Vertical Blind Makeover

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Diy vertical blind makeover.

I had two choices buy more vertical blinds which i couldn t bring myself to do or finally come up with a good solution. Shorten them to fit your window length. 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. If you re a quilter use old blinds to create a design wall.

So the vertical blinds stayed and i just lived with them because they were functional. 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. Make sure it protrudes from the wall at least as far as the hardware for the blinds. 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.

Using these s clips made this diy makeover quick and easy. Then came the most tedious part of this project making sure the slats were where i wanted them to be somewhat evenly laid out. These blinds got a total makeover with this simple process. Great if you are in an apartment and want to change out those verticals that always start to fall of the track.

One option would be sliding panels in a coated or vinyl roller shade fabric. Simply hang a curtain rod above the top of the vertical blinds. This quick and easy hack will make sure. Well my kids forced my hand.

This particular video is how to diy changing vertical blinds to drapes on pull track. 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. 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.

Vinyl blinds are easier to clean and less expensive if you have to replace them. Easily fix a broken vertical blind. This diyer cut an old bamboo blind to fit her space and then stapled quilt batting to the top rail. 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.

Nothing is more annoying than when the overflow of blinds fall down. The other day they thought it would be fun to pull every single vertical slat down and broke at least half.