modern cornice design ideas
turn mini- blinds into beautiful roman shadesall on your own. you'll need white faux wood blinds, thick upholstery fabric, pencil, scissors,decoupage, bowl for decoupage, foam brush, clothes pins, tape measure. iron. first, figureout how long your blinds need to be. using a large work area, lay out the blind facingdown and pull them out to the length of the window. snip away only the ladder stringson both sides. this is the string that connects the slacks. whatever you do don't remove thesingle, thicker cord. this is what moves the roman shade up and down. [ music ] the slatswill need to be seven inches apart. divide the length of your window in inches by seven.to determine how many slats you'll need. [ music ] snap off the slats you don't need. [ music] lay out the fabric beneath the blind and
space out the remaining slats evenly, aboutseven inches apart, which will provide nice folds in the final shade. [ music ] the fabricshould extend beyond the slats about two inches and about two inches on the top and bottom.the blind operation should be at the back. start at the top. pop out the stopper on theend of the top bracket. notch the fabric, so it wraps nicely around the end. coat bothbracket and the fabric with glue, called decoupage medium. wrap the fabric around the top bracket.use clothespins to clamp while it dries. glue the fabric around onto the backside of theslats where you marked the slat placement before. you just need to glue the edges onthe front and back, not the whole slat. [ music ] place clothespins on the edges of the slatsto insure those areas adhere nicely. roll
the edge of the fabric over, so you get aclean edge. glue into place. wrap the fabric around the bottom bar and clamp with clothespins.let dry completely before hanging. install like normal mini blinds and the best partis they're operational like normal blinds, but much prettier.