Blinds - a functional solution that is suitable for the design of almost every window. With their help it is easy to ventilate the room, to muffle sunlight. They are not heavy, do not take up much space, which is very convenient for small rooms.
Blinds can be horizontal, vertical or roll. For offices, wear-resistant products with plastic lamellas are used, designed for a large number of openings and closures. Fabric blinds are best purchased for a country house or apartment. Wooden products look great in saunas and baths.
Despite the apparent complexity of the design, it is not difficult to make them with your own hands. How to make blinds with your own hands, what recommendations do experts give, what tools to use for work? This will be discussed in our article.
Types of Blinds
From paper
For them we need: a ruler, wallpaper, awl, weighting compound, adhesive tape.
- Measure the window. We cut off a piece of wallpaper 40 cm wide and longer than the dimensions of the window itself. If necessary, 2 strips can be glued with tape.
- We measure out 7 cm and wrap it with accordion. We apply
- Hole accordion from 2 sides
- Thread the thread and attach to the mounting tape
- Fan the bottom
- We put a weighting compound. We decorate the wallpaper to your taste.
Fabric
- We measure the area of the window and take 2 times more material
- Fold it in half and sew, twist, sew the extreme seam
- We wrap the bar with the material and fix it with a furniture stapler.
- At the bottom of the product we make a seam for weighting
- We fasten the tape to the upper bar
- Install on the window.
From threads
- We make blanks of the desired length. Fasten the top and bottom to tape
- We put hooks for fastening
- In the upper bar we pierce holes through which we then stretch the cord
- We hang workpieces from threads
- The bar is attached to the free area of the cord.
From bamboo
- We fix the top and bottom of the workpieces to glue or tape
- We put hooks for fastening
- We drill holes in the plate and pull the cord
- We hang lamels
- We fix the rod to the free section of the cord
What is needed for the manufacture of blinds
In the master class we will talk in more detail about the manufacturing process of paper blinds and the tools that we need.
- Wallpaper paper.
- Meter ruler.
- Scissors.
- Pencil.
- Stationery knife.
- Awl.
- Rope.
- Lighter.
- Scotch tape (double-sided tape).
Instructions and tips on how to make blinds with your own hands
Wallpaper is selected to match the color of the interior of the room. If desired, you can take white wallpaper for painting and choose the right shade or apply an interesting print, ornament, decorate with contrasting ribbons.
For a large window, it is better to purchase a meter roll of wallpaper or glue two stripes. An interesting window design: these are two strips of wallpaper hung at different heights.
You do not need to immediately draw the entire roll, it is recommended to try to bend six to seven bands to see what happens as a result.
Vinyl wallpapers in the process of work can be straightened. To avoid this, it is possible to gently bend without pressing with a clerical knife.
To facilitate threading the rope, the diameter of the lace and awl should be approximately equal.
Full process description
- Measure the height of the window.
- We mark the roll of wallpaper, adding a plus of 30 centimeters so that the wallpaper is easily and beautifully pleated.
- We make strips. We draw, retreating 3 cm from the edge.
- Gently bend the edge. Passing on top of a pencil.
- We bend the planned stripes with an accordion.
- Fix with a pencil.
- The section is pleated to the end of the section.
- Add the accordion and outline the center.
- With an awl we push a hole in the center of the workpiece.
- We singe the edge of the rope so that it does not open during operation.
- Pass the cord through the hole.
- Combine the left and right lower edges, fold, making a frill.
- Sticky seam with Velcro or tape
- Fasten to the window with adhesive tape. And you can hang it on the ledge.
- You can adjust the curtain using the lace.
What types of blinds are most popular
Roll
They are attached to the sash. Design: cloth wound on a shaft. This is a single canvas. Material: non-woven fabric. Pros: well protect the room from light; stylish solution; easy to install.
Horizontal
Used both at home and in office rooms. Material: plastic, wood, metal, bamboo. Pros: beautifully decorate the window; simplicity of operation; easy to care for.
Vertical
This type of blinds is losing its popularity because it is too standard and dull. If you decide to purchase this particular type of blinds, then the best option will be blinds with the application of the image. Pros: ease of use.
Blinds Pleated
This type of blinds is only gaining popularity. It is usually used to decorate non-standard windows (arches, round shape). Pros: such material does not stretch, it does not warp during operation; stylish appearance.
Draw conclusions
Making blinds with your own hands is not at all difficult, half an hour is enough to decorate a window. Choosing the option of paper blinds, it is worth remembering that they are quite fragile and raise and lower them slowly and smoothly so as not to damage. Of course, you cannot wash such curtains. But they can be replaced with new ones in case of pollution, without making holes in the family budget.