Thanks to the Huffington Post for featuring my easy fabric roller shade on the Stylist Home section of their web site recently.
You may remember we completed this project for the guest bath/powder room in our last house, using only a few supplies, including a $5 roller shade. Details here.
For those of you considering trying this, my best advice would be to use this on a window you’re just wanting to “soften”, but where you won’t necessarily be pulling the shade on an every day basis. The fabric we used made it a little too thick to pull up and down easily.
If you are needing an easily functioning roller shade, here are some other ideas for ways to dress them up:
Love the look of adding ribbon trim. . .
BH&G has a good tutorial on painting the entire shade:
Or, try a stencil to get the look of fabric:
(Btw, did you know Lowe’s sells a chevron stencil?)
And, Janell easily dressed up these roller shades with some ribbon and decorative pulls for a finished look under her daughter’s bedroom curtains:
Do you have a great tip for customizing inexpensive roller shades?
I added fabric to mine and they are working great thus far! Check it outhttp://teresadboyd.blogspot.com/2012/04/fabric-covered-roller-shade.html
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Thanks for the stencil tip at lowes. I will be checking it out!
ReplyDeleteWell that was a smart idea. Love how they look!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea and have wanted to do something like this for my girls room...problem? I can't find roller shades! My daughter's windows are 34" wide and every store I have looked in only has the cheapo mini blinds...where can I find inexpensive roller shades???
ReplyDeleteLove this and somehow missed it the first go around! hey if you don't mind, give me the link to the outdoor furniture you bought. i can't find it?
ReplyDeleteI recently hand block printed a shade in my daughter's room. It's super cute, but I have yet to post it on my blog! Maybe it's time. :)
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Love these ideas! I'm definitely thinking about using a roller shade in our guest room now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including my roller shade in your round-up!!
ReplyDeleteWas so excited about that chevron stencil until I saw the price... Egads! Maybe I should look into making one myself...
What great ideas! Thanks for the chevron stencil-
ReplyDeleteLove the stencil tip from Lowe's- thanks! and all the roller shade ideas.
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What great tips! I love the last one from isabella and max-
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Great idea!Love it!It makes room lovely!
ReplyDeleteSome of those look like a DIY I could accomplish ........I do love a simple window treatment though.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this! Now I feel like I can stop searching for the perfect shade or curtain! :)
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Not sure if this question was asked already but what about the outward facing part of the shade? I would be afraid it would look unfinished from the outside looking in?
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome tutorial! It helped to upgrade my own roller shade! http://theprojectpalace.com/roller-shade-upgrade/
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