Diy Roman Shades With Cordless Mini Blinds

They were a little wider than i wanted so my husband cut them to size using his table saw but many stores will cut them for you.

Diy roman shades with cordless mini blinds.

This brief tutorial will show you how to convert cordless mini blinds into an inexpensive roman shade so that messy cords don t get in the way if your decor. How to make roman shades with miniblinds. For one blinds aren t as attractive. Find a nice large surface to work.

There are many different reasons people opt for roman shades instead of curtains. Materials needed for how to make roman shades using mini blinds. Our cordless roman shades actually need very few parts from the original blinds. Cheap mini blinds to fit the window of the window.

2 yards of fabric more or less depending on the size of your windows hot glue gun. Attached is a couple of pics from the tutorial. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. 2 large buttons these need not match they are just used in assembly.

Diy roman shades make a window shade from mini blinds with custom fabric. Having the same color in all three adjoining rooms has made it a lot easier to decorate cohesively. 2 cheapy mini blinds. Diy roman shades made with mini blinds that were already there.

I followed this tutorial but didn t use any of the mini blind panels. Here s what you will need to make 2 diy window treatments. Gut your mini blinds. Time to turn our attention to our cheap mini blinds step 4.

Instead i purchased roman shade rings. Her tutorial shows you how to convert mini blinds into a roman blackout shade using fabric. I purchased mine at home depot for around 3 50. I really want to do this but was wondering can i do it with cordless blinds.

Fabric see measuring notes below and in video mini blind that covers window we use cordless here and recommend that fabri tac fabric glue. Posted by heather april 2 2011 april 2 2011 44 comments on tutorial. Also mary elayne from we can make anything needed to use roman shades because curtains would have been a fire hazard above her stove. To understand how to do it properly we need to understand how these blinds work.

Supplies needed for homemade diy window shades.