Cheap Curtain Ideas

Curtain ideas and decorating fashions change as fast as paint colors do,  you can achieve a new look with window accessories or unusual combination  of a blind and shade with a window covering curtain.   If you are making your own curtains, where you buy your fabric by the yard is important.  In many cases when you want to change the curtains in a bathroom or kitchen it turns out to be cheaper to buy ready made curtains because the designs and prints are very similar to the idea you had.

There are three stores you can save money with your curtain ideas

• – this is a great store for custom curtains and blinds

Living room curtain ideas

Swag your windows in the spring with silk roping, floral garlands and strands of beading. In fall, use silk leaves and autumnal colors; in winter, invest in silver and gold trimmings.

Drape vintage scarves over old sheers curtains

With this curtain idea you can turn a table runner into a valance: Attach wooden rings to the edge and hang it on a rod installed above the existing curtain rod. Turn a crocheted tablecloth into a romantic window treatment. Hang it on a rod using attractive shower curtain hooks slipped through the holes. This curtain idea for the living room would also work for a dining room. Build a cornice and cover it with fabric to coordinate with drapes.

Kitchen curtain ideas

Re-invent the concept of café curtains: Cut a wool blanket to fit the window. Punch grommet holes near the top edge. Thread picture wire through the holes from one side of the window to the other. Twist the wire onto funky knobs; attach to screws in the frame. Country kitchen curtains add a feeling of warmth and comfort to just about any room. Whether adorning a bay window in the kitchen or an expanse of pane in the breakfast nook, these delicate window hangings are an ideal way to set the mood. Some kitchen curtain styles only cover half way down to the bottom with toppers to decorate the top of the window. The bottom half may be held back in a swag fashion with ties and hooks to the wall. This style gives a homey feel to the kitchen and welcomes the sun in without leaving the windows bare.

Bedroom curtain ideas

These curtain ideas could be used in a girls bedroom or boys bedroom. If you are looking to add a blind or shade to darken the room a bit go here and see more information on where to buy room darkening blinds

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• Jungle print curtains will bring a safari feel to your home.
• Teddy bear blinds will give a child’s bedroom a special feel. Sheers with a colored liner can add a very elegant tone to the mood you are presenting in the living room.
• Set sail with blue canvas curtains. Tie them with nautical roping to boat cleats mounted on the wall.
• Use a dried branch, oar, fishing rod, pool cue or hockey stick as a curtain rod in the bedroom.
• Cut a chain of paper dolls this is a great idea for a girls bedroom (or stars, animals or fish) from colorful cotton and hang over curtains in a kid’s room.
• These curtain ideas can be used to spruce up a nursery window with a clothesline valance, Just run the cording form one side of the window to the other and then use clothespins to hand doll clothes on the line.

Curtain design ideas

Planning unique window coverings carefully can make a huge decorating style difference to the interior of your home these curtain ideas can help you with your decorating ideas.

• Frame a crocheted doily or lace handkerchief between Plexiglas panels. Glue on a braid border, then hang in a window.
• Use paint and textiles to transform a plain white sheet into a charming curtain. First paint on rectangular shapes; then stencil a leaf or other simple design in the middle of each rectangle.
• Slip a curtain rod through the hem of the sheet and hang it up to instantly enliven a room.
• Drape voile that is twice the length of the window over a curtain rod (sew hems or edge with iron-on webbing) and knot it in front for easy, casual chic.
• Trim curtains with flirty lace.
• Add a fabulous button to the side of a drape (a little more than halfway up), sew a loop on the opposite bottom edge and hook the drape back.
• Use wide lengths of plaid chiffon ribbon in place of  cords to tie bamboo shades to a desired length.
• Attach a map to a plain shade with spray adhesive. Replace the  pull with a souvenir of the country featured (a miniature Eiffel Tower, a pair of Delft shoes) tied on with a piece of twine or ribbon.
• Paint an outdoor scene on a window shade. Or paint a decorative frieze above a window that mimics the patterns or designs on the drapery panels.
• Drape a swag of dried flowers or evergreens over a window to create a natural valance. Many of these types of curtain ideas can be used as seasonal decorations.
• Spray paint a wooden rod in gold.
• Drape saris over window rods (jeweled knobs make great finials).
• Replace hooks with silk flowers.
• Twist stems to fasten curtains to rods.
• Give café curtains an hourglass figure.
• Add a rod at the hem and cinch the middle with a fabric tie.
• Trim gingham curtains with rickrack.
• Bedeck a silk swag with beaded trim.
• Stamp a design on a plain shade. Soften a half-shuttered window with a fabric valance.
• Screw a series of glass knobs into the window frame. Sew tabs on a long narrow length of fabric and tie the fabric loosely to the knobs.
• Add a  band of paisley or toile to the top of plain drapes. Flip it over the rod to create a contrasting valance.
• Distinguish simple piqué curtains with interesting appliqués.
• Overlay dark curtains with sheers.
• Top stitch curtains with satin ribbon.
• Sew a patchwork curtain using squares of various floral curtains.
• Fold a long lace panel over a rod and gather with a tassel.
• Add velvet to the hem of floor-length curtains so they puddle on the floor

When i comes to cheap curtain ideas there are numerous ways you can cover a window. There is probably something on a shelf that is stored away that you could use that won’t cost anything to use except your time. These are very easy curtain ideas that you can use as a unique window covering.

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