How to make blinds do it yourself

Lack of money to buy blinds? Or do you want to introduce it, how will they look at your windows? There is an option: make blinds on windows with your own hands. We present you several options. They are chosen from simple to complex.

Dense-Paper Shutters

It is ideal for this purpose a dense wallpaper is suitable: fliseline, under painting. If it is a painting wallpaper, that is, the ability to decorate the blinds by any patterns or patterns.

Required tools: Stationery knife, clothesline (or satin ribbons), hole punch, double-sided tape, long line.

How to make blinds from wallpaper or tight paper:

• Cut off the wallpaper. The width is the same as the width of the window, and the length of interest on 20-40 is larger than the desired length of the blind.
• With the help of a long line, fold the strip of the harmonica. Try to the harmonica steps are the same. It is advisable to make marking in advance. The markup step is 3-5 cm. The first step from above should be drawn in the pattern inside, and the last step of the blinds must be folded outward.

• Concertina-folded in the middle to pierce punch. If the bottom of the blinds, you will not make the fan (see below), it is desirable to pierce holes and the edges (5 cm from the edge) of an accordion. Another option: to make holes only along the edges and in the middle do. In general, to your taste. One caveat: the edges of the holes can be strengthened in advance to paste square or round (2 * 2 cm) pieces of paper or adhesive tape on each step in the place where the holes are. This is particularly true of the upper openings.
• The resulting hole to insert a rope or a satin tape (the same or different colors). Rope length should be 30-40 cm longer than the height of the blinds.
• On the top step of the rope lock and seal assembly is completely full notch scotch.
• On the bottom step to fix the rope clamp (as laces jackets). If you put 2 or 3 rope (tape) can be fastened by separate clamps or tape to collect all three in one clip.
• Spread accordion.
• If you are using 1 rope in the middle, it is advisable to glue the bottom step (the two halves of the step between them). It will be like a fan. To this end, half a step seal with tape, and then connect to the second half.
• The top step of tape stuck to the window. Do not forget to place advance degrease bonding.

If you do not want to mess with ropes and ribbons, are used to fix the blinds decorative clothespins. Blinds of this type are convenient in that if you are tired, faded or dirty - you can simply make new ones. Those with metal shutters, knows how difficult it is, to wash each strip. No matter how you wash the old blinds still it will be seen that they are old. Throw a pity, they cost a lot of money. A throw the paper not mind. Update the interior is cheap and original.

Many interested in how to make fabric blinds, pleated blinds. The technology is the same as for the paper, but the fabric to be processed gelatin. Every step of the pleated bent handle iron.

Shutters of filaments

These blinds for the manufacture requires much more time than blinds wallpaper. But the result can be a masterpiece. How to make the blinds on the windows, using the thread.

1. For fixing the filaments (fishing line) take the piece of wood.
2. Strung on a thread (or the line) a fine material.
3. The thread is attached to the wooden lath.

Instructions may seem simple, but the execution of the second paragraph can be time consuming. As a material for stringing fit:

• bottle caps (plastic or cork);
• large beads (plastic, wood); Small, even beads can be driven, if you are not limited in time and love to develop a small motorcy;
• decorative figures (wood, dermatin, leather).

It is also well suited for the bullies of the plastic tubules for cocktails. They can be alternating with other elements: beads or wooden figures.

Useful advice if you want to make distances between the elements: the details do not move down, use nodes on the threads before and after the part.

In principle, such blinds do not quite correspond to the purpose of the curtain: open and close. They do not fold. Therefore, the curtains on the threads typically perform a decorative function and close only a part of the window as the lambrene. Stock Foto Blinds from threads can give an idea of \u200b\u200bpossible ideas and inspire you to create your works of art.

Vertical blinds

The basis for fastening the lamellas again serves a wooden plank. Or a special curtain cornice that can be purchased in the store. For narrow slats it is convenient to use a cornice in the form of a pipe, and for wide lamellaes - profile cornice with tracks. As a material for lamellas, it will be suitable:

• multicolored silk ribbons;
• koshets from fabrics, dermatin, skin;
• all the same dense paper or wallpaper;
• curtain fabric; Lamins are made two-layer.

Such curtains can be folded and not afraid that small details, strung on the fishing line, as in the blinds of the threads, are confused. For wide lamellae, which will be tied to the profile eternity, really make a mechanism for rotation and folding.

How to make blinds with turning mechanism:

1. The side edges of the lamella can be treated with overlock, and the lower and the upper are strengthened with wooden plates. The width of the lamella can be different, but it is best to have 11-13 cm.
2. On the lamella at the top to make fabric hinges for hanging on the hooks. Either metal hooks with thread mock in wooden plates (follow the hook to be exactly in the middle).
3. To mount the rotary cord in the upper wooden plates, drill holes at a distance of 1.5 cm from the edge. Holes should be narrow.
4. Turn into the cord hole. In this case, with the help of glue, fix the length of the cord between the slats. To determine the length of the cord between the lamelters, it is necessary to put them in parallel, closing the brass 1-2 cm. If the hole is too wide, it is possible to use chips to seal and secure the cord. The cord should be long as two windows widths plus two heights of the window. The extended cord must form a ring.
5. Lamaders are suspended to the guide of the profile cornice.
6. The free part of the cord is suspended on threaded hooks on one side of the profile cornice. On the other hand, again, with the help of a threaded hook, lock the cord so that when trying to turn the lamella, they did not start moving along the eaves. Consequently, the extreme lamel will always be near this side. And there will be blinds only in this direction.
7. On the part of the long part of the control cord to the extreme lamellas, attach control bar. With it, you will fold the blinds.

Horizontal blinds

The rotating mechanism of horizontal plates is quite complicated, so at home can really make blinds without a rotation system. How to make blinds with your own hands if the lamellas are horizontally.

1. Purchase profile cornice for curtains. The number of curtain grooves will be determined by the windows width. The windows width is divided by 60 cm (the average width of the same blind section).
2. Make a fragment from a thin bar. The frame width is 50-60 cm, height from the profile to the window sill or to the floor (classic option 15 cm from the floor). Cropped with metal corners in the connection places. Painting the frames in color suitable to the color of the lamellas.
3. Cut the strips (lamellas) from fabric or tight paper. Width strips - 12-15 cm. The length of the bands must be 4 centimeters more than the frame width. This is a bending allowance for the edge of the frame when fastened. The number of lamellae is calculated by dividing the height of the frame to the middle width of the lamella and the gap between them (1-2 cm). Based on the number of lamellae, calculate their width, while the width of the first and last lamellas are greater than the remaining 4 cm (bending allowance). When calculating, do not forget that the gaps between the slats will be 1 less than the lamellae. Before chopping the stripes from wallpaper under painting, apply a drawing. You can use a stencil.
4. Lamed stretch and pinch on the frame. Scotch, glue or small nails are suitable for consolidation.
5. To hang sections to the top end, the frame screws the hooks.
6. Hang the framework for profile cornice.

Blinds are ready. The only drawback of such blinds is: they cannot be folded completely, the front section will always be in sight. Therefore, if you want to completely push the sections from the window opening, ensure place in advance for them near the window. Accordingly, it is necessary to buy a profile cornice: such a length so that the blinds of the blinds can completely free the window opening.

Finally, we suggest you watch the video, how to make blinds at home.