Roman Shades Out Of Mini Blinds
This is by far the most tedious part of the project but it should only take about an hour.
Roman shades out of mini blinds. Subscribe to the better homes and gardens channel. Turn some inexpensive mini blinds into stylish roman shades with this simple tutorial. Here s my take on this awesome diy roman shade project.
Many of you have probably seen the roman shades out of mini blinds tutorial that s been around blogland. However recently i ve noticed a bunch of great bloggers showing you how to create a roman shade out of a mini blind. Get a mini blind the same size as your window you can go one inch out if needed.
Many times i ve considered making my own but every time i look at the directions i felt too intimidated to try. We also have a large selection of mini blinds if you re feeling inspired. How to make a roman shade step one.
You will need enough extra fabric to have a 3 inch allowance on all sides of the mini blind. My favorite diy roman shade is revamping a bland mini blind into a décor wise roman shade. Mydailycuppa mini blind roman shade.
This is the easy part of how to turn mini blinds into roman shades. As far as the the questions about how to slide in the stays for the mini blind frame we just left about 3 of the shade fabric unglued it was stiff enough to stand up because of the black out fabric so if i need to take it down ie to fraycheck the cheap slippery fabric that we had to use the corners fold over and i slide out the stays. Vinyl blinds will not be durable enough.
My shade is pretty wide so there are three cords in the mini blinds mechanism so i ended up sewing 18 plastic rings on by hand. All you need to do is cut some string and remove the slats to make your roman shades. Faux wood blinds are the best choice for this project as roman shades will be made out of wood.
If your shade is shorter you ll probably only have two cords and much less ring sewing to do. Get custom window treatments on a budget by turning mini blinds into pretty roman shades. In my defense they didn t really look that bad but still they were.
Measure fabric with blind extended over the fabric. I remember thinking i might try that sometime. I ve always loved the look of roman shades.
Coveting the look of swanky roman style shades but stuck with a mini blind budget.