DIY wallpaper blinds: step-by-step master classes

In winter, you want light, and the curtains on the window move as far as possible. And in the summer you need to hide from the scorching sun and protect the interior of the apartment from its rays. There are blinds for this. They were invented in hot countries - in India, in Spain. They do not let in the scorching light of the sun and close the room from prying eyes. In this article, we'll talk about how to make them from wallpaper with your own hands.

Blinds in our climate are widespread in offices, shops, in our own apartments. They are easy to buy, but there is an opportunity to save your money and make them yourself from wallpaper. Everything you need for this is in every home. After all, after the repair there are always unclaimed rolls. These curtains are needed for apartment windows, balconies, summer cottages. If there is not enough leftover material for all windows, then they can be purchased in stores for repairs.

Advice! Ask the seller for discounted rolls left over from the sale. They are excellent in quality, and the price is much lower.

It is easy for any person to make them on their own. Everything you need for this is in any home.

Do-it-yourself pleated blinds from wallpaper

First of all, you need to decide which wallpaper to make the product from. They should be strong, but not too thick. You need to pay attention to their pattern so that it is in harmony with the color of the curtains, furniture of the room. An interesting option when they are made from the same wallpaper with which the room is pasted over.

The first way

For work you need:

• a roll of paper wallpaper with a length of at least 1500 mm;
• scissors;
• meter ruler and pencil;
• cord 1.5-2 mm thick;
• awl;
• double sided tape;
• knife;
• retainer;
• decorative tape.

We measure the window. Blinds can consist of one wide strip or two narrow ones. The width of the strip should be equal to the width of the window, the length should be equal to the height of the window plus 25%.

It is more convenient to work on a large area. Cut off a strip of wallpaper of the desired size, lay it out on the table, place weights at the ends so that the roll does not roll up.

The strip must be folded with an accordion 3-15 cm. To make the accordion neat, you need to line the wallpaper along the line. First, place points on the selected width on both sides of the piece. Then connect them with a ruler. In childhood, many made toys by folding paper like an accordion, so the process is clear to everyone.

We make the first folds using the edge of the ruler. We apply a ruler to the line, bend it. Draw the side of the scissors or a blunt knife along the fold line so that it is clear and fixed.

When the whole accordion is ready, stepping back 15 cm from both ends, we make holes with an awl through which the cord will be pulled through to lower and raise the curtain. If you are planning a wide strip for the entire window, then make more holes in the middle so that the blinds do not bend. If the curtain is narrow, then we make the holes in the middle of the strip, but on the sides it is not necessary.

The next step is to pull the cord into the holes with a large needle or crochet. Its tips need to be melted, the lower edge fixed in a retainer, you can buy or cut from an old jacket. It is needed to keep the curtains at the correct length.

On this, you can finish the production by decorating them with a satin ribbon, tying a bow out of it. The bottom of the curtain will be straight, horizontal.

You can finish the blinds with a peacock tail. If a rope is threaded in the middle, then the opposite ends are connected together and glued, a beautiful fan is obtained.

There are windows of complex shape - at the top there is a window in the form of an arch. Then they can be made in the form of a fan, as at the end of the curtain, and the window can be closed completely. If the arch consists of two half-arches separated by a wooden partition, then we make two half-fans and close each half-arch.

If there is no need to close the entire window, but you need to shade part of the room, then we make a fan of the required size and close part of the window. We fix the blinds from the wallpaper on the window with double-sided tape, it can withstand up to 3 kg. You can make another homemade mount - then glue a strip of thick cardboard to the last accordion, use nails or other fastening material.

Second way

There is another, more complex way of making curtains from wallpaper. They provide better protection from the sun because they are double:

• Wallpaper must be cut into strips with a 100 mm busbar.
• The strips are twisted and glued into tubes, the number of them must be sufficient to cover the entire window.
• After drying, the tubes are compressed into a flat lamella with clear edges, and the place of gluing is placed on top in the middle.
• The tubes are coated in the middle with glue and glued to each other in a high stack. To avoid smudging and leakage of the adhesive, dry adhesive is used.
• After complete drying, holes are made at a distance of 15 cm. Ropes are passed through them, the lower ends of which are clamped with a retainer. Thanks to these cords, the blinds can be raised and lowered.
• Attach them to two plastic rings and hang them on nails driven into the window frame. Or simply glued with double-sided tape.

Roller blinds: DIY step-by-step instructions 

Blinds or roller blinds. How to make them yourself? This method is the easiest. No need to fold the wallpaper into an accordion, no need to pierce holes and pull a cord through them.

You need to measure a piece of wallpaper two lengths of the window plus another quarter:

1. The cut piece is folded in half for strength, glued at the ends with glue or double-sided tape.
2. At the edges, pockets are folded back and stitched with a stapler. Weights are threaded through them - wooden planks.
3. A tape of two lengths of curtains is attached to the upper pocket. Thrown on both sides.
4. Blinds are glued to the window with tape. They are made in the same way, you can only take a different number of tapes that hold the roll. You can take one wide ribbon, reinforce it in the middle, unfold the curtain to the desired length and tie a beautiful bow. Or tie two ribbons on the sides of the roll with a bow at the same height from the windowsill. The roller blinds are ready.

Master class for making blinds from newspapers

The manufacturing process of this type is the most difficult and most time consuming.

You will need:

• newspapers;
• beautiful cord;
• two plastic rings;
• rope;
• Crochet hook;
• paints, brushes for coloring newspaper tubes.

For blinds, up to 200 newspaper tubes 400 mm long must be screwed onto a standard window. Long tubules can be trimmed on the fly.

Master class: a newspaper is wound on a thin metal rod, usually a knitting needle is taken. Having wound a piece of newspaper on it, they glue the edge of it. All straws should dry well. Then they are painted with acrylic paint. It is recommended to add PVA glue 3 to 1.

After painting and drying, the most crucial moment comes. A large number of small round tubes need to be connected into a strong canvas.

The first method of connection: fasten the tubes, intertwining with a rope, making one or two knots. It is advisable to lubricate each unit with glue for greater strength. You need to start from the top of the curtain. The rope should be almost twice as long as the curtain. We tie the upper end to a plastic ring. Now you need to intertwine both ends of the cord from the inside and outside.

The second option is used by those who know how to crochet at least a simple chain. This method is more reliable, the tubes are tightly held by a cord chain, do not untie or stretch.

At the bottom, the cord is tied to a knot, we coat it with glue for strength. We lay out the canvas on a flat surface and align the tubes, cutting off too long.

Drive nails or special hooks into the window frame. It is easy to hang the canvas on them by the plastic rings. In any case, the curtains are easy to remove on a cloudy or rainy day.

In order not to remove the blinds completely, you can take a beautiful satin ribbon, strengthen it on top and lower the curtains on both sides. At the bottom, at the desired height, tie the ribbons into a knot and knit a beautiful bow. These homemade curtains are an option for roller blinds.

Blinds repair

Old faded plastic, paper or wood blinds can be restored with wallpaper. It is necessary to choose the wallpaper that best suits the interior of the apartment, enlivens and decorates it.

You will need:

• wallpaper;
• old blinds;
• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• pencil.

On old curtains, we measure the width, length and number of slats. Draw the same stripes on a roll of wallpaper. We mark the places of the holes in the old blinds, so that later we can make cuts. Cut out the strips and glue them onto the old slats. In the places of the holes, cut into three parts. We try to glue one by one, without disturbing the wallpaper pattern.

Trying on the windows, admiring the updated curtains.

How to make do-it-yourself roller blinds from wallpaper, other options

If there are small pieces of white wallpaper left, then we advise you to make curtains with your own hands using the vytynanka technique. This technique originated in Ukraine and is now used everywhere. Patterns are cut out of paper. It turns out paper lace that looks good on the window day and night.

To make such a paper curtain, you will need knives, scissors, a wooden rug, pattern patterns. On the Internet, you can always find tips on this option for making blinds with your own hands from the wallpaper step by step and photos of patterns for cutting. With skill, diligence, patience and accuracy, real works of art are obtained.

Another option is Roman shades. They are usually made of fabric, but wallpaper can also be used. They need more material and more time to craft.

Blinds are a practical item in home decoration. They protect people and the environment from the harmful rays of the sun. In addition, these are not only useful, but also beautiful things in the interior.

Do-it-yourself curtains draw attention to themselves by the fact that they are not worse than purchased ones, they exist only in one copy and make the apartment unique. In addition, they make it possible not to throw away the remnants of wallpaper, but to use them to make the necessary and beautiful thing.

Photo of homemade paper blinds on the window