These Roman Shades are a great way to add pattern, color and texture in a sleek and simple design. I have to say, I was procrastinating on this project and only because I had never done it before. I searched Pinterest for ideas and essentially followed the instructions from Remodelaholic’s blogpost (which was inspired by 33 Shades of Green). This project was not difficult, it was time consuming and somewhat involved. In the end, I save more than $300 in labor cost by doing it myself.
Supplies
Fabric ( I had this fabric from when I covered my kitchen chairs. I ordered it from fabric.com)
Lining (I used light filtering lining from JoAnn at 30% off)
Wood dowels (depending on window length, there are 4 to 5 dowels to each blind. Math is involved. Ugh.)
Wood board for header ( 2 x 1 x window width)
Wood board ( 2 x 1/4 x window width)
Cord
L brackets
Hooks
Cord cleats
Tools
Saw (If you don’t have a saw, Home Depot can cut the wood pieces to your measurements.)
Staple gun
Drill
Assembly
I followed the instructions in the link above so from an instructional standpoint, I don’t have anything to add to that. However, for my project, I made some modifications to share with you. These include:
Window Size: One of my windows is 54 inches wide. In my view, this was too wide for a single shade, so I made two shades with a small space in between the shades to allow for room to raise and lower. I painted a small area between the two shades with white paint. This area will be visible. If doing an inside mount, two header wood pieces can be used and no paint would be needed.
Fabric: There was just enough fabric for the three shades. The fabric had a long pattern repeat and was wide enough to cover the large window in two shades. I matched the pattern between the two shades for a clean look when the shades were closed. The shades were installed with an inside mount to lessen the length of the blind.
This is the nice thing about customized treatments, you can modify as you need!
I am very happy with how these look in the kitchen!
