So I told yall making your apartment complete and beautiful would take some time. Well, in a stroke of boredum and genius, I decided to make the curtains which I've been meaning to make and put up since day one. I had all the hooks, pipes and materials that I would need, so I figured why not? I mean the table cloth was $17 which on my broke salary, is more than I'm willing to spend. All in all, the curtains cost me about a total of $25, including the hooks and pipe from homedepot.
Heres what I used.
1 inch long grey pipe, 5 feet long.
1 oblong table cloth of your choice. 60"x84"
2 pretty hooks
Paint/primer
Ribbon/tabs
Heres what I used.
1 inch long grey pipe, 5 feet long.
1 oblong table cloth of your choice. 60"x84"
2 pretty hooks
Paint/primer
Ribbon/tabs
Let the project begin!!!
Ok so I started out by painting the hooks, that way they could dry while I was working on the curtains. I used primer first (which I ended up painting the balls too after the picture was taken), then I used a sample color gem turquoise from behr. You could use acrylics but this was the only paint other than gray that I have in my house, but I liked this color so I am happy with it. The hooks were from hobby lobby at $4.99 a piece. Go on a sale day and they will be like half off which is when I got mine, and I'm always looking for a bargin/deal.
Yep a tablecloth. No person can call themselves crafty until they've turned a tablecloth into a set of curtains. BOOYAH!
Anyways so I layed out the curtains and because of the creases, I went ahead and followed the center crease to cut the table cloth right down the middle to make two halves.
Anyways so I layed out the curtains and because of the creases, I went ahead and followed the center crease to cut the table cloth right down the middle to make two halves.
a sewing machine here, hot glue has become my best friend. Then out of luck and a stroke of genius, I remembered that I had an old set of tabbled curtains from walmart, and decided to cut off those tabs and use them on my new curtains. GENIUS! But if you dont have tabs like I did, then using a nice ribbon and tieing them, or hotglueing them would work perfectly fine.
Then Thow it all together and BOOM! You're done! So easy right?!? So heres the finished product. I have to say, it makes my apartment more cozy and I love them!
Then Thow it all together and BOOM! You're done! So easy right?!? So heres the finished product. I have to say, it makes my apartment more cozy and I love them!
Now I'm gonna go shoot my pledge partying neighbors from making my apartment vibrate from there fuckin music. The joys of living next to frat boys.
Yall have a majestical, nonannoying, acne-free week!
Broke College Student
Yall have a majestical, nonannoying, acne-free week!
Broke College Student