blackout curtains

[darkoshi]

In place of the odoriferous curtains, I bought fabric in a pretty pattern and sewed curtains from it. I attached them to the old blackout liners with velcro strips. It turned out looking very good, such that every time I look at it, I'm pleased with my accomplishment.

Light still leaks in a bit on the bottom sides and through the pinholes in the blackout fabric where the seams are. So I'm also thinking about how to improve it yet more.



After unbending/bending the track, and cutting it. That was difficult.



Attaching board to ceiling. Blue tape marks location of ceiling joists.



Attached track to board. Velcro strip nailed along edge.



Attached board to ceiling again.



Hung liners and curtains.



With sheers and valance.

Comments

[marahmarie]

Came out very nice. Also, kind of envious of all the mad DIY skillz you have...I follow all your posts in which you make, cobble, sew or otherwise put things together in ways I have not tried yet.

Omg which reminds me... I bought a DIY table lamp kit from Walmart last month? And put it together on my first try.

But "my first try" took almost three hours and I put all - well, most - of the parts together inside-out. The amazing thing, the freaking miracle of it all? Was that it worked with most parts put on upside-down/inside-out/however. I didn't even notice my error(s) (though I did wonder why the table was so damn rickety and sort of unstable) until someone else pointed it out and simultaneously corrected my inversions without even being asked to.