Window Treatments
Small pieces of fabric can be used as patches, appliqué or accessories such as corsages or buttons. Larger pieces like draperies offer sufficient material for a complete outfit, a purse, some throw pillows, tote bags, and so much more!
Some ideas for repurposing fabric:
• Silk kimonos and saris can be used as placemats or to recover old throw pillows.
• Update a lampshade by recovering it with fabric. Note: use a lower watt light bulb to avoid potentially overheating or discolouring the fabric.
• Using a Sari to create a gorgeous, one of a kind Roman blind.
We love the opportunity to give fabric a second chance. I feel that we are not only saving our clients’ money as well as the environment but we welcome the challenge to create something uniquely personal from “discarded” materials.
Here are two projects that we recently had the joy of working on:
Custom made Roman Blinds with repurposed fabric
• We recycled window blinds that we made for a client over five years ago from her old home and repurposed it into a new, larger blind for her new home. The new blinds also match the bedding that we made for her five years ago.
Custom made basinet covering
• A grandmother recently commissioned us to repurpose her wedding dress into a bassinet for her first grandchild. The grandmother and daughter were thrilled with the end product…no report back as yet from the granddaughter!
What material is lying around your house that you would love to repurpose? Please let us know about your repurposing projects.
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Having recently moved I was having difficulty finding ways to reillistrate the panels from my old house to incorporate them in a larger window space that is in my new place. Never thought of turning my old panels into blinds created with the fabric. very insightful. Definately saving this site.
Hi Anne,
Wonderful! It is wonderful when we can inspire decorating and environmentally friendly ideas! There are so many ways to re-cycling and re-using existing decor.
We wish you many more inspiring decorating ideas. The ideas are never ending so let your imagination go!
Valerie De Moore
I am impressed with all this useful information. Was WAY more than I expected. I just cannot keep up with your posts. So much information to read about.
Lisa,
Thank you for your kind words! We do like to keep up to date with our blogs, and our aim is to give valuable information to our readers!
Valerie De Moore
When we moved to our new house, our custom valance just didn’t fit our new, larger family room window. Valerie suggested combining and resizing the three smaller valances into one large valance. It was a great idea! It looks great and saved us the cost of a whole new window treatment. Thanks Valerie!
Kathleen
..and they look wonderful! …
Thank you Kathleen, not only for your comments but for trusting me with your window treatments. They turned out absolutely gorgeous!
We hope that you will visit our show room again soon!
Valerie De Moore
This is a marvelous thread, im happy I stubled onto this. Ill be back down the track to check out other posts that you have on your blog.
Hi Vallie,
So glad that we could be of assistance – saving the environment while we re-purpose fabric, window treatments, and the like is the way of the future! We hope to see you here at DeMoores.com again soon!
Valerie De Moore