Convert Your Old Window Blinds Into Roman Shades

Lay the sheer material face down.

Convert your old window blinds into roman shades.

Take down the old blinds from the window and lay them out on the fabric leaving a border of at least 3 inches on all sides. For a roller blind remove all of the stitching. Lay your shade fabric out on the floor wrong side up. All you need to do is cut some string and remove the slats to make your roman shades.

Curtains particularly bedroom curtains become old friends and it breaks your heart to throw them away. Can i still use it somewhere perhaps make a roman blind i do understand. Roman shades are the most common window treatment today because of its minimalist design. Faux wood blinds are the best choice for this project as roman shades will be made out of wood.

Curtains are more for victorian homes and coloured plastic blinds are too 90 s. There are some fabulous tutorials out there with much better process pictures than mine since i took them late at night while my boys were sleeping it s when i get my worst pictures best work done on how to convert mini blinds to roman shades. Vinyl blinds will not be durable enough. I ve tried making over curtains into roman blinds with mixed results.

When you know how to turn mini blinds into roman shades then you will have a whole new way to update the look of a room. So if you have some window blinds in there you can give your home a more modern outfit if you want to by redesigning that old window treatment. If it is a roman shade then you should remove the doweling sleeve and straighten the folds. Extend the mini blinds so they are open as far as they will go and the front edge of the slat is pointing at the floor.