Making Your Own Curtains: Easy Instructions from Across the Web (Image credit: Amanda Carol at Home) As any fan of interior design knows, curtains are one of the easiest ways to give a room a face-lift. They have the power to instantly brighten or soften a room, and I love using them to inject drama and pattern into a space. But pre-made panels can often be cost prohibitive or an improper fit for oddly sized windows, and that's when DIYing comes in. Here are some online tutorials that will get you sewing (or no-sewing, as the case may be) in no time. And to further customize your curtains, think of combining several of the techniques discussed below; for example, use the no-sew technique with striped drapery or the bed-sheet method with the rod-and-pocket construction. Rod and Pocket Curtains: • Adventures in Dressmaking No-Sew, with Curtain Clips: • Young House Love • Saving by Making No-Sew Drape Shades with Ribbon Ties: • Swoon Style and Home

• From shower curtains — Amanda Carol at Home • From scratch — A Thoughtful Place • From bed sheets — A Boy, a Girl, and a Pug And what homemade curtains are complete without homemade rods? • The Tall Chick Re-edited from a post originally published 3.19.2012 - ABKyias GraduationLindsay S GraduationMike'S GradGraduation Open House IdeasGraduation ConfirmationDaniels GraduationSecret GraduationGrad OpenGrad Party IdeasForwardYou have an outdoor gathering, tablecloths are in place, the table is decorated and set beautifully, and along comes a gust of wind. Photography MusiciansMusician PhotographyJazz PhotographyBlack And White Scratch ArtBlack L VeArt Black And WhiteMusical Instruments ArtDouble Bass ArtRim Lighting PhotographyForward..If there was one instrument i wish i knew how to play, it is the Cello.Dorm Room Art for Every College Major Preppy style, pastels, chintz — your house probably had one of these interior design trends in the 1980s.

Take a trip down memory lane and reminisce with these blasts from the pasts from House Beautiful's archives. ChintzChintzIn the 1980s, chintz worked in just about every room. Featured in our October 1981 issue, a sitting area in Old Westbury Gardens in Long Island, New York, the Baker sofas are covered in Brunschwig & Fils's Westbury Bouquet glaze chintz. PastelsPastelsThere's no question that soft pastels were a popular color palette in the 1980s. In a New Orleans, Louisiana, house featured in our April 1983 issue, generous amounts of white, in all textures and materials, intensify the soft colors. 10 Kitchen Storage Essentials Under $10 10 Classic Movies You Should Be Watching If You Love "La La Land" These Miniature Dollhouses Are So Cute We Can Hardly Stand It 13 of the Worst "Trading Spaces" Reveals in the History of the Show DIY Lotion Bars Are the Pinterest Trend Your Dry Winter Skin Needs 29 Cool and Quirky Kitchen Gadgets You'll Actually Want to Use

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Checkered Design Indoor/Outdoor Tablecloth Size: 70" W x 55" LLooking for a tablecloth that will make you feel closer to nature? tuscan thermal blackout curtain panelsThis Natural Jute Burlap Tablecloth is just perfect, either for indoor or outdoor event. /natural-jute-burlap-tablecloth/ #artofabric #home #decor #tablecloth #nature #burlap #indoor #outdoor #event #perfect #laOttomanson Essential Polka Dot Design Indoor/Outdoor Tablecloth Size:Ottomanson Essential Vine Design Indoor/Outdoor Tablecloth Size:Ottomanson Essential Plaid Design Indoor/Outdoor Tablecloth Size:Ottomanson Essential Sunflower Design Indoor/Outdoor Tablecloth Size:The dog days of summer are arriving shortly, but there are plenty of ways that you can keep your outdoor living areas looking cool and comfortable.  With so many choices available for lighting, rugs, curtains, and furniture, we can decorate our porches and patios as easily as we would any other room in our house.

I’ve rounded up a few of my favorites to share with you today.  The bonus is that even though we’re still smack-dab in the middle of summer, most outdoor items are on end-of-season sale right now, allowing you to snap up some super bargains!  {I’ve added links to shop and/or purchase at the bottom of each photo} Conversation sets are so versatile!  Take a book and a glass of wine outside and curl up for a few hours of relaxation, or join friends for an evening around the fire pit or on the dock. I chose this set by Ballard Designs since wrought iron is a material that weathers well and is easy to care for: All-weather wicker is very durable, too (we’ve had our set for seven years and it’s still going strong).  A sectional gives you plenty of seating for a crowd, too! Curtains can do several important things from a design perspective:  they “finish” a room (whether indoors or out), provide privacy, and shield us from bugs, sun, and other elements.  

While you can certainly use indoor fabrics outside, they will fade quickly, making outdoor fabrics a much better long-term purchase. A budget option is to hang these sheer Lill curtains by IKEA around your covered porch.  I’ve used them on several of my own porches and they are super–they’re inexpensive, wash beautifully, and keep bugs out. Just like when shopping for curtains, you’ll want to be sure that your pillows and rugs are made for outdoor use.  That will ensure that they can get wet and will stand up to sunlight over several seasons of use.  And just like inside your home, rugs and pillows finish a space outdoors, too. Outdoor pillows are available everywhere–I buy most of mine at Target, Ebay, and Lowe’s or Home Depot, but I also like to find a few unique accent pillows, and those I usually buy at Pottery Barn: Don’t forget the lighting!  Whether it’s strings of twinkle lights, an outdoor chandelier or “candle-lier”, or citronella candles burning in lanterns, your space won’t be complete without it.