December 20, 2009

Kitchen Curtain Collage

In the back of the house, there are no built-in shutters like in the front of the house. So, in order to have privacy, we were going to need some type of window treatment. For the kitchen, we wanted to bring in some color and visual interest, especially since the walls are white, and the tile backsplash is also white. But, like everything else with the house, our budget was tight, and when we looked into different window treatments, a lot of what we liked was expensive. So we had to figure something out on our own.

The concept was born that we would create a sort of collage pattern for our curtains. The above sketch showed our idea for a roman curtain, something that could completely cover the windows when lowered, but still be colorful above the windows when open. G and I both went to our respective architecture offices and raided the materials libraries for cool samples that had a lot of flash and pop, and were of significant size. We each came back with bags of material samples and sorted through the mess, separating by color and pattern and texture. G does a lot of collage artwork, so she had an eye for laying out our curtains.

The project really came together with the help of G’s mom, R, who was in from Brussels. She is incredibly handy herself, and great with crafts. R has experience in the curtain department, and came with all the equipment required to make a roman curtain. G and her mom spent the better part of three days sewing together the material samples into two curtains, and then outfitting them with the roman shade equipment. In the end we had two very unique curtains, made with “borrowed” materials and at a cost that was really within our budget.

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Categories: Craft, Kitchen, Lower Level

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