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Easy DIY: How to Make a Window Valance from Wallpaper

Mar 12, 2010

{Short & Sweet Friday}

Happy weekend, everyone! Looking for a quick and easy spiff-up you can finish this weekend? Check out this idea from a Sunset Magazine Idea Home. It's a fun way to add a touch of pattern to a room with no sewing or painting, and it gives you a hit of the current wallpaper trend without committing to paste on your walls. It's a wallpaper valance!

PHOTO: David Wakely, Sunset Magazine

How to Make a Wallpaper Window Valance

You'll need:

• Wallpaper, two to three times the width of the window
• Yardstick
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Cable drapery rod kit

1. Mark a sheet of wallpaper with a yardstick and pencil to the height you prefer and at least twice the width of the window. For a fuller look, go even wider. Cut the strip with scissors, maintaining a smooth, straight edge.
2. Use a hole punch to create holes about every 6 inches along the top of the valance, placing them at least one inch from the top edge. Wallpaper won't fray or tear easily, so no reinforcement is needed.
3. Install the cable drapery rod kit on the window. These kits are inexpensive and easy to install. Try the Deka system from Ikea for $4.99.
4. Before securing the cable into the second clamp, string the wallpaper onto it, folding it loosely back and forth as you string it on.
5. Secure the cable into its clamp, done!

Do you feel like your room is "stuck"? It's hard to have a vision for a space you see every day. Check out my eDecor Plans, complete room design plans that give you all the ideas and sources you need and even show you what it will look like when it's finished! —Diane

TAGS: how to make a wallpaper valance ikea deka window treatment cable system easy diy project

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