I am redecorating my entire apartment on a tight budget. I am looking for the following ideas:?

Question

I am looking to keep down cleaning maintenance on my windows, I now have venetian blinds that are very narrow about an inch at best and get dusty very quickly. All my rooms have one entire wall made up of windows approximately 13 feet wide and the ceilings are 8 feet high (of which 5 feet are windows). I am interested in hearing any ideas that can be done to either replace the venetian blinds with inside casement verticals and curtains which I originally planned to do, but I am sure that this would cost alot of money, along with the labor to install them. Please email me with any suggestions.

Answer 1

If you buy the material to make your own curtains that is a simple and cheaper way to redecorate your window treatments. Depending on your style you can choose fabric that suites your desires. Due to the larges amount of windows you might want to look at fabric for covering chairs and stuff, it covers a wider area. Then all you have to do is stitch the ends up and make hoops for the curtain rod to go through. There are a lot of good websites out there that will give you instructions how to make simple curtains. I think that would be your best bet cause when you want to clean them just through them all in the washer and dryer.

Answer 2

Installing the verticals is no big deal, but depending on the size of your windows it could get quite expensive. There are kits usually at fabric stores for choosing your own fabric and creating cabana shades for a casual effect or you could dress up inexpensive vinyl roller shades with fabric. See our project steps for this at www.decorating4less.com/pages/fabricshade.htm. As for the curtain treatments, sateen bedsheets can be made into quite a lovely window drapery treatment. You could also buy about 10 yds. of fabric when it is on sale and create a scarf draping effect. I'm not sure of your decor, but bamboo shades can be painted to give a garden effect, burlap can be used inexpensively and can also be painted or dyed for effect, decorative floor screens can be used as moveable window coverings, or wooden shutters can be painted and installed inside the lower half of the windows or entire length for a wonderful casual look.
I hope this gives some ideas to help get you started!

Answer 3

Arranging Bookcases Like the Professionals!
arrange bookshelf, rearrange accessories Have some bookcases that look cluttered and disarrayed just like this one? Don't know what to do? Bookcase arrangement can be fun and is an important part of the decorating of any room where they exist. Don't neglect this space or arrange it poorly. It's not that difficult.

Before we discuss what to do with them, let's first discuss what NOT to do with them. Here is a brief list of some of the types of things you'd best put out of sight and not on a bookcase shelf: telephone books, loose papers or magazines, storage boxes (unless they are decorative), photograph albums, CDs, video tapes, cassette tapes, anything else that is messy or unattractive.

Obviously, making a full row of books on a shelf or several shelves is expected -- the library look. This is a great look. It's hard to beat the look of books lined up neatly. It creates a warm, inviting and cozy atmosphere. One feels compelled to sit down and read. But keep this in mind. Unless you have a huge number of books, of all different titles, colors and subjects, try to use on the books that have colors that blend with the room where you are placing them. Otherwise they will stick out like a sore thumb and attract too much attention. Take the dust covers off and display them in all their rich linen and gold lettering glory.

Place paperback books together and do not mix them in with hard bound books. Put the largest and tallest books on the bottom shelves to anchor the bookcase. Vary the heights with the tallest books in the middle of the shelf and don't place tiny books next to tall books. Descend in gradual increments. Putting a row of encyclopedia books that are all one color and style on a bottom shelf is a great way to anchor the bookcase. It also brings a lot of unity with the repetition of the books.

If you don't have enough books to fill the entire case, put the books on the bottom shelves and leave the upper shelves for accessories. If you mix accessories and books on the same shelf, try to make the books the dominant theme and not the other way around.

To learn how to properly arrange all of your furniture and accessories to look as stunning as the homes you see in decorating magazines, using just what you already own, click here: Arranging Your Furniture Perfectly

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Go to dollar general stores and buy a shade for the window.
It should cost about 2 bucks.
Simple to install yourself.