| Want to give cheap roller shades a brand new | | | | use the seam sealant on the edges. |
| lease on life as a stylish window treatment that | | | | Turn the bottom edge under about 2 ½ |
| you're proud to show off? You can easily | | | | inches and stitch or fuse a casing at the bottom |
| customize your shades by covering them with | | | | of the shade for the wooden slat. When you've |
| fabric, wallpaper, or paint to match your decor | | | | finished, staple the shade back onto the barrel. |
| and add pizazz to your room. | | | | Remember to install the shade in the direction |
| Before you start, you'll need an old or new roller | | | | that it fell before you took it off. |
| shade, fabric, fusible interfacing, an iron and ironing | | | | Mount the shade after you've finished customizing |
| board, scissors, matte knife, seam sealant, staple | | | | it. Mounting the hardware before you have |
| gun, and tape measure. You can improvise on | | | | reattached the shade could invite problems since |
| some of the tools if you don't have them handy. | | | | the fabric shade may take up more space than |
| Decide whether you want the shade mounted | | | | the regular roller shade. |
| inside the casing (a normal mount) or outside the | | | | You can install a variety of wallpaper to your roller |
| casing over the window trim. Measure the window | | | | shade in a similar way. Just follow the instructions |
| accordingly and add 12 inches to the length and 2 | | | | for attaching wallpaper to a surface. You can also |
| inches to the width. | | | | hand paint or stencil on your roller shade. When |
| Following the manufacturer's instructions, fuse the | | | | you consider the large numbers of fabrics in a |
| interfacing the wrong side of the fabric with an | | | | typical craft store, the different patterns of |
| iron. Interfacing often requires steam heat to set | | | | wallpaper available, and the ability to add paint, |
| so you may need to lay a wet towel over the | | | | you'll see that there are endless ways to |
| fabric or use the steam wool setting. Flip it over | | | | customize a shade. |
| and repeat to put the fabric on the shade. | | | | Customizing a cheap roller shade gives you a |
| Measure the barrel without the shade, not including | | | | designer look for very little money. All you need is |
| the pins. If you are customizing a used shade, be | | | | an old shade and some fabric and you've got a |
| sure to mark the direction that the shade falls | | | | brand new look for your room with very little |
| before you take it off. Trim the edges of the | | | | time or money spent. |
| shade according to the dimensions you need and | | | | |