Getting started making window blinds

Making your own blinds will save quite a bit of money and most types of blind are fairly simple to do. There are lots of styles of blinds to choose from. These are just some of the styles:

• Roller blinds
• Roman blinds
• Austrian blinds
• London blinds
• Scalloped blinds
• Festoon blinds
• Balloon blinds

All types of blind will require you to buy some fittings – wooden or plastic rods or battens, cords, tape, eyelets, an acorn, a cleat, and Velcro. These are often available as a kit, which is recommended if you haven’t made blinds before. The kit instructions will show you how to hang the blind properly. Remember to add this to your costs when calculating how much your blind will cost to make.

Roller blinds use the least fabric, and Balloon blinds use the most.

All blinds can be fitted either inside or outside the window recess and curtains and pelmets can be added to create the effect you want.

The roller blind is the simplest to make.

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