Privacy is something people value a lot and or corporations (or governments) seem to invade in various ways. Maybe each of us can’t completely have a normal urban life with total privacy, but there are methods you could use in your own home to raise the level of privacy. Oh yeah, and in the process manage to improve the decor of the home. With the help of this DIY tutorial you can create an impressive pattern on the lower half of your windows. Discourage snooping eyes with a simple decorating trick. The list of materials required in the whole DIY project is kind of short. The time needed for succeeding in such a handmade mini-adventure is also kept to a short. Discover how you can achieve the same result as the one in the photo. The resulting pattern should benefit the entire interior design as well as your need for a little more privacy.
The shutters are great at blocking all natural light, which is great for lie-ins. But, this room gets crazy beautiful morning light and it always seemed a shame to be getting dressed in artificial light just for privacy.
“I cut out a rectangle of lace using a template I’d made earlier. I didn’t iron it first but the one piece I had where there was a crease was the hardest to apply so do iron your fabric if it’s creased at all.
Then I applied another thick layer on top, being sure to get it right into all the corners. I tried working top to bottom, centre to corners and a few different ways, but there wasn’t a noticeable difference in ease or result. I did notice that there were sometimes brush marks if I did it too regimented so I ended up going for random patterns of brush strokes.
The best thing about using lace (with holes in) is that there are automatically not air pockets so you don’t have to both squeegeeing them out, which is good because I’m really bad at that sort of thing. The other good thing about lace is it’s very forgiving. On one pane, I ended up with a gap in one place, I just cut a small strip and starch-glued it over the top. I can’t even tell where it was now!”
Oh my goodness, this was the quickest, easiest, cheapest project ever but I’m 100 per cent in love with the results.
And if I change my mind, is there a way to get back and have a clean window?
click the link (lacewindow treatment with cornflower-tutorial) under the pictures. It says you can remove it with warm water
Privacy is a legal right and it is understandable to want to have it in the home. Are there a number of patterns and designs to choose from? It is a really good idea to decorate and cover garage windows with this method. It means potential thieves can’t get an easy look-in.
I’ve used black rolled screening material for garage windows, it’s the fabric kind, and have used clear rubber cement for that cause it’s more water proof and can be removed with rubbing alcohol or Goop away brand adhesive remover. I have used this method before on windows, but with a permanent result, I used this with an glass etching solution because it’s hard to clean the fabric on the windows.
I really like these but that’s net curtain, you can see right through it.
How do wash the windows once the lace is applied?
well, or just use curtains like others do 🙂