Dressing up a Window

Easy way to dress up a window - Get yourself a few dinner napkins (mine came with a matching table cloth), a few beads (got them free from a fabric store since they were left in a bin and the lady didn't know what to charge), needle, thread, and an adjustable valance bar (got mine at Walmart).

I took the napkins and folded them to make triangles over the rod. I sewed the bottom corner so that they wouldn't move, and tacked on the beads to the point. Then I hung up the valance on the wall brackets.

At Christmas, I decided I needed a more Holiday-ish valance. Again I had a set of napkins from a tablecloth set. This one was trickier, since I wanted it square. So I used fabric glue once the fusible webbing stuff failed to work. It was a messy job, but no one could tell. Then I added some trim that I had saved for years, but it added that Christmas-y touch.


My friend Maggie needed to dress up her kitchen window in the apartment she was rented. Unfortunately the cabinets are ugly, its a small, and the tile in the kitchen looks more like something on a patio. However, with some free paint found in an alley, a table runner, and some ginormous napkin rings, she was able to give this window a makeover!