The quality of the photos in this post didn’t transfer well when I switched to WordPress. Check out the finished room HERE in our final house tour.
The shower curtains I used for these curtains can be found HERE (affiliate link at no additional cost to you).
Remember when I showed this photo last week… and I was all excited by the progress in the master bedroom?
Well, big changes are in store for you this week after AJ and I worked our little tushes off on Sunday. Today you’ll see stage one.
Basically I’m so excited for three reasons:
1. The curtains hide the outside of the grody windows.
2. Now we aren’t showing off for the neighbors when we get out of the shower.
3. Design mags have fun big curtains like this and I’ve been in love.
Here’s how I did it!
First, I bought two shower curtains at West Elm.
Then, I laid each of them out on our island and perfectly lined up the sides.
Then I used pinking shears (to prevent fraying) to cut down the fold.
Then I took about 45 minutes to sew simply sew a straight hem. It would have taken me about 15 minutes if I could have figured out how to thread the stupid lower bobbin. I worked about 20 minutes trying to figure it out and then somehow TWO TIMES AJ saved the day and figured it out. Darn you, AJ, for being good at nearly everything.
See how easy that was? Then came the hanging part. I bought two curtain rods that would extend to at least 60 inches at Christmas Tree Shop. I intend to spray paint the rods silver.
AJ had the very fun task of hanging them.
Then, after talking to Kim, my fabulous sister, I decided to use curtain clips, instead of shower curtain rings. Kim thought it would make them look more like curtains instead of shower curtains.
Just one more shot for good measure… 🙂
What do you think? I’m already in love.
We still have a million things left to do in here but we are making great progress!
I’m so proud of you for sewing, Jen!!! They look gorgeous. 😉
A big WOW! Love the stripes. Love how the whole room looks. Love the reminder about using a shower curtain for purposes other than keeping water in a shower. . . . Nancy
The curtains look amazing! So, is it one shower curtain cut in half per window?
Wow…they add such a finished look! My fave curtains were beautiful shower curtains I found at Kohl’s when we were first married. 🙂
One window is made up of 1 shower curtain cut in half… So two shower curtains for the whole room.
Aren’t they the best, Kelly, for something fun and unexpected for curtains?
Found your blog today through Centsational Girl. I love the stripes! I would never have thought to use shower curatins as window curtains. I have, however, used window curtains to replace doors (http://figuringoutlifeblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/taking-them-down-hanging-them-up.html). Looking forward to all of your future renovations 🙂
West Elm has definitely nailed it with these shower curtains. I’ve seen so many great rooms get even greater with them making an appearance. Great job! I’m attempting to make my own…we’ll see how that goes =)
Fabric is an essential part of choosing curtains, since the material will dictate how well your curtains function and hold up over time.
WOW this post helped me so much, I have been wanting to do window treatments but the curtains I have been looking at are so boring, shower curtains are much more punchy and fun! Thank you for this tutorial 🙂
xoxo Christina
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Thank you, Christina! Look for my blog post tomorrow… I’m using their navy shower curtains in my son’s room. 🙂
I love this idea of using shower curtains. I am working on it right now in my kids toy room. I was wondering how did you get them from the floor to ceiling?
Just wondering if the 72″ length was long enough. Usually for an 8′ ceiling I would get panels 84″ in length and 96″ for 9′ ceiling. Did you add to the length or do your curtains not touch the floor? Love the look and I have thought to do that as well but thought they’d be too short 🙂
What color did you use? feather gray?
Hi Stephanie! We used BM’s Moonshine!
Thank you! They look like the perfect mix of grey and beige which is EXACTLY what I have been looking for. Thanks for sharing!
They are actually gray and white… here is the link to purchase them:
http://www.westelm.com/products/3075850/?catalogId=44&sku=3075850&bnrid=3918508&cm_ven=Google_PLA&cm_cat=Bath&cm_pla=Shower_Curtains&cm_ite=West_Elm_Stripe_Shower_Curtain%2C_72%22×74%22%2C_Feather_Gray&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=32-372066255-2
Awesome! Thank you for the link!