Painted Drop Cloth Drapes
These may be just the coolest, easiest, cheapest, drapes you can make. Well, you don’t even have to make them, you can just hang them up, as is.
So, the first thing you wanna do is, go buy your drop cloths. Lowe’s and Home Depot will sell canvas painter’s drop cloths in various sizes. I bought two, 6 x 9 panels. They were about $10 a piece. You can also pick up some curtain rings, and hardware while you are there, they will likely have several to choose from. Or, you can always sew in a rod pocket pretty easily. The drop cloths are already hemmed, so all you need to do is run them through the washing machine to soften them up, and then iron them really well. This is the hardest part.
Then just clip them up and you are done. 🙂
OR…
You can paint them.
I spent months looking everywhere for wide horizontal striped fabric, to no avail. This was my inspiration picture.
So I decided to try to paint the fabric myself. This is what led me to the drop cloth idea. I purchased a small can of paint from HD, I am super cheap, so I got a can someone had returned for $3. I wasn’t picky about the color and it looked pretty good. Total now is $23. Well, I paid $50 for the hardware but you may already have that, and can probably get it much cheaper.
After I ironed the drop cloths, I laid them as flat as possible on my garage floor. I taped them down to keep them straight, and then I measured 18″ stripes, and marked them with painters tape. Frog tape works really well because you don’t want it to bleed along the edges. It is not easy to get it straight because the drop cloths are not uniform. Just take your time and try to use a something straight to guide you. Measure as you go. So then I rolled the paint on with a 6″ foam roller. It goes on heavier in certain places, but I liked the effect that it gave. After they dry, hang them up. Cheers!
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