House Digest on MSN

Create the cutest beaded curtains using marker caps with this whimsical DIY

Beaded curtains are a chic vintage design that you can DIY with marker caps. The end result is a colorful partition perfect ...
Yahoo

This hack for your curtains will instantly make them look more expensive – and it evens work on ones from IKEA

Your curtains are an element of design that's oft-overlooked, but they can make a bigger contribution to your space than you might imagine. The other thing you may not have realized (unless, of course ...
Yahoo

3 Curtain Mistakes That Are Making Your Room Feel Smaller — Pitfalls to Avoid, and What to Do Instead

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Soho Home Finding the perfect curtains, excitedly hanging them up, and then taking a step ...
The Daily Meal on MSN

Martha Stewart's clever dishtowel trick creates the cutest curtains

A well-decorated kitchen should have pretty curtains on the windows. Martha Stewart has a great way to make your own curtains using dishtowels.
Lexington Herald Leader

Tricks for making curtains look good, including closing them

Whenever I think about window treatments, an anecdote from one of my favorite childhood books, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, comes to mind. If you don't know Amelia, she is a kooky housekeeper who, ...
The Boston Globe

As I bumbled my way through making curtains, I could hear my mom’s voice

My mother was a whiz on the sewing machine, whipping up Vogue pattern coats and matching outfits for me and my sister. It tickles me that my mom’s tidy, quilted sewing basket is latched with a giant ...
The New York Times

The Making of Curtains.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...