A New Valance

I recently put up a new valance in

our living\dinning room.

We rent our home, so I get to be creative

with my window treatments.

The house came with drapes, and a

huge rod, that is tricky to mask.

Here is what I did.

The bottom left pic shows what the drapes

look like. I use them on the other windows,

(this house has a lot of windows)

and they work great.  The color is neutral,

and a bit retro. But for the small up high windows

I wanted a little something different.

I started out with this black little cafe, scalloped

valance I made years ago.  I like it but needed

a change. The above, bottom right pic shows

how I have to clip and tie to hide stuff.

Here is a close-up of the fabric I chose.

It took me a while to decide on the perfect fabric,

but when I found this a jo-anns on sale I 

knew it would be perfect.

Its retro with a "mid-cent feel"

To hang it, 

I used Duct Tape!

Hooray for Duct tape.

I cut long pieces, rolled them and stuck them

down the whole rod.

My fabric sticks to it perfectly and is stable.

I can change it when I want easily.

I measured my rod and found that by cutting

2 yards of fabric in half, sewing them together,

 I would have a perfect size flat valance.

I hemmed the bottom for a finished look and

that was it.  One of the easiest window treatments

I ever made.

I think it looks great!

Tootles.