Options for decorating window openings in our time with an excess. But if the room is relatively small, then the choice is somewhat limited. Massive canvases only "hide" the useful area, fabric curtains in some rooms( in the same kitchen) are quickly dirty, the installation of blinds is not always possible or expedient.
For example, for windows with non-standard sizes, you will have to make an order for your drawings and pay extra for it. Roller blinds, which are easy to "hide" or deploy, in many cases - the optimal solution. And how to make them yourself, and with little cost, the reader will find out by reading this article.
The principle of the roller blind
The structure of the construction includes a roller( it is sometimes called a roller), on which the cut of the cloth wound on its rise is fixed. A more complicated variant is a cassette, where the shaft-rod is "hid".
The roller rotates on an axis, which is fastened with brackets in several ways:
- On the frame of the leaf, at the top. This does not prevent the opening of windows even with the curtains lowered.
- At the top of the opening. Not entirely convenient, but this solution allows you to cover the whole window with one sheet, like blinds.
- On the wall. As an option, on the sidewalls of the window opening. This way of fixing allows almost completely to exclude the appearance of drafts in the room.
Method for controlling roller blinds
- Manual. In a nutshell, "pulled the string," and the curtain rose or fell.
- Automated. The control is more convenient, but it is necessary to install a mini-engine, to determine its power, to think about how to make a drive. And that's not all of the complexity. For the manufacture of curtain rolls with their own hands - not the best option.
Choose a fabric for roller blinds
What to consider:
- When the fabric is lowered, the wrong side is viewed from the street. Conclusion - for such structures it is necessary to use a two-sided material.
- They can be used not only as the only option for shading windows, but also in combination with other design solutions in the form of thick curtains suspended on the curtains. Proceeding from this, the fabric is chosen. In the first case, it must be dense, and in the second case, it can be used semi-transparent. Such a roller shutter to allow only a slight shade of the room, by analogy with the blinds.
Conventional fabric( for example, often used flax, tapestry) requires additional processing, which implies the impregnation of the web with special compositions with the prefix "anti", that is, protecting curtain rolls from bacteria, static charge, decay. This is especially true for specific premises - kitchen, bathroom. The best option is considered to be polyester( polyester is often used).
Additional construction elements
Weighting device
Represents a wooden( plastic) rail, which is attached to the lower edge of the blade. The purpose is clear - this is a kind of weight, when lowering the roller blind pulling it down. A metal rod or something like that should not be used. If the metal starts to rust, spots appear on the canvas. Completely withdraw them will not work, checked.
Garters
There is a choice - tapes, cords. The amount depends primarily on the width of the curtain roller. The main criterion is the convenience of ascent / descent. When determining the length of each adjusting element, you should double the height of the blade and add a few cm as a necessary stock( of the order of 12 - 16).It is needed to fix the curtains in one or another position, when you have to make a garter( a knot, a bow - to someone as usual).
Rod Rod
In homemade designs it is desirable to use a wooden workpiece. It is more difficult to work with a metal product. First, you need a thin-walled pipe, also stainless steel. Secondly, its mounting on the brackets will also cause certain difficulties. The recommended diameter is from 25 to 50 mm, depending on the height of the window.
Production of measurements
How to produce, solve only the master. The roller blind can cover either the entire opening, or frame, or a particular leaf. It is necessary to leave only 15 - 20 mm on each side of the canvas in order to make bends of the material and stitch it on the machine.
But this is when it comes to the tissues. In some cases we use bamboo, dense foil, and other options. But the meaning is clear, and it's not necessary to tell a good host about what an allowance is.
Preparation of a roller blind
- If the cloth is one-sided( meaning the coloring), then they need to be sewn together by attaching the sides to each other. Accordingly, when using double-sided material for a roller blind, this item is skipped.
- Weighting agent can be strengthened in different ways. One of the options - in the pocket, which is located in the lower part of the canvas, along its entire width. Consequently, even here it is necessary to make a "line" after the weight has been laid.
- The last step is ironing, since after that the roller blind can be hung out.
Attachment of the shaft-rod
The figures show some methods, and any additional explanations are hardly required.
Fastening the curtains to the platen
There is nothing complicated here either - staples( stapler), buttons and so on. Someone does this with a long zipper lock. As a variant of a detachable design - on small hooks.
Girdling of
garters. Similarly, a roll of curtains. How to arrange on the platen, it's easy to think, focusing on the width of the fabric.
Naturally, at the end of the assembly, the operability of the roller blinds is checked.
It is generally accepted that roller blinds are installed in the upper part of the window openings. But if you think about it, they can be used in a different way. For example, for zoning a room. The design fixed on the ceiling will allow at any time or install a decorative partition, or quickly remove it. Why not solve the problem of small rooms?
"Turn on" the fantasy, dear reader, and you will certainly find another, no less rational application of roll blinds made by yourself. If the house has glass doors, then this is a good way to temporarily "protect" the room( if necessary) from extraneous views. The same applies fully to glazed balconies( loggias).
The above instruction contains only a list of works and recommendations for individual stages. The production of roller blinds requires a creative approach, taking into account personal views on the interior design of the room, its specifics and a number of other points. If you approach this process creatively, with an understanding of the technology of work, then you can make any roller blinds by your own hands - by the method of attachment, the material, the shade of the fabric and so on. For example, use Velcro, buttons on the ribbons. Make decorative garters. Weave them easily and with their own hands, from multi-colored cords.
