Curtains for the bathroom with your own hands

Curtains and curtains for the bathroom are important - an element for those who like to retire and be alone with themselves, like glass, they protect against splashing water and foam, but unlike it, they are not transparent. In addition, the curtains are much easier to care for. They do not leave salt deposits, they can not be broken or accidentally damaged. All these factors influence the fact that the bathroom curtain still remains relevant and popular.

Types of curtains

Depending on the material, curtains are divided into:

• fabric,
• plastic.

Fabric curtains allow fantasy to clear up in full. Firstly, this is due to the abundance of different materials, and secondly, to make curtains for the bathroom is quite simple, which allows not only to save, but also to get the most optimal solution that fully meets your taste preferences.

Fabric curtains are divided into:

• simple,
• combined,
• sophisticated,
• with decorative elements.

Simple curtains are products for which only one kind of fabric is used. Combined consist of several different tissues. Complex curtains include in their design various fillets, pleating, etc. Curtains with decorative elements can be made according to any of the above technologies, but they are distinguished by the presence of certain decorative elements( embroidery, pattern, etc.).

Plastic curtains are much simpler than fabric. This is an ordinary cut of material, which is decorated with stickers or drawings. It is advisable to use it only when you want to do the job as quickly as possible and do not bother with sewing too much. Modern flexible plastic is of a variety of shades and degrees of transparency, so it is suitable for any interior.

Preparatory work for

Before proceeding with the manufacture of curtains, several preliminary steps must be taken:

• to think about design,
• to choose material,
• to equip fasteners,
• to check sewing equipment for serviceability.

The exterior design of curtains is quite important, since it is one of those deco items that immediately catches your eye. The options can be two:

• key,
• contrast.

The tone assumes that the curtain will be combined with the overall color scheme. However, it does not necessarily have to fully match the color. Only individual drawings can stand out, but they should fall into the tone of the rest of the interior. This option is most often found, since it is a win-win.

The game of contrasts is that the color of the curtain is selected directly opposite the tile. It is important, in addition to the curtains, there are other brightly prominent objects. It can be furniture or individual elements, for example, tile in the form of a picture. The contrast option is more of an amateur, since its purpose is to shock and with everyday use this design is likely to start annoying.

If you stopped on plastic, then everything is simple, but you have to approach the choice of tissue carefully. The first thing you should pay attention to is moisture. It will be quite a lot, so thick fabrics are not allowed. They will be constantly wet and very heavy, which quickly leads to useless attachment. Thin natural fabrics also do not fit for the curtain, they will become a moisture collector, from which puddles will constantly flow.

Based on this, attention should be paid solely to synthetic tissues. Here, no restrictions are in place and everything depends solely on imagination.

It is not enough just to sew curtains for the bathroom, they still need to be fixed. Fasteners are installed in advance. The mechanism consists of:

• guide rail( usually round galvanized pipe),
• two locks,
• set of screws with dowels.

At the required height, holes are drilled in the wall under the dowels and fasteners are fastened. Then a guide bar is inserted into them and fixed using crimping bolts.

In practice, it often happens that our representations are different from how things will look in life. Therefore, the height of the curtain is better to check and play in advance, so that later you do not have to redo it.

Quite often, especially in shower cabins, you need a corner curtain for the bathroom. It, in fact, is no different from the usual. The only thing is to choose not a straight line, but a semicircular guide bar.

Finalization of the sewing machine completes the preparatory work. It is better to do this before buying the material, as in the case if a serious breakdown is found, it may be easier to take another material or change the design, instead of buying a new sewing unit or giving it up for repair.

How to make curtains for a bathroom made of plastic?

Finished plastic curtains are presented in the richest assortment and, nevertheless, suit not all. The choice of material is due to its practicality, but the external design, as a rule, leaves much to be desired. Let's consider some interesting solutions. Make a choice photo will help curtains for the bathroom.

Option 1 - decorate the finished curtain.

Plastic perfectly interacts with any kind of molecular glue, therefore, the shop buys the simplest curtains, which is brought to mind already at home.

There are a lot of decorating methods:

• applique,
• decoupage,
• mosaic,
• fresco.

Application involves the gluing of various plastic elements. It can be:

• flowers,
• animals,
• abstract pictures.

Although this is the simplest solution, it looks quite original.

Decoupage technology for plastic is one of the most difficult, but also the most spectacular. To do this, you need a quality white acrylic. The work is done as follows:

• roll out the curtain on a flat surface( pre-lay the newspaper or film to prevent any contamination),
• paint it with paint and wait until it dries completely,
• until the paint dries, prepare decoupage cards,
• treat the painted surface well diluted with waterglue PVA( must be liquid as water),
• apply decoupling cards and wait until the pattern is absorbed and dry,
• art deco if desired,
• is opened with a moisture-resistant varnish( at least three times).

Mosaics are assembled from pieces of colored glass, which are fixed with glue. Externally it looks very original, but the work is quite painstaking, in addition it will have to try 3-4 different glues, because not always the properties indicated on the label coincide with the real possibilities.

Fresco is performed using decoupage technology, but instead of finished maps, this drawing is applied. Suitable only for those who really can draw. One of the varieties of this trend is art graffiti. Aerosol mixtures allow you to do without applying a preliminary layer of acrylic, and draw directly on the plastic, but this work should be trusted only by professionals. If you use car enamels, then you do not need to open the painting with varnish.

Option 2 - we make the curtain ourselves.

For this you will need:

• rivets,
• construction knife,
• rule,
• flexible plastic sheets.

In fact, the material is quite popular in the industry, as it is resistant to any chemical influences. Therefore, it should not be bought in stores, but at manufacturers and warehouses. It is worth noting that there is not only a standard white translucent shade, but absolutely the entire color range, from gently blue, to the burning orange.

Usually the products are sold for rolls and are not cut off, nevertheless, the roll will not be much more expensive than the simplest finished curtains, but it will make it possible to conduct several experiments if the first time something does not work out. It is important to take a canvas with a thickness of not more than 4 mm, otherwise the curtains will not be assembled.

Work is performed as follows:

• roll out the roll,
• cut the curtains to size,
• cut off the strip for the loops( 10 cm width),
• cut the strip into separate flat loops,
• with rivets fix them from the top of the curtains.

If there is a desire for additional decoration, then all the options described above are suitable.

How to make curtains for bathroom made of fabric?

As in the case of plastic, there are also two options:

• with additional elements,
• usual.

Conventional curtains are made in just a couple of hours. When you buy, you already cut off the cuts of the desired length( it is important to choose the canvas that fits the width so that you can not cut anything later).And then it remains:

• iron the material so that there are no wrinkles,
• stitch the side faces,
• sew the hinges,
• fix the weighting agent down( if the fabric does not have it).

As a weighting agent, either the material of the curtain itself folded several times or a crease in which any material providing the tension of the curtain( wood shavings, sand) is hidden is used. Naturally, do without weighting, but then the lower edges of the curtains quickly overwrite and become unusable, in addition, it is impossible to make beautiful folds.

Curtains with additional elements are made according to the exact same scheme, except that ruffles or any other decorations are sewn to the material. Such openwork curtains are suitable for bathrooms made in noble light blue tones, where the interior is dominated by stone furniture.

In the event that you do not want to make loops and use fastening rings, you should properly process the holes in the fabric. To avoid ruptures and sprains, they must either be stitched or sewed by hand. This procedure is extremely complex and time-consuming, so a simpler option is to buy special accessories. Metal rings are inserted into the holes and squeezed by pliers. It is important that the holes themselves are made with a special tool. If you do not have it at hand, then it is better to burn holes( with a nail or a screw), but do not cut it with a knife or scissors, as this will severely damage the fabric.