Napkins to Valance

Needed a valance for a curtain that covers a french door in my bedroom but didn't want to commit or pay for a permanent valance.  Decided to purchase napkins in the colors of my bedroom and hung them randomly over the tension rod that holds the curtain.

Liked it so much I decided to continue on to the other window.

This hangs over the window above my bed.  The white curtain below is a Rachel Ashwell pique curtain.  I needed a valance agan, so I bought four Rachel  Ashwell napkins at Target, and a pack of 5 door knobs.

I took the napkins and sewed them together 1/4 of the way down each side. I left the other 3/4 open so they would drape nicely once hung.

I took the door knobs I bought and glude a thumb tack to the back and pressed it into the dry wall.

Took some ribbon I had laying around and sewed it to the napkins where they each met and hung them to the door knob/thumb tack contraption.

And there she hangs.

One more ... this is hanging in the adjoining bathroom and covers a closet.  I took the bi-fold shutter style door down and covered the closet  with a fabric shower curtain hung on a tension rod again. Same napkins as I used in the window over the bed.

 

Shower curtain wasn't long enough for the opening, so used a table runner across the bottom.

Love the informality and shabbiness of these looks and oh so inexpensive.

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