Jul 3, 2013

DIY: Wooden Curtain

A while ago we promised to post  DIY story about the wooden curtain. This "curtain" was originally prepared for our old apartment, but as a pleasant surprise only very minor modifications were required to fit it to the living room windows in here as well.

Behind the Eames

First, you need some round wooden sticks (ours happen to be pine and have a diameter of about 10 mm) and screw-in hooks.

The essentials

Then, the hook is screwed in. The "mouth" of the hook was spread open a bit, so that it would be easier to attach the hook to through a ring.

A hook with a wide mouth

Finally, the sticks were hung to a regular curtain rail, hosting a required number of sliding rings. To make the sliding rings, we removed the curtain clip part from a regular curtain clip - sliding ring complex, just to be able to reuse something what was already available instead of shopping for anything new. Most probably you are able to buy just the sliding rings without curtain clips, which of course would be quite practical saving the step of disassembly.

Hanging in there

Finally, the only thing left to do is to hung up the sticks cut to the desired length and to organise the sticks to a preferred rhythm! Easy, quick and quite pleasing to the eye!

13 comments:

  1. I love it! I bet it makes a nice noise too.

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    1. Thanks and yes, makes a noise and is irresistible for the younger generation! We had part of it first in the kitchen window, but soon came to realise it would be too much of a temptation for little S and her friends. Not that it really matters if they pull a few sticks of off their place, but just to avoid unnecessary accident. So part of the curtain was moved behind the Eames chair, which actually works much better in the end.

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  2. That is so cool! I've always wanted to do one out of silver ball chain. Great look with that Eames lounger

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    1. Silver ball chain curtain sounds interesting! Let us know how it turned out when ready! :-)

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  3. Thank you Minna and Pekka!
    It does look very effective, and easy to accomplish.
    I'll be giving it a try myself.

    Have you got any more fantastic DIY projects to share?

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  4. These wooden blinds look classic; it's difficult not to love them! It made the room look rustic, yet stylishly modern. Just don't let children play around with it 'cos it might cause an accident. Keep safe!
    Roxie @ Allure Window Treatment

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  5. The curtail rail looks also very great! Where did you get it? A specific company or manufacturer? I'm searching for one like this, too. Thanks in advance and greetings from Germany!
    Karin

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    1. Hello Karin!
      We were actually lucky - the rail was there, already in place when we moved in. They are next to all of the windows, so it is likely they were put in place in 1960's when the apartment was built. Unfortunately there are no signs / label indicating the manufacturer left, at least we couldn't find one. It does look like, however, something similar is available in a place like for example Bauhaus, at least in Finland. We will keep our eyes open for some options. Sorry for not being able to help you more right now!

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  6. Wow! Thank you for answering so quickly!
    This is really good for you! Nowadays I think it's not easy to find such a beautiful and simple made rail out there. May I ask you for some additional pictures, where the details of the rail come out a little closer? Would be gorgeous!

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    1. Sorry for now being so slow…travelling and work! But we will take some more pictures for you during this weekend with a better light, and send them to you via email!

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    2. So great! Thank you. And: Don't worry! I was travelling around the last days too. Btw: Is there a way to tell you my email address without shown in public? Don't want to post it on a blog...

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    3. Dear Karin! Finally, we were home at a daytime when it was actually light to take some pictures. You can send your email address via theolivegreenwindow(at)gmail.com, and we will send you some pictures!

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