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Black and White Fabric Painted Curtains

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black and white fabric painted curtains

Since adding the new faux cowhide rug to the dining room and with Christmas approaching, I decided it was time to change up the curtains too. The marbled painted ones (click HERE) reminded me too much of spring and summer. I was inspired by the shower curtains that I showed you in my bathroom post (click HERE) and decided to go with black and white fabric painted curtains but more black than in the inspiration.

I have an entire hoarded stash of plain white Ikea Merete curtains in my attic. I bought them a long time ago when they were still cheaper than they are now.

So the only thing I had to do is grab a pack of the Merete curtains, some black acrylic paint*, some fabric medium* and some FrogTape*.

I pretty much did the same thing as I did for my grey and white horizontal striped curtains (click HERE to read more tutorial details).

I measured and taped off the outlines, mixed my paint and started painting:

how to paint black and white Merete curtains

how to paint black and white Merete curtains

That’s it, so easy!

And they make such a difference don’t you think so? It was so hard to take photos that day though. The sun was blaring. Hope I have better luck when I show you my Christmas tour next week.
It’s all very bare right now because I was getting ready to decorate for Christmas.

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You can barely tell in the photos but I also added the Ikea Liselott roller blind to our window. Unfortunately they discontinued other plain white roller shades and only have this patterned one now. I needed some shades because after 14.5 years of living here I was just sick and tired of not being able to close off the window to everyone. No privacy before!

The pattern of the Ikea Liselott roller blind is really pretty though and somewhat perfect for Christmas:

Are you as much into changing up curtains as I appear to be? I’m not sick and tired of my grey and white striped curtains yet though. They are so versatile and I’m able to change up my decor with them.

That’s it for today.

Tschüß

(Youleeya)

 

And here are photos and links of the other curtains I made:

How to make no-sew, no-paint DIY graphic black and white curtains - Cuckoo4Design

Click HERE

DIY marble effect painted curtains

Click HERE

DIY horizontal striped curtains

Click HERE

 

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  1. cassie says

    December 1, 2014 at 5:16 am

    they look fabulous! i love this look for fall/winter! very modern and crisp and i am really impressed with how good the paint looks!

  2. Dagmara-GlamistaHome says

    December 1, 2014 at 7:12 am

    I love your bright and colorful home. The black and white curtains add an elegant touch and seem to fit right into the space playing nicely against the bright colors of your gallery wall. Great project.

  3. Gilly says

    December 1, 2014 at 8:29 am

    I have always loved your sense of style…..these look stunning…..I love how you come up with such uniques ways to personalise your curtains.

  4. Sheryll & Critters. says

    December 1, 2014 at 8:52 am

    Your winter curtains are just perfect. I would have had a smeared up mess if I tried to paint some. I just love the way you have done up the entire house. If I was rich, I would pay you to do mine.

  6. Katja | Shift Ctrl Art says

    December 1, 2014 at 10:54 am

    WOW Julia. Those curtains ROCK!! I love how dramatic they are! That over-sized black border is so amazing. What a great back drop they are for your dining room. I love your new faux hide too. So pretty!

  7. Maria says

    December 1, 2014 at 11:05 am

    Wow! They look amazing. But… how do you keep your cats from destroying them? I have five cats and they seem to LOVE curtains. 🙂

    • Julia says

      December 3, 2014 at 6:23 am

      Right now I just have them like this with nothing mounted over them which is kind of bugging me. That might change though.

  16. [email protected] says

    December 2, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    These turned out just lovely, and I’m so impressed that you’re changing out curtains seasonally….I still haven’t managed to get ONE set of curtains up in my dining room ;). And how adorable is that roller blind?!

    • Julia says

      December 5, 2014 at 6:23 am

      Yes it was so easy. I’d love to have curtains like yours but then it’s no easy anymore 😉 and thanks.