Wallpaper blinds

Let me start with the fact that we have a small apartment, the windows of which are directed to the sunny side. If there is no sun in the morning, then being at home is quite comfortable. But after lunch, especially in hot weather, it becomes simply unbearably hot. The air heats up from the window glass and it becomes impossible to breathe. I found a way out of this situation and decided to make blinds with my own hands from ordinary vinyl wallpaper that was left over after the renovation. Wallpaper blinds perfectly protect the apartment from the scorching sun, and if you close them in time, then being at home in the evening will be quite comfortable. In this case, there will be no complete darkening, because in fact it is paper. So, first we measure the width of the window and if the wallpaper roll is too wide, then we cut it along the edge. The length of the cut itself will be slightly greater than the height of the glass part of the window (about one and a half times more). Next you need to make a kind of “accordion” (see photo). There is no need to make the accordion small, but it would also be bad to make it very wide. The most optimal fold width is approximately 4 centimeters.

While folding the accordion, make sure that it does not move to the side.You need to focus on the edges and make each fold carefully.

Now we take double-sided tape and glue it to the top of our blinds.

Next you need to make four holes through the entire folded accordion. I did this using a regular drill (see photo.)

Now we take two pieces of rope and thread it through the holes (see photo).

We attach clamps to the lower ends of the rope. These clips can be purchased at any sewing department. They will act as clamps so that our blinds can be raised and lowered.

Our blinds are almost ready. All that remains is to fix them on the window. To do this, we open the second surface of the tape and carefully glue the blinds to the frame.

That's all! The blinds are ready. This is a fairly economical way that will not take much time to get rid of the scorching sun.

These are the blinds in the folded state.

This is what the blinds look like on a window if only one edge is opened.

And this is what the window will look like from the street.

Good luck.