Do-It-Yourself: How to Turn Mini-Blinds into Roman Shades

by Crystal on April 5, 2011

This is genius! At least, I thought so. Une Bonne Vie shows you how to turn mini blinds into Roman shades.

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{ 16 comments }

Becky April 5, 2011 at 11:01 am

Holy Cow!! I’m in total agreement… this is genius. I actually have some new blinds still in the box that never got hung up too.

And you can use the discarded slats as plant markers if you are a gardener.

Lorraine April 5, 2011 at 11:01 am

Brilliant indeed!I have 3 mini blinds in my dining room that I’ve been wanting to trade out for something prettier. I’ll have to try this. Thanks for the wide range of money saving techniques you feature on your blog-I love it all!

Jennifer April 5, 2011 at 12:25 pm

Wow! This is perfect. You can use whatever fabric you want. Great idea.

kristen April 5, 2011 at 12:44 pm

Wow, what a great idea! Wondering how the fabric glue holds up when opening and closing the blinds every day?

Rachel April 5, 2011 at 5:55 pm: Kristen,
It has been a few weeks and the fabric glue has held up just fine. I open and close the shades every day. You need to be pretty liberal with the glue when attaching the fabric to the top and bottom plastic pieces. Hope this helps.

Jessica April 5, 2011 at 12:50 pm

awesome!!! I can’t wait to try it!

Kara April 5, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Perfect timing!!! I just discovered that Ds has torn the two mini blinds in his room up and will need replacing when we move. Plus the big one in the living room and I think the 2 in our room.
Roman blind making party at our new house!!!

Abigail April 5, 2011 at 1:23 pm

This is too cool!

Chris April 5, 2011 at 1:40 pm

Very interesting…I see a summer project here! I have many ugly miniblinds in my house that could use a make over.

Joy April 5, 2011 at 1:48 pm

As a warning to parents of small children, please be aware that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission actually recalled all Roman shades back in 2009 for repair because they pose a strangulation risk. I think the risk is greater than with miniblinds, although I’m not 100 percent sure of that. I remember seeing something on the news awhile back about the dangers of Roman shades and thought I’d post a warning just as an FYI. It’s at least worth researching before using them in your home. I found the following link by doing a quick Google search: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10073.html

Amanda April 5, 2011 at 4:40 pm

Love this idea!! Just moved into a new house and this should totally help with the decorating- particularly in my bedroom! Thanks for posting this!!

Brooke April 5, 2011 at 10:15 pm

Thanks so much for sharing this Crystal. I agree-pure genius!!!

Bethany April 5, 2011 at 11:17 pm

Good job Rachel!

Christine Walker April 6, 2011 at 12:57 pm

thank you SO MUCH for posting this! I love when you post great ideas from other sites too! I will be doing this in my living room!!!

Lea Stormhammer April 8, 2011 at 4:47 pm

Oh drat! I gave my old mini-blinds to my cousin to use for plant markers in her garden! (She cuts the slats in half, cuts a point one end and then writes on them with a Sharpie.) I might just have to see what I can find at garage sales now….my kids need a new set of curtains/window coverings in their room and this would be perfect! What an awesome idea!

Thank you for sharing.
Lea