Thursday, October 4, 2012

Cornice Peek

Let me start this out by saying,  I lack all of the main components it takes to be a successful do it yourselfer- patience, attention to detail and a prescription to Aderall. I prefer to have a full time job so I can pay someone to do my dirty work. Unfortunately, that is usually not the case and I end up having to do it myself. If I can do it, so can you...


We had some old cornices left over from a previous project.
I got 3 yards of foam and 3 yards of fabric and stapled them to the boards.
I used 10 yards of grossgrain ribbon 1 1/2 in. thick and glued that sucker onto the cornice board.
We are still waiting on Ikea curtains to come back from the dry cleaner. I cannot wait to show yall the finished product.

*My friend Catherine was a life saver and suggested using Fabri Tac to glue the ribbon onto the fabric. I tried a couple of other things and nothing else would hold. **

11 comments:

  1. Love it! Your cornice looks exactly like a DIY I'm working on right now (nothing to do with window treatments) and it was so ironic that I saw your DIY instagram RIGHT as I was DIY-ing mine. Can't wait to see the finished product with curtains!

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  2. lookin sharp my friend. such an inexpensive and hella chic way of dressing up a window.

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  3. It looks so great. Really adds a little pop to your window. Looks like you're a good DIY-er to me!

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  4. This turned out amazing!!!! Love it!

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  5. Love it!! Thanks for the tip about the Fabri Tac because I am actually about to DIY some window treatments for our bedroom!!

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  6. Love this! When can you do mine?! ;)

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  7. Looks great Jess! I told you Fabri Tac would be your new bff:)

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  8. This shit is bananas right here. I absolutely love!

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  9. Aghh I love it. I just was contemplating putting a cornice up in our bedroom!!! Love the tip about Fabri Tac! xox

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  10. First of all, hilarious intro and also makes me feel qualified to try this so thank you for that! It turned out amazingly well, and I can't wait to see it with the curtains!

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