Making Cornice Boards Window Treatments

Pre drill holes using a 1 4 drill bit.

Making cornice boards window treatments.

A store bought cornice board valance can be hard to come by in a style and size matching your window and your room s decor. Make your own fabric covered window cornice shows how to cover a valance box with upholstery fabric. Builder s insulation foam 1 2 inch foam insulation only 8 per sheet from home depot. Use 2 wood screws to attach the l bracket to the window frame.

Fabric to drape over the builders foam. Rather than searching endlessly for a valance that works or paying. Sailrite stocks hundreds of fabrics that are great for w. Duct tape to hold the builders foam together.

Level and mark the holes to install a heavy duty l bracket on the top right side of the window frame. A padded cornice gives a softer more textural feel to the. To make your own diy cornice window treatment you will need. Annie davis shares how she simplified the challenge of custom banding on upholstered cornices.

There are lots of ways to skin this window treatment cat so rather than bore you with another tutorial that s been done by everyone and their distant relative i m. Staple gun to staple the fabric and batting to the foam sheets. Cornice boards make an easy diy window treatment if you have ever checked out pinterest or googled cornices you ve probably run across at least one fabric cornice tutorial. This is the length of your cornice.

Determine the exact placement of the cornice on the window. A cornice is basically a decorative open box mounted above your window to frame the curtains and give the room a finished tailored look. Batting to go between the foam and the fabric. The board should be 1 inch thick.

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