This DIY is quick, easy, fun and cheap. What could be better!?
If you have any windows in your home or apartment where you want the natural light but need a little privacy, this is a truly lovely solution.
Granted, it is a bit feminine but I am wondering how we can use this idea and make it masculine, as well…
Maybe you can think of some ideas as you scroll down the next page…
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This is a really cute idea, but the window film industry has many different patterns, colors and styles available that could be applied for this same situation. And window film would offer UV protection, and much easier to clean as well.
Hi Everyone,
How about Burlap for a boys room? Maybe even a very thin patterned material that lets in the light but keeps out the sight!
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I don’t have small framed windows like you do but I’d love to try it on the windows at the front of my condo. We’re on the first floor and it’s hard to leave the curtains open with people always passing by. Hopefully, the condo council will allow me to do this. 🙂
Love this idea would love to try this in a bedroom as well as in my sewing room.. Thank you for showing this idea.
I am thinking of trying this with burlap an old window that I am planning on hanging on the wall. It really won’t matter if the burlap shrinks. It will just make it look more rustic. I will then hang old ranch pictures over the front of the window.
You can find a lot of plain mesh fabrics at almost any fabric store. They come in solid colors as well as camo and stuff like that for boys. My friend did it on her son’s bedroom wall with cornstarch instead of wallpaper.
that is a great ideal, but once there on, will it come off
I’VE seen fabric dipped in liquid starch and applied to walls like wallpaper. Should work on windows too. Just peels off when done. Great for renters that can’t paint.
Is it hard to remove if you change your mind?
If you know how to wallpaper, you can do this. It’s so easy man !!!! I can do you can to !!!
If you know how to wallpaper, you can do this. It’s so easy !!!! I can do you can to !!!
Does it actually give privacy? Can’t you see through the lace?
Glass wax. I paint that on, and then take it off with a variety of implements to reproduce Christmas card art. Could use the same concept for floral, paisley or plaid patterns, etc. It does have a slight pinkish tinge to it, but not over-powering. Although I have not tried this yet, I am thinking of using window shrink wrap over the pane when finished. That might help with humidity issues. Love the idea of lace. I think that would be great on walls too.
You can get a similar effect by using elmer’s glue which dries clear and adding food coloring in your choice. I added a drop of black food color to 3 drops red & 3 drops of blueblue to get a deep purple for a black & white guest bedroom….If you don’t like it after it is dry…it peels off!
Can use the cornstarch mix to hang fabric (or lace) on a focal wall. Easily peels off – good for renters! Oh yeah, make a lot more than 2 tbls! LOL
For the boys room, why not use something like football jersey or the practice vests????
Jo Ann fabrics has camo netting now that would look great on the boys windows. It is in the bridal fabrics! You might want to give it a try!
will try this in my bathroom
I just started working on a chalk paint project. I am now wondering if I can use corn starch or cream of tartar, or baby powider would work?
For a more masculine look, I think there is a cammo fabric used for hunting screens that has perforations or meshlike.
Does it remove easily enough with soap and water?
could you use burlap for a simpler, less feminine look?
Has anyone tried using thin burlap for a boys room? I was just thinking it comes in a lot of colors, or can be left rustic.
I wonder what burlap or netting would look like for a boys room….
A thinner burlap could be cool for boys room
For your boy’s room…have you thought of using a loose weave burlap? You could bleach it and/or paint it any colors you want, then adhere it to the window panels.
netting used to make tutus comes in all colors and should work well. love this idea!
iI’ve done this using liquid starch. I used various papers that you can purchase at art supply stores.
Can you see through them? How do you clean them?
Cheese clothe or a fine gauze … or fishing net, etc. loose weave burlap … all possible alternatives to the lace for different vibes.
Maybe you could try vet tape for a male version. Vet tape is used for wrapping horse’s hoofs or other pets with fur, and in my community, the Red Cross uses it at the blood drive. It is breathable and sticky and comes in colors. In the case of lace – it remained on the window. But the vet tape might best be carefully pealed away to leave the texture. Play with it and see what you can do.
for the guys, how about some camo/hunting mesh.
Don’t they make mosquito netting with camo patterning? Wouldn’t that work for boys?
Paint window with Mod Podge and you can use fabric or paper to cover window. Just smooth out whatever it is you use and seal with a final coat of mod podge. Also you can do this with Elmer’s school glue for a matte finish which looks like frost. You can add food coloring to glue and paint windows and they will dry clear with a pretty shade of color
I’m gonna be moving soon and this will be a great idea! How much does the lace shrink?
Perhaps you could find a striped sheer and put two layers…one with the stripes vertical, the other with the stripes going horizontal…Not sure how it would work, but it seems to me it’d make a plaid design. Or just stripes are more masculine than lace.
cool idea and so pretty ..black lace would be neat
Have you tried using the soft tulle (the ones that are dense, not wide in holes) in boy colors like blue or green? Just an idea. 🙂
I thought my 2nd story was private until I saw a telephone repairman working on a pole…while I was in my shower with the mini window open. Discovered that our neighbors could see us coming downstairs through the 2nd story decorative windows. Wondered how many times we went down in our pjs or undergarments to get something from the laundry or to iron something. My high windows also let sunlight in that, in time, stained and ruined a quilt. I discovered a product at JoAnn’s called Gallery Glass. I pounced (like sponge painting) the white Gallery Glass on the problem windows and it solved all our privacy issues, but let filtered sunlight in.
Love, love, love this idea!
how do you remove it if you don’t want it anymore?
This us very beautiful. I too have boys and thinking that tissue paper might work. Or for a more fitted smoother look, parchment paper, maybe?
I have lace that have trees on pattern, maybe find leaves, could work for a boy. Glee
I did a similar thing but uses liquid starch (for laundry) . I used a white and sheer stripe from ikea that would totally work for a boys room, if you are still looking
How does this effect handle freezing temps? I would like to paint that on a cabin where we spend the summer in a cold climate, but don’t know if it would make it through the winter.
Awsome idea…
…but how do you clean it!?
I am really interested in this idea. But don’t know how
Marilyn Alberti Marsch what did Mom use to make our Christmas stencils. Glass Wax?
ivory flakes soap
Yes it was Glass Wax. You can still get it.