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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they want to know how to make it practical for a boy’s room .. simple.. use tissue paper, like you wrap gifts in.. that stuff comes in every color under the rainbow.
you can also use clear contact paper if you want no color at all on it.
I did this yesterday to a door with 15 small glass panes in it. I used the cornstarch and water mixture and a lace material. It was very pretty for a little while…until the cornstarch dried. Slowly, the lace pieces started falling off. 🙁 Now, I just need to clean the residue left behind. I might use a watered-down school glue and the lace next time.
I used contact paper. It comes in opaque designs (masculine &/or feminine).
Great idea!
This is great but I used Elmer’s Glue, thinned it down a little to where it was paintable. Then I painted it on my full window back door. It allows light in but can’t be seen through. It’s water soluble, so when getting ready to sell the house, I just took warm water and washed it off. (A bit of glitter could even be thrown in if desired.)
Going to try this on my bathroom window !
someone said you could see in
use modge podge instead walmart and crafts stores sell it
use modge podge instead
Just buy curtains so that no one can see through. I do not want bugs!!
For boys how about using an actual sheer curtain in Navy or brown or maroon etc.
Debbie Hoaglund Schlicher That is exactly what I did and it is lovely. The other way it looked nice, just didn’t stay. Thanks for the suggestion though.
That takes away from being creative and making them look the way each person wants them to look 😉
Nice. Bug food. It’s like putting up a pretty tablecloth for roaches. Think about where you live and what insects you might be attracting before you do this.
My wife did it, it looks great!
or maybe a curtain??? #dumbass
I like it
Robina D’arcy-Fox thought of you
You can use specialty papers and burlap as well…..
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A good way to clean windows, also Bon Ami
You can’t use cornstarch in the bathroom. The moisture will make it come off. I tried it and it only lasted a few weeks.
Great idea.
Would burlap work? May be too thick, but worth a try.
Lace only provides privacy in the day…at night you can see right in….
I like this.
you can buy spray frosting at Home Depot and make the glass looked frosted without making it look girly. I did this to the glass around my front door. The light still comes thru but the suns glare is deflected and you can’t see thru the glass.
She could cut up athletic shirts (the mesh kind) and maybe use those.
Wow….cool idea
fantastic idea!
Great ideas!
So much cheaper than those expensive window transfer coverings.
Love this !
Well I still haven’t gotten an answer to the moisture thing. I would be afraid of it molding on my windows eventually or who knows what. I like the idea though. I was wondering about the Matte medium?
Try using Starch. The laundry starch. I know it works to do the same thing to walls
I have used liquid starch and fabric on the walls of a bathroom and they didn’t mold or even turn colors.
It peels off so easily and takes only a few minutes to reapply so if it gets wet, gets moldy or dusty/dirty, which it will, just peel it off, wash the fabric and reapply. You’d wash curtains so why not this?
It’s a small amount of moisture to wet the corn starch. This wouldn’t be much different than glue on your windows. It dries pretty quick so I wouldn’t worry about mold growing. I guess if your window frames are all wood it might pull in some moisture, but it should dry out like elmers glue. Again it shouldn’t be wet enough for that to happen. You have to move quicker than they mention, that’s why you have to pre-cut your squares.
I am thinking that if you start to see moisture all you would have to do it remove the lace and wash the windows, If you have no problems it would be pretty. Also I was thinking, wouldn’t it look nice if it was like frost on the window, will have to look at something like that.
See nobody is answering this question so I am figuring if you have any kind of moisture issue like I do then it won’t stay very nice for very long.
EXACTLY. Cornstarch is water soluble. So if its cold outside and warm inside. windows sometimes get moist. So Yea this would not work!
You shouldn’t have a mold issue if you use a synthetic lace (polyester, nylon, acrylic, etc.). And this is a project that is super easy to redo whenever you want. Razor the panels off, wash the windows and the little panels, and repaint the cornstarch mixture. Easy Peasy. 😉
Hm hadn’t thought of that
Look for leopard print lace, giraffe, zebra, other designs for boys rooms.
That is nice
Meg Waters Allen this would be great if you move in somewhere that didn’t have curtains or blinds. It would be so easy to come off before you move.
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Like this idea !
Very clever!
next time try to make a stained glass window using the same techniques and it will probably last a whole lot longer. I still have a window that I made back in 1982 of a humming bird. I have moved several times from South Louisiana to North Texas and it is still in my window.
I did that with the stick and peel, and everyone who comes into my house thinks it is real stained glass, I have the long windows that don’t open with the small window above, and it is the above part that looks like stained glass.
this is amazing
For a masculine look check fabric store for mesh like camoflage material. I’m sure that would work well.
I have done this with a can of spray starch from dollar tree and tissue paper or the foil metallic paper – also the dollar variety. Just spray the window, press the paper on and smooth it out with a sponge covered in soft cloth like t-shirt fabric scrap, cut off any big edges along sides with exacto or razor knife, then let it dry. The thinner the paper is the more delicate it is to apply – first timers might want to go with tougher paper because the tissue paper can be tricky. IF you screw up with tissue paper – NO Worries – just tear it in pieces and apply in overlapping , random ways. Excess spray starch wipes off easily with damp cloth. There’s really no commitment because if you wait until it dries you can simply peel it off in one piece (even the overlapped stuff usually comes off all together. WARNINGS: 1.) Strong colors in the paper can run and stain your window frames. 2.) If your windows sweat you can get sweat stained looking paper or even mold. You can still do it – just replace often. Lacy windows with the look of pit stains or old cheese are unattractive. 3.) You can addicted to this window treatment and LITERALLY lose sight of the outside world.,
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Most ideas on Facebook look good in theory but not so practical.
I’m impressed