cut down – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:13:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 cut down – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 How to Cut Down Woven Window Shades https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/how-to-cut-woven-shades-down-to-size/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:13:25 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=15050 Natural woven window shades are the freakin’ cat’s meow right now. From the moment we moved in last October, I knew their warm texture was the perfect solution for our white-walled home, but it wasn’t until 9-months later that we actually installed them. Why? It wasn’t that I got DIY burnout and didn’t get around to it. No, I’d been pining over these bad boys the entire year.  It all came down to numbers. You see, our old 1930’s home has unusually sized windows in some areas. They’re not the standard sizes that off-the-shelf shades are made in, and we weren’t in a position to spring for custom-sized shades–though I was REALLY tempted, and actually had them measured and quoted, but $2000 later I was like…”ohhh, okay no.” And that was even during their 1/2 off and free installation sale. So there I was trying to figure out what the heck to do, when it finally dawned on me to try cutting the ready-made shades down to size with a mitre saw. Afterall, the shades for the unusually sized windows only cost around $14, so it wouldn’t be pocket-book-devastating, if it was a total fail. Though I may have been […]

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