Thanks to some wonderful advice from you all in the comments of this post, I lined the back of the fabric in the kitchen with black out material (just hot-glued it on!) and used some ring clips. I love the way they hang and slide back and forth now.

And then, using Kate’s method, I made a faux roman shade to go above the other window. I didn’t have dowel rods, so I just folded and made some stitches by hand to hold everything in place. I used upholstery tacks to pin it up on the wall.

Pretty painless…  It’s purely for looks~we have a white roller shade behind it. It’s puckering there on the bottom right because of my rad sewing skills, but I’m okay with it because if everything in the kitchen looks perfect, then all of a sudden the dirty dishes and sticky floor and fingerprints look out of place…

The fabric is called Jayda Bramble from Better Homes and Gardens, and I would say this picture is the most accurate for the colors:

I have another fabric I’m using on some light fixtures…coming soon!

Want some more easy diy roman shade inspiration?

Check out these ones from

Richella

Beth

and

Sarah!

Happy Tuesday~