I just moved and redecorated my apartment. I have tried to save money on everything. We needed living room furniture and an entertainment center, and I needed curtains and slipcovers and wanted everything to match our teal/light blue and chocolate living room and our green and cream bedroom.
I looked at buying curtains, but the prices were very scary for decent quality curtains for large windows. I looked at buying material to sew my curtains, and that came out more expensive. Thought sewing has more creative options for matching your interior, it takes more time, and more money in the end. I didn't have either. While conversing with my mom we had similar ideas, how about using bedsheets to make curtains with? Take the top sheet and cut it in half and it would fit my windows with the two pieces pulled together. Great Idea, and so, I got a queen set of bedsheets that matched my decor perfectly, a chocolate curtain with light blue/teal medalion print and cut the top sheet in half and made a hem up the cute edge for my two curtain panels. Since the top is finished already I could have used it as a rod pocket by opening the ends but I like the "clip" top curtains better so I folded the finished edge down to ge the correct length and clipped them in place, perfect.
Now what to do for a table cloth and chair covers. I had two chairs that would float between the living room and dining area, and I had two pillow cases from the sheets. Voila! I put the pillow cases over the back of the chairs, and they now match and look great! I cut off the finished edge of the fitted sheet, folded it until it was the right size square and cut it to fit my table, and now it too is used in my living/dining room and matches the whole decor!
So, three different peices of the sheets made three different peices of my decor, and you would never know they were bed sheets unless I told you, which I just did!
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