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How to Make a DIY Window Cornice

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Last week I showed you a bunch fabric I picked up recently on a shopping trip; now it’s time to put some of it in good use. Might as well start with adding a little bit of color in my kitchen with DIY Window Cornices.

kitchen backsplash subway tile
Yeah… it was pretty white before.

kitchenWell to get started I measured the width of my two kitchen windows and added a little bit for the overlapping cornice.

I got my particle boards cut:
(2) 40 inches wide by 12 inches tall for the fronts of the cornices
(4) 3 inches wide by 12 inches tall for the sides

kitchen cornice valance tutorialWe nailed the side pieces onto the fronts for each window…

kitchen valance boards And then added extra support with some L brackets.

diy window board valanceNext it was time to adhere the fabric to the boards. I just used a staple gun… nothing special.

fabric kitchen window cornice tutorialAnd I was careful with wrapping the corners neatly and stapling into place.

make your own kitchen window corniceNow to cover up all of the staples I simply added an extra small piece of fabric with my hot glue gun. This part isn’t necessary since it’s pretty hard to see under the cornice since it only sits 3 inches from the wall, but since I’ll often be right under it washing dishes, I thought better make it right the first time.

diy kitchen valance boardTo attach to the walls, we added some extra smaller pieces of wood that were the same depth as the side pieces (3 inches) to the back of the 40×12 inch cornice.

how to make kitchen valance cornicesThen we screwed those into L brackets attached to the wall with drywall anchors.
It’s a lot of L brackets, but I didn’t want any hardware to show.

diy kitchen fabric cornicesAnd there we go. A little pop of color in the kitchen with some easy DIY Kitchen Window Cornices. And this lovely blue color goes wonderfully with my new Butler’s Pantry fabric as well.

kitchen backsplash subway tile

DIY window cornices

kitchen white subway tile

white kitchen with subway tile backsplash

Well, now that I accomplished my first window cornice, I foresee a couple more of these in my future. And well… two windows down, only about 25 more to go in the new house.

DIY window cornice TUTORIAL

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  1. Al says

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    This looks great. We have a single kitchen window which gives good light but not too bright. I was looking for a way to dress it up (it’s utterly naked at the moment) without using blinds, so as not to lose any light. I think this’ll work.
    Many thanks!

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