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    Home » Furniture

    July 10, 2018

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

     

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

     

    Let's face it, who doesn't like 'free'? If I can recycle or make something amazing for next to nothing, then that makes me a very happy bunny. Here's something you can easily make from recycled blinds.

    This week I've been coasting ahead with the pallet sofa for my balcony and completed two of the smaller projects including a privacy/sunscreen and an outdoor side table.

    The sitting area on our balcony gets the sun from around 1 pm onwards until it sets behind the forest to the west of our house. I originally,  thought I would be able to reuse a small sun sail of ours, which has been gathering dust in our basement, and use that as a sunshade.

    Once I got the sun sail out on our balcony though, it was clear that it was going to be far too large for the space. However we tried to turn it, it just wasn't right. I thought about cutting it to size but to be honest, I wouldn't know where to start and didn't want to ruin the sail completely.

    Me being me, I put my creative thinking cap on and came up with another idea for making a sunscreen which would also double as a privacy screen. We recently replaced the wooden Venetian blinds in our lounge and still have the wooden slats in our basement. I've been looking for ways to recycle them for ages so this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

     

    Making a Privacy/sunscreen from recycled blinds

    The slats which were used to attach the blinds to the ceiling and the slats at the very bottom were quite thick so I used three of these as supports in this recycled blinds project.

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

    Then, I used my cordless tacker to tack each of the thinner slats to the supports. As a spacer for measuring the distance between each slat, I used the small edge of my measuring stick. I could have measured the distance if I wanted the gap to be wider but to be perfectly honest, I'm lazy and like to get things done. Have you heard the saying done is better than perfect? Well, in this case, it got done AND it's perfect, in my opinion at least!

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com Showing the first two slats being stapled to the frame #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

     

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com photo shows a stapler being used to staple the slats to the frame #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

     

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com photo shows a close up of the staples in the slats #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

    Why I didn't paint my recycled blinds

    I tacked the slats on to about halfway down the length of the supports. I thought about painting the slats with outdoor paint so that they would keep a bit longer but as my husband said, it's a temporary screen and will probably last a year before it will need replacing. I have lots of tacks and lots of slats so if this one breaks, I can easily replace it with another – therefore, no paint!

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com Photo shows the finished privacy screen#boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

    Once the privacy/sunscreen was finished, I just slipped the supports down through the top of the pallets. If I was making this to be free standing then, of course, I would make a more robust frame so that it could stand alone. In this case though, the pallets are resting up against the wall and roof of our garage so there's no chance that the privacy/sunscreen would fall over in the wind.

    Now the privacy/sunscreen is the perfect height to block the sun for anyone sitting on the sofa and all it cost me was a new packet of staples for my cordless staple gun! Best of all, I love that I was able to use recycled blinds for this project.

    I think this would also work well as a photo backdrop or as decor against a wall.  For instance, it would look great in a small office where a little bit of creativity is needed to jazz up a wall without taking up too much space.

    Here's how the finished privacy screen looks on our balcony. You can read how I put this whole look together in the post How To Create A Beautiful Boho-Chic Pallet Sofa.

     

    A stunning black boho-chic outdoor seating area with a pallet sofa stained white and a beer crate side table. Accessories include, black & cream embroidered cushions and chequered throw, and lots of glass lanterns with flickering candlelight. Festoon lights are draped across a DIY privacy screen made from recycled wooden blind slats. A chic outdoor rug and lots of lovely plants complete the look. All the details are on the blog. #palletsofa #outdoorliving #diysidetable #palletsectional #boho #palletsofadiy #palletsofaoutdoor #recycledpallets #indooroutdoorrugs

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

     

    DIY Beer crate side table

    When we fitted the wooden pallets into the small space on the balcony, there was still some space to the side of the sofa which would be perfect for a small side table.

    I decided to use a lovely wooden beer crate turned upside down as the base for the table.

    I  painted the lid of a wine crate to use as the top. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to use this as the lid, I might just place a plate or a tray on top of the crate instead.

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

    Remove the staples

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com photo shows a wine crate lid after the staples are removed #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

    Staples removed - Ready for sanding

     How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com photo shows sanding the wine crate lid where the staples had been #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

    Sand the area where the staples had been

    How to make a privacy screen from recycled blinds. Really easy DIY - create a privacy screen for your garden with recycled blinds or use it as a backdrop for photos or for your office. chalkingupsuccess.com photo shows the wine crate lid with one layer of paint added #boho #outdoorliving #palletsofa #diy #privacyscreen #sunshade #sunscreen #recycledblinds #recycledvenetianblinds #outdoorspace #palletfurniture #beercratetable

    Add one layer of paint before sanding down again

    Between recycled blinds and recycled beer crates, I'm feeling pretty happy today – I'd love to hear what you think of my screen and if you have any other ideas for using recycled blinds, I'd love to hear them -  I've got loads more to use up!

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