Cheap Window Valances
Are your windows looking a bit dull? Are your valances looking worn out and faded, or do you need to add valances to your windows? If funds are lacking, don’t worry, cheap window valances are possible, no matter what your budget may be! Valances are a great way to dress up your windows and to give it personality which makes your room inviting and balanced. And you can create a look on a budget quickly and easily, today.
To save money consider using non-standard items when making your valances. You don’t have even have to visit your local drapery store to buy what you need to create wonderful window treatments. You simply have to have a vision and your valances will come together quickly.
Great places to start are at your local flea market or rummage sale. Find tablecloths, tea towels, even, decorative shawls to use as a flowing scarf window valance. Adding a fantastic shawl with an exotic fabric or design can really make your room rich and appealing without much expense. You don’t even have to be a seamstress to create the look. Shawls can be simply draped over a curtain rod, without any sewing at all. If you are using tea towels, you just need to fold one end over to make a small rod pocket. This can be accomplished with a straight stitch on a sewing machine and, if you do not have a sewing machine, hand stitching will also work.
Classic Home Tranquility Valance
(CLICK IMAGE FOR DETAILS)
Other unconventional materials you might use in a creative way are old neckties, sheets, or vines and silk flowers. Neck ties really are fun. Simply sew them together, side-by-side, or use fabric glue if you don’t want to sew them. Make a pocket at the top for your rod and you will soon have a fantastically unique window treatment. Sheets can be sewn into an inexpensive valance and vines can be draped carefully over your rod to give you another extraordinary unique look.
You do not have to spend a lot to dress up your windows with valances. Cheap window valances can be achieved with just a little creativity and a few pennies in your pocket. Visit your local flea market, rummage sale, or craft store. Find something that inspires you and then, go from there. You will be amazed at what a little glue and a sewing machine can achieve!
If creativity feels beyond you and you just want traditional but cheap window valances then look at the post on discount valances to get ideas on where to buy valances for less or try HERE where there are many valances at low cost.
Scarf Valance Best Buys and Ideas
As window valances go, a scarf valance is the easiest kind to hang or make. It is simply a length of fabric, hung over a drapery pole in an elegant and stylish way, which is then secured to keep it in place.
You will find most scarf valances are made of sheer or very light materials such as voile or muslin as these have superior draping qualities. A window scarf valance like this is generally cheap to buy and is not worth making. You would probably find that the fabric would cost more than a ready made sheer valance. It is only when you are looking at much more elaborate valances that you can save huge amounts by making them yourself.
You can also improvise quite a bit without having to do as much as get your sewing machine out. If you find sheer or fine curtain panels which you like, but which don’t have a matching valance, buy an additional long curtain panel and use that as a matching top treatment for your window.
Brylane Home Scarf Valance (CLICK IMAGE for AVAILABLE COLORS)
How to Hang a Scarf Valance
Hanging scarf valances is actually very simple, although it may take a bit of experimentation to get the exact effect you want with your window treatment. To hang a scarf valance you need a pole or drapery rod, fixed a few inches above the top of the window, extending two or three inches beyond the window on each side or valance holders or rings which are fixed where the ends of the pole would be.
If you don’t already have a length of fabric you want to use as a valance scarf, experiment with a piece of twine or a spare piece of fabric to get the effect you want with your valance. You can then see the right length of fabric to buy for your finished scarf window valance.
Once you have your fabric, neaten the edges so that they will not fray, and then drape it over the pole with a small amount overlapping the top the window, and then loop it around the pole at the sides so you have lengths hanging part way down the side of the window (or create the same effect looping the fabric through the valance holders at the sides). You can either make these side lengths equal, or have a more asymmetric valance with one side longer than the other. Once you have a look you think you like, stand back and take a look from a distance so that you can see if it is in proportion to the window.
You can leave your window scarf valances without fixing them in place but once you have a look you like it is worth securing a valance to prevent it slipping about. All you need are a few loose stitches or a couple of pins to keep things in place. Undo these when you take your valance down to launder it. If you are worried about getting the same effect when replacing your valance, take a picture so that you can copy the look later.
How to Find the Best Scarf Valance Styles
These types of window valances are merely draped so it is very easy to copy any styles that you see. Look for pictures in interior design magazines and online (see Best Buys section below) to get the best scarf valance ideas and then just experiment with a similar piece of fabric until you get the same effect. Unfortunately, some of the look may depend on the proportions of the window you are decorating, so you may not get quite the same effect but you can have fun trying out different styles.
Best Scarf Valance Buys
You can find a lot of scarf valance window treatments at low prices right HERE. Many of the scarf valances for sale have discounts and free shipping. The pictures there will also give you some scarf valance ideas to try out.
Welcome!
I hope you find just what you are looking for here. Please note, unless otherwise labeled, all product links will take you to great deals on Amazon.com. See affiliate disclosure.