Hello everyone, Donna here to show you a quick project I did for my front porch. I love sitting out on my porch in the spring and summer. It is screened in but sometimes, during the day, it just gets too hot when the sun is shining in when you are sitting out there. Also, when I am sitting out there at night I sometimes just want privacy without having cars passing by or people walking by and able to look in when I am on the computer or have the small lights on that I have hanging up around the porch. Soooooo, while at work one day, I was putting up clearance tags on some Sea Grass Beach Mats and thought "Huh, I could make shades out of those for my porch" LOL and so I purchased what I needed (at a great price I might add).
They were the perfect length for what I needed them for so no altering them at all, a plus on my part!
What I used:
Sea Grass Beach Mats
Hook and Loop Strips
Staples (to staple the hook and loop strips to mats until glue dried)
Helmar Super Strength PVA Wood Glue
This is what the mats look like.
I then cut strips of the Hook and Loop strips and attached one piece to the mat and the other to the wood on the porch.
This is where I stapled it to the mat until the glue dried because they were so long I didn't want to piece to move around.
Then attached the other piece to the porch wood.
When they both had dried, I hung them up….
I LOVE it! Now at night, I can turn on my small lights and read, craft or use my computer without the thought of someone may be watching me LOL. So if you ever see these on sale, grab them up, they make great curtains or shades for a porch or whatever you may use them on. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out all the GREAT Helmar products there are.
