DIY Tips to Making a Faux Bamboo Roller… Out of Matts

bamboo roller

The things we do sometimes just to get the look – because… eventually they do look good. Here’s a quick DIY guide to making a fake bamboo roller out of bamboo placemats… talk about fun and functionality all rolled up together.

1: Measure the window… like we needed to tell you that! If you don’t know how, click here.

2: Collect bamboo placemats of your choice, place them out and complete your width accordingly. You might actually have to cut a matt or two to evenly balance your measurements along the width. Also adjust your intended length but cutting the placemats that are positioned on the lower end.

bamboo placemats

3: With hot liquid glue, join all the placemats together to make one big sheet of bamboo.

big sheet of bamboo

big sheet of bamboo

4: Get a nice string… of your choice to add the finishing touches. Glue a length of the string over the parts where the placemats are joining. Fold it from the top and leave an extra length at the bottom – well tell you why.

bamboo

5: Start creating folds from the bottom as if your blind was rolled up and then glue the extra length of the string you left at the back to hold the folds in place. You can also glue the string on the joints on the back side to reinforce them.

creating folds

creating folds

6: Once it’s all ready, neat and clean… staple it to the holder with a staple gun and you’re good to brag about your faux bamboo roller.

faux bamboo roller

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