A Cheap Window Treatment For The Laundry Room

Window treatments can be fun and a little informal in such places as a laundry room.  This is a room that I was more concerned about getting natural light in than I was on having privacy.  I need all the help I can get to brighten up the task of doing laundry.

Since I knew that I didn't want a full curtain in there, I started thinking about just a valance.  I also wanted to do something fun in there, so I didn't go with a traditional curtain.

Even though I don't hang any clothes out on a clothesline, the image of clothes hanging out comes to mind when I think of laundry.  This is the image I wanted to portray with my window treatment.

Here is the resulting picture:

I simply screwed a couple of hooks into the wall on each side of the window frame.  I then strung some rope out, tying the ends to each hook.  Now I could hang up my valance with clothes pins.

Since I also like to recycle old items, I used an old table runner as my valance instead of purchasing one.  This was an easy way to get kind of a fun look in there.

To see more of my laundry/mud room, check out my article on laundry room design.