{"id":15704,"date":"2017-09-21T02:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T09:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/?p=15704"},"modified":"2017-09-21T02:30:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T09:30:20","slug":"diy-white-dropcloth-curtains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2017\/09\/diy-white-dropcloth-curtains.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY No Sew Drop Cloth Curtains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15721 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image1-copy-5.jpg\" alt=\"image1 copy\" width=\"434\" height=\"579\" \/><\/p>\n<p>About halfway through building the new deck, we realized it gets SO hot during the summer months that even once the deck was built we wouldn&#8217;t want to be out there until after 7 pm due to the heat. That is when we changed the design of our plans a little bit to accommodate the addition of a pergola. (If interested in seeing before and after photos, go <a href=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2017\/08\/15494.html\">HERE<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2017\/08\/our-decorated-backyard-deck.html\">HERE<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>And once that pergola was just about finished, it was my job to find curtains to help shade the deck. I needed them to be pretty long, and once I realized outdoor curtains in that length ran pretty pricey, I decided to make them myself.<\/p>\n<p>I started by buying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homedepot.com\/p\/Everbilt-6-ft-x-9-ft-10-oz-Canvas-Drop-Cloth-51829-6HD\/203432130\">six of these painting dropcloths<\/a> from Home Depot for under $12\/dropcloth. (Buy four or more, price drops) \u00a0They were the right length so that I didn&#8217;t have to do any sewing (thank goodness) and my only challenge was to try and whiten them.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15712 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image3-copy.jpg\" alt=\"image3 copy\" width=\"527\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One tutorial I read online said that they whitened their dropcloths by filling tubs with cold water, adding bleach, waiting about three hours and then they had white dropcloths. So, I tried this and put the dropcloths in the shower in these tubs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15711 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"image2 copy\" width=\"519\" height=\"389\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I let them sit, and sit, and sit&#8230; for about 12 hours. \u00a0And nothing happened. I even changed the water, added more bleach, and even more bleach&#8230; and nothing.<\/p>\n<p>So I then tried another tutorial and modified it to fit my needs. This time, I filled the tub with hot water, added an entire gallon of bleach, and then I put in two of the dropcloths at a time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15714 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image5-copy.jpg\" alt=\"image5 copy\" width=\"447\" height=\"596\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I then put the bins on top of the dropcloths to hold them down and put towels on top to trap the heat in. Every few hours I went in and stirred\/rotated the drop cloths with a long wooden board, and then recovered them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15710 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"image1 copy\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After leaving them in there overnight, I deemed them done and moved on to the next set of two. While those soaked in the bleach, I washed the first set in the washing machine and added a little bit of hydrogen peroxide (maybe 1\/2 cup) to the water to neutralize the bleach and stop the bleaching process. I then hung them over the railing outside to dry and repeated the process for the remaining drop cloths.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this method worked the best for me. While they never got pure\u00a0white, they did whiten and make for some great outdoor curtains.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15707 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image3-1.jpg\" alt=\"image3\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, I would use these inside our house as well! So, if you are looking for some outdoor or indoor curtains, these are a relatively cheap way to make them!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15705 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image1-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"image1 copy 4\" width=\"572\" height=\"429\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15709 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/image5-1.jpg\" alt=\"image5\" width=\"447\" height=\"596\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About halfway through building the new deck, we realized it gets SO hot during the summer months that even once the deck was built we wouldn&#8217;t want to be out there until after 7 pm due to the heat. 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