I mentioned in my last update on our bedroom that I bought a pair of Lenda curtains from Ikea for behind our bed. I received some confused responses. Yes, Lenda curtain panels are tab-top. No, I'm not a huge fan of the tab-top look. The Lendas, however, are some of the nicest panels I could find that fit within my budget. So I bought them. And then I got creative.
I simply folded over the tabs and hand-stitched them to the panel, forming a loop to run the curtain rod through. So my tab-top panels became hidden-tab panels, which are a little more polished looking {at least in my opinion}.
This took all of fifteen minutes for both panels, and was super easy.
I also have Lendas in our living room. Here, I opted to get rid of the tabs all together and use curtain rings. To do this, I simply used some very sharp scissors and cut the tabs off as close as possible to the top of the panels. {It sounds awful, but I've never had any problems with fraying, and unless you stand on a ladder and look very closely at the tops of the panels, you'd never be able to see where the tabs used to be.}
I also lined these using my cheater method {read all about it and enjoy some of the best Office clips of all time here}.
So there you have it: Lendas as tab-tops, hidden-tabs, and flat panels with curtain rings. Three ways to hang 'em!
I also have Lendas in our living room. Here, I opted to get rid of the tabs all together and use curtain rings. To do this, I simply used some very sharp scissors and cut the tabs off as close as possible to the top of the panels. {It sounds awful, but I've never had any problems with fraying, and unless you stand on a ladder and look very closely at the tops of the panels, you'd never be able to see where the tabs used to be.}
So there you have it: Lendas as tab-tops, hidden-tabs, and flat panels with curtain rings. Three ways to hang 'em!
