Personalize Your Window Blinds

Even if you have cheap window blinds in your Brooklyn apartment, you can still personalize them to show off your style, personality or interests.

Wrap a plain metal washer with colored twine or attach a screw eye to the top of an alphabet block. Then, use hot glue to attach a ribbon to a shell, bead or another object and thread the twine or ribbon through the screw eye or hold in the object and not the ends. Thread the knot through the grommet on the bottom of the window shades in your New York City space so a loop forms at back. Feed the attached object through the loop and pull to tighten. Note: you don’t need to form a loop if you are using ribbon or twine. Thread the strand through the grommet hole and tie in a large knot to secure. Voila! Attach everything from wooden block letters (your initial or spell something!) to found items.