Personalize it

Our step-by-step guides make it simple to repurpose or upgrade old furniture and household objects. Old window blinds? That canvas material could be the starting point for your next creative project. Time to find your paintbrush.

Canvases hanging and leaning on an ochre wall with black and red brushstrokes on them and two chairs in front of them.

Parquet wooden floor with wooden picture frame, rolled up canvas window blind, staple gun and pair of scissors.

Step 1

You’ll need a wooden picture frame, a pair of scissors and a staple gun. Lay them out on a clean, flat surface with your roll of blind canvas.

Parquet wooden floor with a person cutting a canvas window blind with scissors and a wooden picture frame on top of the canvas.

Step 2

Unroll the blind and lay it flat on the floor. Place the frame over it and then use the scissors to cut the canvas, leaving a generous border.

Parquet wooden floor with man’s hands stapling a piece of white canvas to a wooden picture frame with a staple gun.

Step 3

Beginning halfway up one side, fold the canvas over the frame and staple it into position. Do this on all four sides, keeping the canvas taut.

Parquet wooden floor with a person's hands folding a piece of white canvas onto the corner of a wooden picture frame.

Step 4

Choose a corner and fold the canvas in diagonals, just like wrapping a present. Staple the folded canvas. Make sure there is no loose material.

Parquet wooden floor with a person's hands stapling a piece of white canvas onto the corner of a wooden picture frame.

Step 5

Repeat this process on the other three corners. Always do opposite corners together, rather than working around the frame in sequence.

A person's hand holding a paintbrush and painting a red line on a white canvas leaning on an ochre wall with person’s shadow.

Step 6

When your canvas is taut and even, you’re all set. Get out your paints and begin. Remember not to lay the canvas on any sharp or uneven surfaces.

A woman in white clothes stands in front of messy shelves holding a large picture of the shelves when they've been tidied up.

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