Grommeted Linen Counter Skirt
by
Lynn @ Nourish and Nestle
(IC: blogger)
4 Materials
I have a counter in my office/craft room that I use for my frequent projects, which sometimes include painting and gluing projects. While I love the usefulness of this counter, it's a standard builder's grade white Formica counter and so not the loveliest thing. I recently decided to update and redecorate this office/craft room and really wanted to find a way to improve the looks of this counter.
Replacing it with a nicer surface wasn't really a good option; I often use bleach and abrasives to keep this surface clean .
I spied a curtained table in a Ballard Design catalog and the lightbulb went off!
Here's a picture of my counter. Not only is it a useful surface, but I do enjoy having the storage underneath. But..no reason why it can't be useful AND good looking...that whole functional aesthetics thing!
Replacing it with a nicer surface wasn't really a good option; I often use bleach and abrasives to keep this surface clean .
I spied a curtained table in a Ballard Design catalog and the lightbulb went off!
Here's a picture of my counter. Not only is it a useful surface, but I do enjoy having the storage underneath. But..no reason why it can't be useful AND good looking...that whole functional aesthetics thing!
Swing by the blog to see what else I did in my craft/office room.
Here’s what I used and how I made the counter skirt:
The fabric is 58″ wide, so I just needed to know how many sections of 43″ high fabric I would need to go the horizontal length of my counter. As it is I needed 2 1/2 sections of 58″ wide fabric. With this linen I may have been able to get away with less fabric since there really isn’t a pattern and I could have pieced the shorter section on the end, but the last thing I wanted was for it to look all wonky so I bit the bullet and got the 3.5 yards. And I just wasn’t sure how thick I wanted the pleats, so I got the extra just to be sure. I can always use spare linen for something!
Then it was just a matter of placing the grommets (which come in 2 pieces) on both sides of the hole you cut. We placed the fabric with the 2 grommet pieces in place between 2 books and then gently tapped with a hammer to push the 2 halves of the grommet together.
Now we were ready to put the hooks on the counter.
We drilled starter holes into the counter and then screwed the hooks in. On the rounded edge of the counter, there is a good 1/2" of wood for the screw to embed in, but on the side there was no wood. We glued a piece of wood to the underside so that the screw would have something to grab onto.
Metal Rod
Once all the pieces were in place, it was just a matter of threading the curtain on to the rod and placing it on my hooks. This counter skirt turned out better than I had hoped and was really easy, once I figured the rod part out.
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Published February 3rd, 2017 7:51 AM
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Mary Howard on Jun 09, 2018
Using heavy metals in the hem would help make the skirt hang smoother. IMO.
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