Make Your Own Curtains With Recycled Discs

Do you like to recycle and do crafts? Here we show you an original craft to reuse your recycled discs and give an original touch to your decoration.

It is a reality: in the digital age our old discs, CDs or DVDs are spoiling, and we no longer give them any use. We clumsily store them in drawers, stack them in towers, or they’re everywhere at home.

On the other hand, it is likely that we do not even have the player at home to see or listen to them or we do not feel like it.

Whatever your reason, we want to show you two ways to make original curtains with your old records. We find in recycling a lot of possibilities, a world open to all imagination; everyone can make wonderful things with everyday objects and get amazing new accessories.

Curtains with recycled discs

Disks can have many uses, or put another way, at least a second life. That is why in this article we want to show you how to make disc-based curtains, either with vinyl or CD or DVD discs, known as acetate discs.

Curtains with recycled acetate discs

We are going to propose the elaboration of a very particular and original retro style curtain . Write down everything you need to do it easily and efficiently.

Materials:

• Old acetate discs, the number will depend on how big you make the curtain.
• Colored cable to tie them.
• Paper hole punch.

Elaboration:

The procedure is very simple, take note.

• Cut the colored wire into strips of the same size.
• Make a hole in each disk at the top and another at the bottom. Try to keep them aligned.
• Join the discs with the cables making a kind of hook.
• Finally, hang one end with a string to the curtain rod.

As you can see, it is very easy to make this type of curtains. Later, you can paint one side of each disc a different color, all the same color, add different shades, glitter, stickers or cut them in different ways.

On the other hand, you can also create fantastic curtains with recycled vinyl records. The ideal is to take the smaller size vinyls, since the large ones do not create a practical or clean effect.  The large or medium ones can be used for many other things, such as trivets or wall-mounted decorations.

The procedure to make a curtain with vinyl is the same as if we were to do it with music records, we just have to bear in mind that the material of the record is different and it may be better to drill them with the help of a hot needle instead of with a machine .

Tips and ideas to make them a very original curtains

• Paint them in different colors.
• Find a way to integrate them into your home.
• You can make them of different measures so that they are not very compact and let light pass through.
• They are ideal to place on the terrace: the shine in the sun makes them unique.
• You can sand them with a file to remove the gloss layer if you don’t like that effect.
• Combine different sizes; vinyl records are easier for this.
• You can tie them not only with hard plastic ropes or cables, but also with metallic rings for another effect.

As you can imagine, it is very easy to create these curtains made from recycled discs. In addition, there is no greater pride than doing manual work and that they serve to decorate our home.

If you have old CDs or DVDs at home, feel free to do something useful so they don’t keep getting in your way. One idea is these curtains, although in the great sea of ​​internet you can find many more crafts that you can make with this type of disc.

An advantage of these discs is that they will not cost you money and you can change them with each season of the year.