It’s Curtains For Traditional Use: Shower Curtains Grow Up
Plenty of bathrooms have a Shower Curtain,. Shower Curtains come in many styles, materials and patterns. They are used to keep the water from a tub or shower from spilling onto the bathroom floor. They often come with water proof liners to hang inside the tub leaving the decorative curtain looking lovely and dry. It is a standard household item for most homes yet is seldom employed to its full potential.
There a million and one other uses for bath curtains and these items should be viewed with much more respect then the average consumer gives them. With its wide rings and many styles these durable products can be put to great use. For families with children, these curtains can prove invaluable.
Lots of kids enjoy having forts or houses that they play in. Giant boxes or hard walls are impractical. Children do love to build their forts out of chairs and couch cushions, and there is a certain joy in flopping on the fort and knocking it down. But there are times when creating a more enduring play area should be considered. If a child has a bunk bed with a desk underneath, running a durable curtain across the opening creates a new world. In play areas hanging a plastic liner and a decorative curtain helps keep clay balls and spattered paint from launching across the room and landing on the new berber carpet. After the mess has been tamed, the curtain can be pushed back or even taken down if it is in a temporary mount. Many children love the feeling of having an instant room for creative mayhem. For parents uneasy having kids and paints out of view, the clear liner might be enough.
These curtains can be cut and mounted on dowels to create an instant puppet stage. The top halves become the stage curtain while the rest can be tacked to a board to create the hidden stage pit. This is a great project to involve the child, from finding the best curtain, to cutting it up and mounting it. It can provide a great activity before a single puppet show is preformed.
There are some nice four poster beds that can be found at garage sales and on the internet. One of the items that often needs replacing because of wear and tear in a used bed are the curtains that come with a used four poster bed. In a new model it might just be an aesthetic choice to find another style of curtain. Using bath curtains is a great inexpensive option for the sewing phobic. Beautiful curtains can be found at discount stores and provide a simple solution to a potentially expensive problem. The curtain rings may need to be modified, but the effort can be worth it.
These are a versatile product that can be used for many more things then intended. Mud rooms, closets and areas where doors are unmanageable are possible spots for curtains. This is a product that has a lot of applications.
