These box valances were already up in this room, the room was blue and had curtains down just the ends of the bay. I didn't care for the look and I hated the blue walls. SO I knew I was painting this room, and I am cheap as we all know so the valance boxes were getting reused. Plus I knew they were most likely just plywood boxes and why did I need to remake them, I was okay with size of them.
They look fantastic redone. I forgot to take a photo of the horrible blue walls. Now the room is a light tan and the boxes are actually a light green with a tan scroll pattern. I am very happy with the new look. This is an office/sewing room. I am turning that armoire into a sewing cabinet. I will post that build.
There are five boxes I am reusing the back covers so I had to take the staples out of that very carefully.
Here is a close up of the holes left by the brackets that were holding up the curtains. Two of the boxes have these holes. I was not worried about this showing through the new fabric.
I cut the new fabric for all five boxes the length needed. I am leaving the existing fabric and batting. Why replace that? There was no need for that added expense.
Getting ready to recover.
I own this wonderful little thing... Well, it was actually a gift I gave my husband, but I think I use it more than he ever has. I love this thing. Under $40 at Harbor Freight. The stapler came from that store too. And it was also cheap. I got it when it was on sell and it was under $20.
Just pull into place and staple down. Note where your corners should fold so that they are unseen. The fold over on these boxes was to the tops, NO one will ever see the top of the boxes.
Once I started recovering it went super fast.
I took the boxes down by myself but installation was a two person job. Had to get "man" help. So my husband had to rehang them my arms were just not long enough to attached the boxes back to the L brackets. I left the brackets hanging and just painted around them.
Happy Recovering.
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