Creepy Dingy Curtains

**lksmart** · 08-16-2009,07:38 PM

I just finished my Halloween Curtains today. I was lucky enough that my mom had some extra white sheets that I could have when I visited my parents this weekend, so everything was free!

All I did was hang the curtains and made various tears and cuts. Afterwards I filled a bucket with water and added just a little bit of white and black acrylic paint until I got the shade of grey that I wanted. Then I dipped the sheets in, getting the stains where I wanted them and allowed that to dry before I did it a second time. Once that was dry I took some black spray paint and lightly painted along the torn edges of the curtain. After hanging them up with some creepy cloth from last year, it looked great!

I put the curtains up to see how they looked, but they've been taken down now. This was a very easy project and I spent absolutely no money on it! No sewing either!

Very cool, especially for the effect it gives.

Here are the pics:

**Darkfaith** · 08-17-2009,04:46 AM

i like these, job well done...i may have to borrow this idea for our curtains. might be able to find some heavier ones for our lounge to still give us a bit of privacy.

**halloween_sucks_in_the_uk** · 08-20-2009,02:28 AM

Nice job, they look really creepy, love the idea.

**Rikki** · 08-20-2009,06:11 AM

Very nice! Yours turned out much better than the ones I tried to make last year using Martha Stewarts directions.

**Junit** · 08-20-2009,08:00 PM

Nice! How long did that take you?

**Gothikren** · 08-21-2009,03:24 AM

Oh nice I love them great job.

**RedSonja** · 08-21-2009,07:22 AM

Those look fabulous!!! Great job. In my line of work we've tea dyed fabrics to age them. Has anyone done that here? I'm sure they have.

Btw, I just might steal your idea! And adding the dark spray paint on the edges, brilliant!