You can create a beautiful and functional window screen in minutes using only a few simple materials. DIY Decorating and Design host Nancy Golden shows you how. Materials:
Tape measure
Wooden garden trellis
Paint or stain
Brush
Two screw-in eyelets and hooks
Drill
Tracing paper
Staple gun
Utility knife
- Measure the window opening.
- Cut the end struts off the garden trellis so it fits inside the window frame.
- Paint or stain the trellis (black is the classic color of a shoji screen).
- Mark each and of the trellis for eyelet placement and predrill holes.
- Insert an eyelet in each hole and use a screwdriver (figure A) to turn it until it's all the way in the wood (you want just the eyelet part emerging).
- Lay the trellis face down and smooth the tracing paper onto the back. If the screen is big enough to require more than one sheet of paper, position the seam along one of the arms of the trellis and staple it in place. Staple all around the perimeter of the screen, and don't be stingy with the staples -- they're important if the paper is to be smooth and taut.
- Starting at the top of the screen, trim off the excess paper with a utility knife.
- Measure at the top of the window frame and mark for placement of the hooks, matching the placement of the eyelets.
- Drill holes and insert the hooks.
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