Jake Wandel from The Crossing in Columbia, MO brings us this design inspired by Pinterest.
Each curtain was 2 sections of 4ft wide burlap hung at the top using zip ties and safety pins (burlap is super cheap fabric!). They knotted the burlap together at the bottom. It took several hours to hang.
Their back curtain was about 40ft. x 22ft. and they used only one bolt of burlap.
Top: Make sure to add a couple feet to the length of each strip if you plan to knot it at the bottom.
For lighting, they hung 4 edison lamps in between each curtain on dimmers and then lit the black curtain around it with 575 Source4 ParNels to give the appearance that the light bulb gave off more light than it actually does.
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This looks amazing. Seriously amazing.
My only concern with that much fabric on the back wall.
Did you do any sort fire treatment to the fabric?
We didn’t treat the burlap and we had no problems. It’s always best to fire treat any fabric you have by a light source, but the bulbs we used don’t have a high enough wattage to be a concern.
I must say, the one problem we had with the burlap were all the little fuzzies that stuck to the back curtain when we took it all down!
Does burlap light up well with LED’s? like if i hit it with my RGB’s does it work?
Yes it does, actually! What’s cool is the burlap maintains its organic texture even under LED.
I really love the elegance this design has. I work at a church with a lot of cranky seniors, and I think they might even like this… Great work!
I love this. Love it. Looks modern and classic at the same time. But if I used that much fabric and didn’t have it treated my fire marshal would cite me for sure. Might try to get a look like this with some time of IFR fabric or treated fabric.
where did you source the burlap fabric?
Are these lined?
Are they serged on the edges or hemmed?
Are there weights at the bottom to hold them down?
What weight of burlap was used? 10 oz?
Thanks
The burlap is neither lined, serged, hemmed nor weighted, and I am unaware of the weight of the burlap itself. Despite the fact that we did not put that much thought into the type of burlap, prudence in hemming the edges would most definitely make it last longer. I do know that the burlap is heavy enough not to need weights.
Good thoughts.