How to Decorate a Breakfast Nook With a Modern Curtain

When you are thinking about redecorating an outdated breakfast nook in your home, you may not have the budget to completely modernize the tables and chairs. One way to make your breakfast nook look more modern is to hang up an updated decorative curtain. Doing so is a simple way to shift an old-fashioned nook into one that looks stylish and in vogue. You can hang up a modern curtain around the nook table as well as on the window.

Curtain rod with brackets and screws
Drill
4 modern-looking curtains
Foam adhesive strips
Scissors
Ruler

Instructions

- 1
  Hang up a curtain rod by drilling the brackets onto the wall. Select a curtain rod to cover the entire width of the window next to the breakfast nook.
- 2
  Slide a modern-patterned curtain onto the curtain rod. Purchase a curtain that will cover the window but will not hang more than 3 inches below the window sill. Choose modern-looking patterns, such as black-and-white or colored geometric shapes, bold stripes or simple dots.
- 3
  Cut foam adhesive strips, using scissors, that measure 1 inch wide and 4 inches long.
- 4
  Lay another modern-pattern curtain flat onto a table with the patterned side laying against the table and the casing portion of the curtain pointing toward you.
- 5
  Peel the protective covering off one side of a foam adhesive strip and press the strip horizontally along the top edge of the curtain. Repeat to press adhesive strips along the entire top edge of the curtain.
- 6
  Peel the protective coverings off the front of the foam strips, then press the curtain around the edge of the breakfast nook table.
- 7
  Repeat to cover the entire edge of the table with modern curtains.

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