One Great Idea: Custom Photo Printed Roller Blinds

The brand new March issue of Living Etc. has a fantastically inspiring feature on the home of author India Knight. Her home is eclectic, colorful, creative and unpretentiously wonderful - it's easily one of our favorites that we've seen from Living Etc. (and that is saying a lot). One idea jumped out as something that could...

...be tweaked to suit different tastes and styles: the custom photo blinds that Knight uses in the bath. It provides a strong focal point to an otherwise simple bathroom (the photo of the room looks realy striking in the larger scale print version in the mag).

The blind was ordered from artylicious, where you can choose from a gallery of images or submit your own. The possibilities for decor greatness are endless!

To see more of the home, check out the photos right here on Living Etc.

Photos: Living Etc.

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I like this idea as well.

Last year (or two years ago?) Time flies. I went to a book signing for the Farnsworth House book, http://www.amazon.com/Mies-Van-Rohes-Farnsworth-House/dp/0764324438.

The author/photographer, Paul Clemence, had reproduced several of the photos (in color) onto semi sheer roller blinds and had them hanging throughout the showroom (Luminaire). The effect was really cool. I've always thought it would be a great idea for a room divider in a studio or open plan living area.

posted by art on January 30th 2009 at 6:08pm
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alot should be a lot - two words.

posted by red.door.read. on January 30th 2009 at 6:22pm
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It's been said before but bears repeating: AT needs a copy editor. It needs a copy editor, like, A LOT.

These shades are beautiful, but the prices are too rich for my blood. How hard or involved would it be to replicate this as a DIY project? Anyone know?

posted by rosenatti on January 30th 2009 at 6:55pm
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this is really cool!

@ rosenatti...i'm guessing that you could probably have this printed/xeroxed (either at a big-format place like kinko's, or even a blueprint printing place) on large format vellum paper that you could then easily convert to a paper shade, but probably only for relatively non-humid rooms (ie, definitely NOT a bathroom).

posted by littlebunnyfoofoo on January 30th 2009 at 8:15pm
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DrinkandDream on Etsy also makes them. As soon as I get matching windows, I'm getting June & Johnny.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=30367

posted by FloydLaw on January 30th 2009 at 8:59pm
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Thanks, littlebunnyfoofoo! Maybe I could glue the vellum paper, or even a transparency, to an existing shade? Oh, curse my uncrafty mind...

posted by rosenatti on January 30th 2009 at 10:57pm
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Kinko's prints on vinyl as well, but probably not very cheaply. Still might be more affordable though...

posted by lemonadefish on January 31st 2009 at 10:01am
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Think of a commercial printer that can handle huge banners. Their laser equipment is designed to handle jobs just like this.

If you are in the Chicago area, here's a reference: http://www.visualimpactmedia.com/what_we_do.html

It could cost alot (a lot) though--depending on the shades and the type of printing but it will be just as perfect as the example above.

posted by art on January 31st 2009 at 4:58pm
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To get an idea of Kinko's pricing (and I don't know how it compares to a place like VIM) a blue print copied and matted on a 2' x 4' poster board is around $110.00.

posted by art on January 31st 2009 at 5:02pm
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If I could get one of Ludwig Van, I could recreate Alex DeLarge's bedroom from A Clockwork Orange.

Of course, I'd also need a snake...

posted by carter76 on February 2nd 2009 at 9:16am
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