It's time to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. So I decided to use some old vinyl records to assembly a curtain to my bedroom.

They are cheap to buy, easy to use and will shade your bedroom as a blackout.

In nature, they will take 500 years to decompose so, nature says thank you!

List of Materials
- Vinyl discs
- Curtain tracks
- Curtain wheels
- Thin rope
- Paper fasteners
- 2 closed eye screw hooks

 
Remove these adsRemove these ads by Signing Up
sasi bindu says: Jul 21, 2012. 5:19 AM
sir,i have n't understand how u attached this curtain to pulley.can u pls add some more drawings?
Hammerholder says: Feb 28, 2010. 4:02 PM
How about a cd curtain?
faithblinded says: Feb 24, 2010. 10:23 AM
I like it!  Securing the records to lines was smart.  I know from experience flat records make poor structural elements, so you have neatly sidestepped that.

I suggest slicing a stack of records in half, and glue them overlapping on a narrow piece of plywood or mdf to make a nice valance for the top.  The cut sides would all go towards the ceiling, and provide a nice gap-less line to give you a finished look.  To mount it you could secure a cleat on the ceiling, and then screw through the cleat into the back face of the valance for a clean install.

Alternately you could work a similar valance into the curtain track and mount it all at once.

Thanks for the great ideas to string up a record curtain!  I may do this soon.
McAndrews (author) in reply to faithblindedFeb 24, 2010. 12:31 PM
Thank you Faithblinded for your comment and the valance idea. I was thinking of do it with seven inch records, but your idea is better.
faithblinded in reply to McAndrewsFeb 24, 2010. 3:30 PM
Cool! If you add a valance, please update us with a picture of it!
cylonics says: Dec 16, 2009. 5:48 AM
I noticed you used Pink Flyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album, have you checked to see if any of these are valuable?
McAndrews (author) in reply to cylonicsDec 16, 2009. 6:26 AM
Yes I did. these records cost me a quarter dollar each. Thank you for your comment.
Pro

Get More Out of Instructables

Already have an Account?

close

PDF Downloads
As a Pro member, you will gain access to download any Instructable in the PDF format. You also have the ability to customize your PDF download.

Upgrade to Pro today!