Easy No Sew Cornice Box

Try this easy and affordable way to spruce up your windows.

I like to look for affordable ways to decorate my house. That's why Pinterest is handy, so many ideas for decorating your home beautifully and inexpensively. Curtains and blinds can be one of the most costly ways to decorate your home. I wish I could sew and whip out lovely curtains and pillows, but alas I can't, so I love a shortcut. 

I started by making a cornice box for my morning room.  I love this easy tutorial from My Old Country House on how to make an "easy as pie" cornice.  In the tutorial, foam core board is used to build the box.  I used an old sign from my husband's job that was made of gator board (which is like a plastic foam board). 

Gator board can still be cut with a utility knife, so I followed the rest of the directions just the same.  I laid it all out on my morning room floor and went to work.

I get by with a little help from my corgi, Daisy.

The wonderful thing about making your own cornice or curtains is that you can pick your own fabric. I LOVE decorator fabric! This plaid was perfect for the colors of my rug. With so many fabrics readily available the possibilities are endless.

Since I didn't put curtains with my cornice, I didn't need to use a curtain rod. I bought a pack of "L" brackets at the hardware store to hold up the cornice.  I used three because of the length (one on each end and one in the middle), the cornice box just sits on top, there was no need to screw the cornice into the L bracket

And there we have it.  A rather large cornice box for about $30 and most of that was the cost of the fabric!