So, what to do about shower curtains?
One thing I like to do when I see houses in my neighborhood that are for sale is to look inside and see if I can get any good ideas. Many of them have the same bathtub design, but I've never seen them with shower curtains. They all have the L-shaped curtain rod. And most of them have some extra support, like a string holding the corner up at the ceiling.
We put a standard shower curtain and and shower curtain liner on the long side. Then we cut a shower curtain liner in half for the short side.
But recently, I decided I wanted to switch from plastic curtain liners to nylon ones, which I've read can better resist mildew. But you can't just cut them in half, they'd unravel:
So, I hemmed the side. I folded the fabric over twice and took tiny stitches:
Normal people would use a sewing machine. But I did this in front of the TV, so it took a while, but didn't use up much time that I wasn't already wasting anyway.
At the top there was some extra stiffening thing that didn't fold well, so I cut a little extra off before finishing the hem.
Clever! You could add some adhesive velcro dots or ribbon ties down the edges where the two curtains meet to hold them together if water sprays out that corner.
ReplyDeleteRibbon ties are making me laugh.
ReplyDeleteThat's because we get in at that corner, which is at the end opposite the shower head, so it minimizes the spray. So I'm imagining untying two or eight ties, getting in, tying them back up, and then later untying them again to get out. Oh, that's probably not what you meant.
Fortunately, the half curtain is plenty big enough for a little overlap, so it's not a problem.