Mar 5 2016 a basement that s going unused because of its unfinished state or downright scary atmosphere is living space waiting to come alive.
How to hang fabric on walls of an unfinished basement.
Begin fabric installation in the corner of your choice.
Invigorate a cold unfriendly or spine chilling area s persona with area rugs plush furniture plenty of pillows and fabric on the walls.
Work from a corner out and from the top down until the wall is fully covered.
Stain the brick walls in pristine white so they double as the neutral backdrop for your paintings.
If you have an artistic soul this idea certainly tugs at your heart.
Hold the fabric end against the intersecting corner frame so that it fits into the angle of the corner.
Since it is an underground space you do not need to worry when yours gets messy.
Staple the fabric to the frame spacing the staples every 2 inches across the fabric end.
An unfinished basement with its concrete floor and exposed joists may seem dreary and cold.
Get a step ladder and hold the fabric up against the corner of the wall so that it runs vertically toward the floor.
Soften it by hanging swaths of fabric to create a.
Try to get the fabric hanging straight along the corner and the wall trim.
You will stretch the long bolt of fabric strip across the ceiling in rows.
Tape a one foot by one foot square of plastic sheeting plastic kitchen wrap will do to the concrete wall in your basement with duct tape and leave it in place for 24 hours.
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In the partly finished basement with framed walls but no drywall introduce your fabric to a stapler to cover the exposed studs.
Then remove the tape.
Sew along the base of the crease to create another loop.
Pinch up and pin together a 3 to 4 inch crease down the center on the underside of the fabric running it parallel with the loops.
Basement walls of cinder block brick.
Let the fabric overlap along the wall trim and down the corner by 1 2 in 2 5 5 1 cm so that there is excess which you can trim away later.