![]() ![]() Unfortunately, because we were Mochi-wrangling, we didn’t get a pic of the tearing process. When we got home, we laid it out and got to tearing! If you have a cat, they can really help with this part. We guessed what length we would want it to be and just bought just enough for that. So we bought some white muslin fabric since it was super cheap and easy to dye. So Katelyn decided to make the colors herself aka become a fabric dye mixologist aka end up with really weird looking perma-stained hands. We liked the idea of fabric strips, but we wanted to do a really soft, subtle gradient and we weren't sure we would find all the colors we needed to do that. We've seen TONS of pretty fabric and ribbon backdrops on Pinterest- but ribbon would get real expensive real fast, so that option was nixed pretty early on. And that’s pretty much it for the frame, all done! The curtain rods sat nicely in the top of the notches when everything was assembled. The awesome part was that we already had cheap white sheer curtains from Ikea so we just used those! So we decided to have one curtain rod with fabric strips, and another curtain rod behind it with white sheer curtains that would act as a solid background for the fabric. You know, where the breeze flutters it a bit and you see how sparse all those fabric strips look when there is no solidity to them. Then just a couple quick cuts on our jig saw and we had notches for our curtain rods to sit nicely into! Pssst, the reason we did two notches on each leg instead of one is because I’ve seen too many barren-looking backdrops. We roughly sharpied on some zig-zags onto our wood as guides (since that would be easier to cut than anything rounded out). Plus, we already had them, so they were freeeee. Again, we chose to use curtain rods (instead of another 2×4 or PVC) because they would be width-adjustable. Then we cut notches in the top of each 2×4 that would be able to hold the curtain rods going across the top. So we labeled the left foot and leg with an A, and the right foot and leg with a B. And since we wanted the legs to fit so snugly in the brackets on each foot, we wanted to make sure we paired the right leg with the foot that was fitted to it. Even though you’d think 2×4’s are all the same size, there is a little variation sometimes. We used winmax dark walnut stain to finish them (link in blog) After we stained it, we labeled the feet and legs so that when we reassembled things we would put the correct leg with the correct foot. We wanted something that was tall enough for Evan to stand in front of, so we just used the full length of the 2×4’s you get at Home Depot (8 feet). The photos below were taken after we stained it, but they really help demonstrate, so just pretend that wood is still unstained :)įor the legs, you can really do whatever height you want. We got the bolts and pins from our local big box store.Īfter the bolts were pounded through, we made things extra extra secure by popping a little pin through the other end. Then we used a rubber mallet to pound the bolts through the holes (illustration included). These holes were just barely big enough to hold our bolts, so everything was nice and snug. ![]() ![]() Since both our hands were occupied for the next step (Katelyn holding things, Evan drilling) we didn’t get photos of the next part, but basically Evan then drilled screws through those two holes in the L bracket and out the other side of the 2×4. We secured those to the foot with screws and washers. We made sure they were as tight as they could be against the 2×4. First, we used a 2×4 to space two L brackets in the center of each foot. To make assembly and disassembly easy, Evan decided we could use L brackets and these little bolts with pins to hold everything in place. ![]()
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