A Simple Cozy Kitchen Update

Love the look of a sink curtain, but want to keep cabinet doors? I found a solution that worked great. The result? A cozy kitchen update!

You’ve probably seen the cute little kitchen sink skirts all over social media. Me too. I love the look but wanted to recreate it without removing my kitchen cabinet doors. We still have child safety locks on the cabinets, and I’m not ready to remove them. I found a solution that worked great. The result? A cozy kitchen update!

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What I used

• 1 yard of heavy fabric -I couldn’t find exactly what I used online, but I like this one even better.
• 1 small dowel rod 5/16″
• 1″ Paneling nails
• Glue gun & glue sticks

Step 1. Making the curtains

I started by making two simple curtain panels wider than the cabinet doors I wanted to cover. I’m not an expert seamstress, and totally not qualified to give a sewing tutorial, but there are so many on YouTube and various blogs. My mom taught me the basics when I was a teenager, and I’ve taught myself a few more things along the way. The most important tip I can give is to measure, measure, and measure again. Use pins, and measure. Measure. Measure. There is nothing worse than one curtain panel being shorter. MEASURE…Spoken from a girl who didn’t think measuring was all that important some years ago. ha!

Step 2. Cutting the dowel rod

Once I had the curtains made, I cut a dowel rod to be about an inch longer than my cabinet doors. I wanted a slight overhang on both sides of the doors.

Step 3. Attaching the Dowel Rod

After the dowel rod was cut, I put my curtain panels on both pieces of dowel rod. This is the easy part…I tacked two paneling nails through the fabric, through the dowel rod, into the cabinet door. Voila. Instant cozy kitchen update.

I read a tutorial where the lady did this same thing, but she turned her cabinet doors upside down before attaching the dowel rod with the nails. Her reasoning was the if she ever wanted to remove the curtain, she wouldn’t have to fill nail holes because she could flip the cabinet doors back up. It’s a super good idea, except our cabinets are from the 80s, and every single screw head was stripped out of the hinge screws. I’ve also painted our cabinets, so filling nails holes and painting over it isn’t a big deal to me.

Step 4. Glueing the fabric in place

The curtain had a tendency to stick straight out. I wanted it to sort of curve around the dowel rod on the end. My simple solution was a tiny bit of hot glue on the cabinet to keep the curtain secure. It worked like a charm. I think it’ll just peel right off when I’m ready to remove it, too.

Isn’t it amazing how this simple little update gave the kitchen a little more charm? I can’t wait to see how getting my dream sink installed will totally transform our kitchen. Lord willing, I plan to share a sneak peek of it soon, and a little bit of my vision for my long skinny space.

As always, thanks for spending a tiny part of your day with me. I’ll talk to you soon.

Here’s an image to pin for later…