style for less: target’s ruffles shower curtain
Ever since we posted a photo of Holly Becker’s German bathroom, I’ve been wanting that White Devil shower curtain. But even now that you can find it for less, at around $99 it’s still out of our price range. In my searches for ruffled shower curtains, however, I have found a reasonable facsimile of the $212 ruffled shower curtain by Ann Gish, bottom photo above. At $30, the Ruffles shower curtain at Target, top two photos, is more our speed, though I haven’t seen it in person to judge — have you? Now, has anyone found a version of the White Devil shower curtain that I can afford? –Mary T.
i do have the ruffle curtain from target. i love it, but it is quite sheer. so i just bought a more opaque liner and have been pleasantly pleased, especially for the price. enjoy!
I found a cute quilted shower curtain at target for $30 vs. $85 at restoration hardware. always check target!
The White Devil shower curtain is made by India Rose. A year or two ago the company made a rufffle shower curtain that’s very similar to the one later carried by Target. I debated between the two ($98 vs $30) – the main difference is the material – the India Rose version is 100% cotton, and the Target one is a thin polyester. Luckily, Anthropologie had the India Rose shower curtain on sale a year ago, so I was able to snatch that one up for $50.
Well, Christine, you’ve succeeded in making me jealous. : (
Mary – considering how many hours I wasted searching for the cheaper version…I’m not sure how much I really saved in the long run!
My daughter fell in love with the shower curtain, but as a young woman in a new place, she too found the price out of her price range. She sent me a link to the curtain, and then we went shopping… to a fabric store. For about $25.00 we were able to purchase enough fabric to make one exactly like it! It took me a couple of days to cut and gather all those tiny ruffles, but in the long run it was well worth it. We made the curtain a tad wider (to accommodate her rounded curtain rod) and a bit longer (to accommodate the length of her shower to floor ratio).
I used a rolled hem foot to get the tiny hems (each ruffle, when hemmed, measured 1.5 inches wide), and hand gathered each of those (danged) ruffles. The curtain itself was really just a large rectangle cut to size. To keep the ruffling straight I used a fabric pen meant for sewing that “erases” or disappears with water. I just marked the lines and sewed over them. When I washed the curtain the marks came right out. A three inch hem at the top for button holes provided for hooks or rings. A nice four inch hem at the base gave nice weight.