![]() When you open up the package the shade comes in, you’ll find a long strip of cardboard with the product information printed on it. If you already own a jigsaw, though, spring for a hacksaw blade. You can get a manual hacksaw for less than $10, and you’ll use it all the time. A jigsaw with hacksaw blade or a manual hacksaw or a Dremel with a metal-cutting blade*. ![]() A decent pair of scissors (preferably fabric shears).Pliers or a wrench or really strong fingers.An ENJE shade (you probably guessed that).And you can cut them to fit, which is why we’re all here today. They look really good, function well (even the ones I’ve opened and closed several times a day for more than a year still roll smoothly), filter light beautifully while providing privacy, and they’re affordable. Multiply that by 40,985,934, and you’ve got…um…empty pockets. If you, like me, have 40,985,934 windows in your house that are all odd, non-standard sizes, you’ve probably discovered that custom shades are ridiculously expensive. ![]() I swear it’s REALLY EASY, even though I have an unfortunate knack for using a lot of words to describe very simple things (I was really annoying in college, but you probably guessed that already). I sort of feel like this has been done already (um, probably because it has-see the links at the end of this post!), but so may of you have asked me for a tutorial on cutting ENJE roller shades from IKEA that I figured I’d try to document the whole process from start to finish as best as I can.
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