This how to make an easy DIY sink skirt for your home is such a great idea for a small space that is lacking cabinet doors! These simple curtains are not only a perfect solution to a kitchen sink but also, a powder room, and utility rooms to hide the underside of the sink and the unsightly plumbing. These cute skirts will also work very well for cabinetry in a craft room!

One of the easiest ways to create the farmhouse aesthetic in your home, would be to add a sink skirt just beneath your kitchen sink. This fun skirt can be added to other sinks in your house such as under a bathroom sink or a utility sink to give your laundry room that fun farmhouse feel. This will create that old vintage charm that gives a farmhouse its cozy nostalgic feeling that we are all craving. You can have so much fun with it by switching out the material with each season. My family seems to really love this! It’s fun to see who takes notice first.

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Brown sink frame with a yellow and pink floral cotton material sink skirt attached. Next to a green cabinet with a brown countertop on top of brown tile.

Is It Difficult To Make?

Not at all! I’ve seen a couple of people staple the material in a rippling effect to the top of their sink cabinet to create the curtained look but have always wondered, why. Yes, this will technically give you the look you are going for, but you are placing fabric under a high traffic area. You will need to open the curtains periodically to grab cleaning supplies or maybe you might have a mishap with dishes in the sink and a questionable substance falls all over them. You are going to want to pull them down to wash them, and depending on the color, maybe quite often! Removing staples can leave snags and holes in your material, forcing you to make an extra unwanted trip to the fabric store. Other options would be to use a glue gun or fabric glue to hem up the raw edges, but I really feel that a good old fashioned sewing machine will take this baby to a whole new level and would easily last you a long time! The best part is with just a few straight stitches and a space sewn together to fit a tension rod, you can easily remove your curtains which will withstand a quick wash without having to burn them!

A brown wood sink stand holding a white farmhouse sink Next to a green cabinet with a brown countertop on top of brown tile.

Tips On Making It Perfect For Your Sink

I have a 1920’s farmhouse sink that I bought off of facebook marketplace which I had my husband build a base for. For this, just a simple curtain tension rod works perfectly between the side posts.

In most cases, common kitchens have a double cabinet door beneath a kitchen sink with a divider between them. In this situation, I would simply remove the doors and add a small curtain rod with mounts to either side of the sink and hang my curtains.

If a pedestal sink skirt is what you are going for, try using sticky back velcro to the sink to hold your skirt on. Don’t even think about tying it on with dental floss!

I personally like a thick 100% cotton material. I feel as though it is more durable and can withstand the amount of washings it will endure for a longer lifetime.

Most fabric will shrink when you wash it, so make sure to wash and press your material before you start sewing. A quick note on pressing material: you want to just spread the material out with your fingers and then just press your iron on to it to smooth out wrinkles as opposed to pushing down with your iron and then pushing the material out with it to smooth it out. This will cause your material to spread out unevenly and go wonky.

You won’t need much fabric, just 2 yards. You could get away with less but you won’t have the fabulous ruffly look that 2 yards will give you.

What You’ll Need

2 yards of fabric
Fabric scissors (found here)
Measuring tape (found here)
Pins (found here)
Sewing machine (my sewing machine found here)
Coordinating thread

How To Make An Easy DIY Sink Skirt For Your Home

After pressing your 2 yards of fabric, cut it in half. These are going to be your two fabric panels.
Rotate your first panel to where you are working with the longest side horizontally.
Working with the wrong side up, press a ½ inch hem on the right side then the left side. Then fold, once again, another ½ inch on both sides, press, pin, then sew a straight line on both hems. Do this on the second panel as well.

Once the sides of both panels have been hemmed, start working from the top, press a half inch hem down on both panels. Cut an angle to eliminate the pressed corner as shown in the picture. Sew a straight line down both top hems.

Once the top hem has been sewn on both panels, fold down 4 inches from the top, press, then sew a straight line about 3 ¾ inches down or as close to the bottom of the 4 inches as possible. I use the previous hem as a guide and follow that.

My tension rod is less than ¾ of an inch. Starting from the stitches I just sewed, I measured 1 ¼ inch up and placed pins running parallel to the last stitch. Sew a straight line following your pins. This will give you enough room for the tension rod or small curtain rod to shimmy through the curtain. Do the same to the other panel.

Measure the top of the cabinet to the floor. Mine measures 26 ½ inches. I will hem the bottom to this exact measurement because the skirt ruffles up and as a result it is off of the floor but still close enough to look fabulous without getting dirty!

A suggestion on the bottom hem: You may find that you have a good amount of material left. Feel free to cut it but make sure you have an extra inch to do a half inch hem that is folded twice, then sewn in a straight line. I personally like a heavy hem at the bottom, so I will do a half inch hem then fold the last couple of inches up and sew a straight line. Either way you want a double folded hem, this will insure those raw edges stay hidden.

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How To Make An Easy DIY Sink Skirt For Your Home

Prep Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours

Instructions

After pressing your 2 yards of fabric, cut it in half. These are going to be your two fabric panels.

Rotate your first panel to where you are working with the longest side horizontally.
Working with the wrong side up, press a ½ in hem on the right side then the left side. Then fold, once again, another ½ inch on both sides, press, pin, then sew a straight line on both hems. Do this on the second panel as well.
Once the sides of both panels have been hemmed, start working from the top, press a half inch hem down on both panels. Cut an angle to eliminate the pressed corner as shown in the picture. Sew a straight line down both top hems.
Once the top hem has been sewn on both panels, fold down 4 inches from the top, press, then sew a straight line about 3 ¾ inches down or as close to the bottom of the 4 inches as possible. I use the previous hem as a guide and follow that.
My tension rod is less than ¾ of an inch. Starting from the stitches I just sewed, I measured 1 ¼ inch up and placed pins running parallel to the last stitch. This will give you enough room for the tension rod or small curtain rod to shimmy through the curtain. Do the same to the other panel.
Measure the top of the cabinet to the floor. Mine measures 26 ½ inches. I will hem the bottom to this exact measurement because the skirt ruffles up and as a result it is off of the floor but still close enough to look fabulous without getting dirty!

A suggestion on the bottom hem: You may find that you have a good amount of material left. Feel free to cut it but make sure you have an extra inch to do a half inch hem that is folded twice, then sewn in a straight line. I personally like a heavy hem at the bottom, so I will do a half inch hem then fold the last couple of inches up and sew a straight line. Either way you want a double folded hem.

Notes

Most fabric will shrink when you wash it, so make sure to wash and press your material before you start sewing. A quick note on pressing material: you want to just spread the material out with your fingers and then just press your iron into it to smooth out wrinkles as opposed to pushing down with your iron and then pushing the material out with it to smooth it out. This will cause your material to spread out unevenly and go wonky.