Wall Of Curtains How To Hang

Last fall we shared our trick for hanging affordable ikea curtains so they look a lot more expensive than their 14 price tag per panel would suggest across an entire house you can save thousands with that trick these curtains alone.

Wall of curtains how to hang.

I m sure you ve heard it before but here s your official reminder to always hang your curtain rods high and wide. Do hang your curtains close to the ceiling. Lightly mark the studs with a pencil so you can find them later. Make sure your designated hanging site is big enough to extend your curtain or curtains to their full length.

Add more length if. Heavy curtains need a strong anchor so you will need to attach your curtain rod brackets directly to the studs of the wall. But since we were just replacing our old bedroom curtains when we wrote that post we skipped the crucial step of actually hanging the curtain rods themselves. To hang curtains start by determining your window s height and marking the wall where you d like the curtain rod brackets to be installed with a pencil.

Run a stud detector over the wall where you will hang the curtain. Hang the curtains and double check to make sure your brackets are still secure. If you hang your rods to look like they re hugging the window it makes the window and as a result pretty much the entire room feel smaller. The downside to hanging these curtains without damaging the wall was i couldn t hang them high.

I managed to hang them wide by placing the brackets on the edge of the window and allowing the rod to stick out further but you are stuck having to hang them directly on top of the window. This method works well for hanging wall rods french window curtain rods and even arched window curtain rods though you may need to take the unique shape of those styles into account. If your curtains are for ornamental purposes only to frame a recessed window or set of french doors for example you may be able to get by with only 1 3 feet 0 30 0 91 m of wall space.