Putting Up Curtains In An Apartment

Instructions purchase 2 3 jumbo command hooks per window.

Putting up curtains in an apartment.

It also tricks your eye into thinking the window is much larger than it actually is. Purchase adhesive hooks that can hold the weight of your curtains. Pick a finish that is the same as the curtain rods you will be hanging. Adhesive hooks come in different weight.

If it s dry crumbly plaster or a cinderblock wall that s preventing you from drilling holes consider hanging your curtain rod from the ceiling instead. If you move a lot make it a practice to always buy 95 curtains and re hem as you need to for each home. Most stores don t carry anything longer than 84 but i ve found many carry the longer lengths online. Tape measure pencil and level.

This will allow enough room for the panels to hang on either side of your window and will force the panels to cover the window at all times. Diy damage free curtain hanging tips how to hang curtains in your al diy damage free curtain hanging tips the dos and don ts of hanging curtainspics of. Clean wall surface where you will be applying hooks with rubbing alcohol and clean cloth or paper towel. Curtains can always be hemmed up but can t really be let down.

Curtain pole we used this ikea racka because its length is adjustable. Align the cardboard with the window. All you do is twist the rod in place and put it where ever you like. Materials needed to hang curtains without drilling.

Cut a right angle out of a piece of cardboard. You ll be spoilt for choice and very easy to put up and remove leaving no marks a all. Select a curtain rod that is wider than the width your window. Q i have a super strict landlord who will not allow us to screw anything in to the walls they even note in the lease that we can only use approved picture frame hardware no nails.

2 pole endings ikea raffig. I recently got some cute sheer curtains and charcoal grey curtains from ikea that i d like to hang up i my living room larger photo below. They look great mounted on the inside of the frame as opposed to roman shades which look better when mounted on the outside. Mark the placement of the hooks.

Using adhesive hooks 1. The light ones take nets and lightweight curtains but the heavy ones take full length heavy curtains.