Hold your drapery up to the curtain rod and insert your first hook into a plastic slide. Support the fabric while allowing the edge to drop. This will allow you to see if you need to adjust the hook. The bottom edge of the fabric should just brush the top of the floor. 11. Hang t...
Galvanized eye hooks If you are making your own curtain panels, you may need a sewing a machine but for this diy project, I purchased inexpensive outdoor drapes from Amazon. If you are making your own curtains, be sure to purchase outdoor fabric! Step 1: Cut Electrical or PVC Pipe ...
Recently after going through my mother’s cellar and looking through things at my own place, I decided to hang my own gallery wall, or should I say gallery walls, in one of the rooms down in my basement. Between all of the things stored at my mother’s place and mine, I found a ...
Hang the drapes by inserting the pins through the carriers on the traverse rod. Open and close the drapes to make sure they hang correctly and move smoothly on the rod. If your curtain fabric is very thin or soft, you may find that it hangs funny when you put it up with drapery hook...
Use a step ladder to safely hang the curtain rod and brackets. Step ladders are designed to be self-supporting, making it easier and safer to install curtains on your own. Finish them off with finials if desired. When to hire a handyperson ...
9. Hang Mirrors on the Wall Wall mirrors are an excellent way to make low ceilings feel higher. Because mirrors reflect light, they're often used to make a space feel larger and brighter – and the same idea applies to height! Place the wall mirrors higher than...
Custom living room curtains are handmade to fit your specific measurements. Some people call them made-to-measure. With these drapes, you are not limited to any particular size. They also give you the freedom to hang them closer to the ceiling and still have them pool on the floor if you...
Withholding information very often robs the story of what really hooks readers. She follows up by warning, “If we don’t know there’s intrigue afoot, then there is no intrigue afoot.” To get a better idea of what this means, let’s try an experiment. ...
Put the hooks into the pleats on the back of the draperies. Next, using a small ladder or step stool, start to hang the draperies from one side. Put the hook into the traverse rod. Once all of the hooks have been inserted test the draw the curtains to test the mechanism. ...
My solution was to split the buffet cabinet into two pieces by removing the top and beefing it up a bit to hang on the wall. I removed the doors, painted it white, added some hooks and mounted it to the wall (making sure to mount it into the studs). Now it’s a workhorse that ...