RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
My query is that if I'm renting an apartment, I can't necessarily just screw in curtain rods if they aren't already there. And all of the apartments I've seen come with mini blinds but no curtain rods. Then what do I do? I'm intrigued by the staple/push pin idea, but how do you open and close them then?
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I saw a really inventive idea in an Arts and Crafts home. The homeowner had used a branch, a little twisty which made it quite woodsy. The curtains that were hung on it were very expensive sheers and the whole thing really worked, so it's quite a classy treatment in the right setting.
I have a friend with a very beachy style, and she used old paddles!! Very cool!
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I remember curtain rods that were a tightly coiled metal "spring" making it able to fit many sizes. are they still made? my granddaughter teacher needs a long one for the classroom. blooperone AT aol.com
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I think the dental floss idea is clever. Besides, it is white and if your walls are white, it blends in. My only concern would be "sagging". IKEA (www.ikea-usa.com) has inexpensive wire systems ($14.99 or so).
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I don't have curtain rods right now either - I stapled mine to the window frame with my desk stapler - my frames are dark wood and the staple holes are not visible and my curtains are not injured either.
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I've successfully used broom handles and cup hooks all round the house they can even be painted any color you like with emulsion or even spray paint in aerosols
carol
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I have the curtains already, some pretty nice semi-sheers. But the windows are just a little too long for the 20 something to 48 inch size rods and the longer ones are pretty expensive even at Walmart.
Even the shorter rods I saw there are considerably more than a dollar, at least at this Walmart.
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
Listen, you can buy a basic curtain rod at Wal-Mart for $1. I'm reading all these ideas, from PVC piping to using dental floss, to shower curtain rods. Unless you already have this stuff at your house, it will cost you just as much or more than the cheap curtain rod. You can buy cheap material sometimes at Wal-Mart for $1 a yard. 1 yard, cut in half and hemmed, will make a nice valance. Pair it with the cheap curtain rod, and you have a nice, NOT TACKY window dressing.
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Thanks everyone for all the ideas....now that I have gotten some sleep everything makes more sense.
: )
Thanks again.
Tammy
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By Paula Jo Carr, Mebane, NC (Guest Post)
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Been there done that in the mountains of NC no less.
We took a plastic roll of dental floss. Put the whole plastic roll of floss inside the top section of a flat sheet (depending on what length you need, twin, full, queen or king lengths). We used a white sheet dyed black at the laundermat {making sure you run another large empty cycle & soap through so the next patron will not have dye on their clothes}.
ANYWAY, we did all of this for a darkened room for day (3rd shift) sleepers.
Take the floss end and tie it to a door knob. feed the plastic floss container through the sheet until the floss is running the entire length of the sheet. Next TIE the floss ends around nail heads that are embedded into the walls opposite of each other (nails pounded in and tapped up into a form of an L shape) making sure to pull up any slack there may be (depends on how wide the area is on if the floss will give BUT ours didn't and we had to cover a large bay window on a 16 foot wide wall).
GOOD LUCK I know that this works as we have continued to use this very thing in other homes that we have moved into within our lives.
Ingenuity is the mother of invention they say - I say being broke has an awful lot to do with it though, ha!
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I see that you have this suggestion but I'll put in my 2 cents anyway. Curtain RODS!!! And even shower curtains. I use a pretty curtain rod to cover the small window next to my front door (fabric of course) and a cafe rod. But I also use the curtains rods on my daughters bedroom, one on the inside to hold thick curtains to keep out light, heat and cold and then regular curtain rod on the outside to hand the "pretty" ones. Hanging on the inside makes the curtain hang closer to the window, therefore eleminating a lot of heat and cold escape (or entry). I also have one on a window that barely has any room for a rod as someone built a bookcase around the window VERY close to the frame.
I also use curtain rods in the winter to hang up "curtains" (flannel upstairs, denim downstairs) which are really sheets, in between big rooms that aren't used much and to keep the heat from running upstairs! We live in a single paned windowed house built in 1978, brrrrr, those curtains help A LOT!!!!
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You can also use shower curtain rods and there are also "spring loaded" curtain rods that fit on the inside of the windows.
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The bamboo to hang curtains an close line AN CLOE PINS is good but where do you get the bamboo sticks from
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I too was looking for an inexpensive way to hang curtains and came up with this idea for my bedroom and bathroom. I took a square of material that would be wide enough to cover the window and give a little drape. Now at the top and on each corner, grab a handful of material and wrap a rubber band around it tight. This makes it look like a flower. Now just put a tack or small nail at the top of the window and hook your flower on it. Cute and not curtain rods.
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We had a fish themed room. We took bamboo poles and used them for curtain rods. Looked really cute! Also, we hung up a clothesline. Then we used clothespins we painted and hung material up for curtains. It was really cute AND much cheaper than curtains are! Plus we could take them down and put up material for each holiday! My kids loved it. =-) HUGS, Judy
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
Have you considered a length of plastic coated clothes line? Comes in white and blue and could be attached to the window frame with tacks after curtains were strung on it. You could use it in a kitchen and bathroom most effectively I think
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
To get string thru your curtains, tie it to a big safety pin or a paper clip, you can feed the string thru just as you would elastic thru a band on a sleeve or pair of pants.
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I read about the pvc which sounds interesting -but I bought spring curtain rods for very little at a local discount bath/sheet store.
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By IMAQT1962 (Guest Post)
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I LIKE THE PVC IDEA. NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
THANKS FOR THE IDEA.(.DESIGNERSHEETS)
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I used pushpins to hang curtains in my two year old's room and she is constantly messing with them and they haven't budged.
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When my husband and I moved to a new house my daughter's room had no windows and we had just bought her curtains to go with the theme of her room. So I removed the folding doors over her large closet and used push pins to hang her curtains over the opening! She's nearly two and goes in and out of the closet constantly and the curtains haven't budged.
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
Can someone elaborate on the twine/string idea?
Having a hard time picturing how to do this, maybe cause I just worked a 12 hour night shift...lol
How do you get the string thru the rod pocket of the curtain?
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RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
The string is a good idea, but I used heavy twine that made a "roughin' it" look. If your curtains were plaid or masculine, this would be a good choice.
Posted on 03/19/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Hanging Curtains Without Buying Curtain Rods
I used PVC pipe also for a large window, to hang lightweight curtain panels. Works great. I had to put an extra support hook extending from the wall to hold the center of the pipe because it is so light and flexible that without the center support it wanted to bow in the middle. My husband cut the pipe with a jigsaw. I used regular curtain brackets on the ends.
Posted on 03/19/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse
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This is the cheapest way i know to hang curtains. We did it when we were selling our house. works wonders. Get a length of 1/2 inch PVC pipe about a dollar or 2 for a 10 foot length. Cut down to the size you need. Buy some 1/2 inch cup hooks, you will need to bend the end out a little with a pliers to better fit the pipe, but very easy. Screw one hook on each side into the wall above the window. Then just put your curtain on the pipe and hang up there. We spray painted the PVC to hide it better and you can put a cork or something in the ends to hide the hole. I made some little end caps with clay to match the curtains. Hope this helps, it will only take you about 10 minutes, 2 or 3 dollars, but that cost will cover a few windows.
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You can hang them on a string hung between 2 nails/hooks - hang them with push pins, use existing hardware & use plain shower curtain hooks.
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