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How do you do 15 hooks? Can’t seem to figure it out 😅🫣🤯🤯

The green on green and beads is not my style. But I'll be using your wooden camouflage piece idea. So thanks for the vid ❤

Thank you for this video, Helen! I feel like having my own Ivar stash now.

algorithm scared me😅

I went with something else I had IKEA SCHOTT blinds left over from the windows, which fitted perfectly, Stapled them, and different if you want to cover completely

This is for a 57 inch curtain, correct?

I clicked this video for the Ivar inspiration but STAYED for.. everything else, lol! You are so charming have such a calm and witty style. I hope you come back and do more on YT:)

Love the bamboo idea. How many sticks would you need for the tallest of panels?

Hey thank you for this super useful video! Amazing method. It really helped me :)

So helpful, I've used this video in two apartments now! A tip for others, on the newest set of ikea curtains I bought, the number of loops between each "dead zone" has changed from 16 to 14, but the number of dead zones and total length has stayed the same. Therefore the loops must have gotten wider. I couldn't figure out the math to make sure, but I moved the x one loop closer to the dead zone, and didn't change anything else, and that seemed to work!

Good sound advice 👍🏻 really tired of “experts”announcing their opinions as law 🤣 Do what you like as it’s your home

Amazing video, what a helpful algorithm! Thanks for taking the time to put this together and for showing examples of the multiple lengths

This sparked some great ideas. Thanks!

Like this comment if you are a guy, and found this video really helpful, but just stabbed the pins into any holes just to get the curtains up 😀

Very helpful video! Appreciate it. Some questions regarding the soaked bamboo dowels- do you insert into holes while still wet from the soaking? Im assuming yes? Was going to insert some wood glue into the holes first for added strength, didnt know if wet bamboo would effect the glue drying. Additionally, was also hoping to paint/stain the project after all the pieces are together. So would have to wait for bamboo to dry fully? Any idea how long that takes aftgr an overnight soak? Thanks again!

In the early 90s, I used plenty of Ivar for my flat in Vienna (Austria). I moved to Taipei, Taiwan, mid 90s and then Ikea opened, so I got again Ivar for my home and then for my studio. Late 90s I moved to Barcelona (Spain) and made a 7 meters long desk out of Ivar and also used the bookshelves as a room divider. In Valencia (Spain), my Ivar became first: storage shelving for my brother's shop and then Bookshelves for a friend's house. In London, I decided against repeating Ivar again and instead went for Billy. But now that I am planing my return to Valencia, I am designing an Ivar home office. The tip about the bamboo sticks, I used it once so books wouldn't fall at the sides. It works great. I had complete forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder.

You sound like the sweetest person, we will treat poor ivar with more love

Lovely video. Top tips here are painting the metal side pieces and using soaked (bendy) bamboo. I especially liked the white and natural makeover.

So I have two guitar amplifiers, four Hi-Fi speakers, a Hi-Fi stack of separates, a synthesizer, a drum machine, a TV, a collection of LEGO models, around 200 CDs and around 200 vinyl records and they have inhabited an eyesore hodge-podge mish-mash for too long. Someone suggested Ivar and the modular aspect appeals to me and is being delivered Sunday and my bamboo rods arrived today, Thanks to your inspiration it seems I shall soon have my 'Music Wall' at long last. The only problem is now I will have to learn properly how to actually PLAY my guitars and I don't think my wife is going to appreciate my practicing! 😉😂 Many thanks!

Helen you GENIUS!! My droopy ikea curtains have been bothering me for years and I couldnt find any answers online on how to fix it until a reddit post lead me to your youtube channel. THANK YOU! My curtains look amazing now

Loved "don't all families have an Ivar stash in the shed?" and especially "I don't exactly hate Ivar. It's just ... we've been together a very long time." A refrain from my days in family law.

Very imaginative! I like the first bamboo alternative. QUESTION: how do I move the darn shelves??

THANK YOU ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Just wanted to say a HUGE Thank you for this video! Saved me such a head ache on pleating and hanging my Ikea curtains!! Also - I didn’t have pins to hold the Riktig curtain hooks in so I used my small binder clips and they got the job done! Thanks so much!

I love this more than the pinch pleat style! It’s more modern

Cool!

That's a great idea - I've been umming and ahhing about doing the bamboo sides (The sides are my biggest bother as well). I've also been thinking about getting some particle board or some other thin board, cut to fit between the frame, and then nailing in on the top and bottom and middle side bars to make it look slightly less open. Haven't tried it yet though.

If I use 8" or 10" on each side of the window frame, will it still work?

Really valuable video, thanks for putting in the effort to make this!

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Ver nice

Thank you, valuable info

thank you for this!

The fact this stuff exists is wild to me. Thank you for the video. What a wild world drapery is. I love it. An algorithm for pleats and it's called the New York Pleat Algorithm.

This is just wat I wanted it explained so good!!!

I love that you took the time to problem solve this! Just wondering why you didn’t get the ceiling mount option instead of the wall mount. Especially since it’s a single track, ikea definitely has them for Vidga!

Thank you so much for this. I dreaded taking my curtains down to wash because of having to put them back up. Thanks to you, they went up in five minutes a panel. Thank you, Thank you.

To keep the pleating hooks from falling out I did this with 4 prong hooks. If you slide 2 prongs into the X section it stays pretty snug.

But you see the bracket. No thanks.

Amazing explanation! How did you add all those graphics there? Thanks

What a practical, handy tutorial!! Took me a few to wrap my head around it, but you explained so clearly. Thank you!

hey helen! I am having trouble with my curtains from ikea and would love your advice on how to get that new york pleat look. could I hire you for a virtual consult to ask you some questions?

One of a kind video! Explained perfectly. Thank you. Please keep doing what you doing

You're amazing thank you!

This video was extremely helpful!!! With the popularity of IKEA hacks, I’m shocked this hasn’t gone viral. Thank you so much for your great work on this video.

God bless you for posting this! I ordered some curtains from Two Pages and was completely baffled until I watched this. Thank you A MILLION

Great video. You must have gone through a LOT of trial and error in order to get those final numbers. Thank you for sharing that knowledge.

Awesome idea and great explanation 😊

thank you Helen at Home!