5 Rules For Hanging Curtains & Common Mistakes to Avoid!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Hardware: Rod/Track Placement
02:28 - Curtain Drop
06:16 - Panel Width
07:25 - Materials
08:24 - Curtain Headers
10:09 - Installation Hacks
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Thanks Man! I was tearing my hair out over curtains the other day and this has been really helpful!
Hello Reynard! Top quality content as always. I was wondering, would you consider making a video about mixing living spaces with clear functional division? For instance living room + office or dining area + entryway.
Thanks! When you say mixing living spaces, do you mean dividing an open plan space?
@@reynardlowell Yes! That's what I meant.
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You don't mention curtains for windows under which a radiator sits. Full length curtains can't be drawn properly to keep the room warm unless they cover the radiator. Full polyester fabrics attract dirt so are a no no in a city.
Just as I am thinking about putting curtains in my living room, BOOM you post a video about curtain mistakes! THANK YOU! This comes in clutch haha. & great video as always!
You are not alone. So many want to do it, but just can't decide or know what to do. One thing I don't think he mentioned is that you would want your drapes to be close to the color of your walls, otherwise especially in small rooms, drastically different is too much, or encloses the space and looks blocky. Even a very strong pattern doesn't work. I made that mistake. Good luck. This guy is the best.
This is the BEST covering draperies, comprehensive, and not overly verbose. Probably why Reynard is my favorite. Can I add one little thing? OK. When you hang drapes far above the top of the window it looks the best. BUT. Your drapes are usually open, so there is that blank block that bothers me above the window. I have added a flat shiny thing in those voids, like a round mirror, OR some kind of chrome shiny thing there. FLAT so as not to impede the drape. For me, an 18" round or oval mirror pulls the eye up, and makes sense out of that void. Bonus last thing, who is to say you cannot mount a decorative rod to the ceiling? You just have to see how it looks.
Oh wow. Talk about timing. I was just researching this.
Thank you for a clear and comprehensive explanation presented calmly. Very easy to listen to and follow and lots of helpful tips thank you Reynard
Thank you so much for such a well detailed video and thanks so much for the organized links in the description of your favorites!! I’ve been looking for a thorough but not overly complicated video on curtains and yours is just the right balance so I’ll definitely be referencing everything when I decide to change my curtains!! ❤
The toilet roll hack is genius !Thanks for sharing
Perfect timing as I am right in the midst of styling my home. Great insights clearly described. And, I love your designs. Thank You
Such a detailed video - comes exactly at a time when I am looking to have curtains in my studio apartment. Thank you ❤
This video came right on time, I plan on hanging my curtains today. Thanks for the guidelines 👍🏾
Home decoration can be so fun and stressful at the same time. Good thing that we have you here to give us more insights on how we can do it properly. Thank you! 🫰🥰
Excellent video. Very detailed and thorough.
What about hanging curtains with a radiator under the window? I'd love the look of full length curtains but don't want to cover the radiator and block out the heat when closed. Should full length curtains be used on half length smaller windows? I currently have roller blinds that stop at the window sill, but in winter I'd really like something more full and thick to retain heat
This video was super helpful since I will be hanging new curtains in my new place soon. I will be referencing this video again when I'm installing the curtains.
Great video, thank you. Nice to hear someone mention that shorter curtains have their place.
The video is so helpful 😊
Thank you so much for the information!! Right on time❤️
i've watched and followed your videos. i had professional install the sheer curtain and roller blind. it looks so good
You da best Reynard!!
Outstanding video! Measurements information was very helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Greatest content about curtains
I love the video!!
Wow thank you! Man, I don't know much about design but am redoing my bedroom and your videos have saved me from making so many mistakes. Just seeing the "don't do this" pictures alone is enough for me to say "yup, I totally would have done that" 😅.
Got some great looking curtains at IKEA today but I need to return them. They are too short 😔. They have only 2 inches from the ceiling but like 6 inches from the floor. They look terrible.
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You provided the most helpful and specific information. Thank you!!
Thank you for making all these videos!! I always learn something very practical and beautiful from you! ❤
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This is exactly the information i needed! Thanks!
One whole wall in my place is glasa i have crappy venetian blinds that i have cowered over the top with curtaina but the are not long enough i really need to fix this thanks for the inspo
Amazing. So much to know that I didn't know. Thank you for this information and super helpful guide.
Hi Reynard! Your channel has been a guiding light in my interior design process. Quick question: You mentioned what to do if you don't have wall clearance on both sides, but what if you don't have wall clearance only on one side? Do you still follow the 6"-10" rule, but only on that one side? Or would you double it? I have a right-adjusted sliding door that's about half the length of the wall, but it's almost completely flush with the adjacent wall. Having trouble deciding between full wall coverage or some overhang on that one side...
Excellent video! Thank you!
A new subscriber & will definitely be watching more of your content.
Hello, I found this video so helpful. I was wondering what type of colors you like for curtains. Should one go for something light and airy or dark and saturated? I have a very warm brown living room with hints of rust and I’m debating whether I should go for a saturatedcurtain or something more in the warm, beige tone to lighten it. I don’t mind moody, but I just need some direction.
Love you ceiling rail, which is the best quality one you would recommend ? Thank you for your content 🙂
Hey Reynard. I have a curtain wall rail that I am about to install - but I'm unsure how much width clearance do I need to allow for for the brackets. Any advice? Thanks!
Great video.
Thank you
Great video. What do you recommend when there is a small window next to the sliding door you want to cover with curtains?
Can you do one on choosing blinds instead of curtains
Do you have recommendations for ceiling rail system?
I’d really love to see some Australian links to products next time, considering you’re located here haha
I was recently out of the country and my sister made my curtains which I brought back with me. The length of the triple stack was 8 meters and around the corner was three meters. I inadvertently told her 2.3m instead of 2.4. We tried to hang the curtains yesterday OMG. It was 8-10 cm short. My husband couldn’t lower the rods because it is in line with the dining room curtains. I bought new hooks, the -8mm which gave me 2cm. Today I will let out the hem and try to get 7-8cm. Maybe. I don’t sew but I have many reels of the glue iron and hemming tape which I bought a year ago at Aldi. I will update my results 😅
Reynard, any thoughts on curtains in bathrooms?
Where do you purchase track rods from? Absolutely love this video, and your channel! Thank you for all the great tips.
Would love some advice about a window with a thru-the-wall ac unit underneath protruding 7 inches. In addition, there is a baseboard heater on the same wall running the width of the room. I feel like my only option is to hang a track the width of the room, and place it about 9” from the window to accommodate the ac. That wall has too much going on and is a nightmare!
I think of grommet curtains are out of style or were over done. It is a great idea, but I just think early 2000's. Maybe if the grommets were very close to the color of the drape it would look better?
Any opinions?
I think grommet looks really nice with patterned or thicker curtains, not so much with sheers. The grommets and rods also plays a role, I think it looks better if they are the same metal.
@@reynardlowell YES and yes. Also a rod close to the diameter of the grommets, or at least very substantial. Now that makes visual sense. You identified the problem: a 1/2" rod of some other metal, with 3 inch grommets, holding up a very light fabric was the problem.
Groomers look incredibly cheap, like a low class motel
Amazing videos! where did you get the tracks from for your white curtains?
Adding, or maintaining, proper weights in the hem of your draperies also makes a huge impact in how they hang, swing, and, remain smooth-looking.
Attaining the look of custom window treatments is about knowing the tricks of this trade.
Interior designers who know their stuff, are rich repositories of this knowledge. (Such as yourself).
So are workroom craftspeople, as long as there isn't too much of a language barrier.
Great video, thank you!
To “kiss” the floor, you have to rely on the fabricator to make very straight panels. Which can be very hard to pull off with some fabrics. The fabric almost always stretches between side hems, as there is nothing holding the fabric from stretching. Panels are almost always longer in the middle, which makes kissing the floor across the whole panel difficult . You end up with fabric kissing the floor a lot more in the middle. Designers can have a hard time understanding that. It’s not a problem of the drapes being made wrong, its just the nature of fabric…it stretches. It’s the most popular look right now. And has the least margin of error . And that’s on top of taking accurate measures, and planning correctly. Good video. Good info.
I moved into a new apartment building. My windows are floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall in both my bedroom and living room. I'm unsure what to do regarding curtains as I don't want the windows to look too cut off. Any suggestions are appreciated!
Hello Reynard! Thank you so much for this video.
I have a question for you: the ripple fold curtains on the tracks… you mentioned I need a ‘’pendant’’ in order to get this look, did I understand the word well? Please correct me if I didn’t.
It would be great if you put purchase link for that ceiling track for curtains I want to buy exact the same one you showed in the video time: 0:30
Anybody who knew pls share link to buy 0:30
Hi I really like your videos and I like your curtains design ideas. Can you possible share the curtain tracks links? Thank you!
What about triangle windows? How do I install blinds for them. Please help
For ripple effect along with ceiling length curtain.. I tried ikea tracks but ripple effect was not coming as we stretch the curtain there is uneven space ..any suggestions?
Hi Reynard, thank you for this great and timely video. I am renovating my appartement and obsessed with the full height sheer curtain you use.
Would be great to know what to look for these specifically: link to the curtains or better specifications. Is it a poly linen blend? Etc...
I am in France so won't buy the same but would appreciate as much references to try and replicate.
Now on to watching all your other great videos. Awesome work!
I typically use poly linen blend, or high quality polyester that look like linen (if budget is a bit tight).
Here are some of the materials I use often:
www.zepelfabrics.com/product/curtain-sheer/10248-109/allusion-pearl
www.warwick.com.au/products/burano/ivory/
Usually we do custom cut so it fits perfectly in the space - I'm sure there are a lot of curtain manufacturer in France that can give you great suggestions (or showrooms to touch materials).
Thanks Reynard! Will look out for these
I want to propose a creative solution for the wall to wall window situation: use a ceiling mounted curtain guide and have it make a 90 degree turn at the walls so that the curtains will stay on the walls rather than windows.
(only makes sense if the windows is big as you will still get some curtain visually in form of the windows but it will "flatten out" long length of cuortains
Hey reynard, where do you get the ceiling mounted track curtains?
Hello, I just wondered where I can get the Ripple fold curtain track. Please help
I love your videos. You give practical advice, without being judgmental.
I love the airy look of the sheer curtains, but what are the options for privacy or block out? Would you recommend blinds or a blockout curtain?
Both blinds and blockout curtains are great, really depends on use case. I prefer blockout curtain if it’s a wider window that requires 2-3 blinds, as it gets tiring pulling down multiple blinds, unless you opt for motorised blinds. We’ve also done both, blockout blinds at the back, and sheer in front of it.
What do I do when I have vaulted ceiling above a patio door?
where to get the seamless track as you show in 2:28? Thanks!
Im adding track curtains to my office window. The window is floor to ceiling height, but only 2 feet wide and right in the corner of the room. How would you hang curtains in this scenario?
Ok so my livingroom window is disproportionately large. It eats the room and makes it look like the hallway of a very large house mansion (not sure how else to describe). I actually would love for the window to look smaller. In my case, can I hang my curtains lower? (I have 10 ft ceilings)
Love you channel! Q: I’m redoing my bedroom and I had 4 plantation shutters as a window covering but when you open the middle 2 completely not just the shutters they get in the way of the room, so i removed the middle ones. The outer 2 are also left open as my bedroom looks out to the backyard and has full privacy. I was considering no window fittings at all as I’m looking for that clean minimal look and if I got curtains they would be open almost all the time. Your thoughts on no window coverings?
I have a serious curtain dilemma that i cannot find any videos that addresses my issue. My living room has an angled bay window that I would use angled poles to hang curtains but on the other wall there is a square bay window and a small regular window sharing a wall. My question is do I use an angled curtain rod on the square bay window? or do I put the curtain rod straight across the outside of the window so that it is aligned with the curtains on the other window that shares the wall? If the latter is the answer, I would just keep the curtains open b/c closing them would make the room appear smaller and I intend on placing a chair and drink table in the space.
And what to do if you have a double glass door/window to the balcony and windows attached, but beneath the windows there is a heather... so i cant hang curtains
or i have to use blinds but i cant hang blinds before the double doors.. XD and the other way around, i cant hang curtains above the heather because then the curtain is shorter in front of the windows/above the heathers and long in front of the door. and i cant have them lpong above the heathers because then the heath will get stuck behind the curtains
Where can I find long curtains 275 cm high? Thanks
I have solid glass front doors. Could I put curtains over them? I need ideas, please!!!
That'd be annoying tho having to move the curtains out of the way going in and out. Is it for privacy reason? If so I'd just recommend installing a privacy window film on the glass, there are plenty of options from plain ones to beautiful handmade patterns.
Not a single one was about rooms having dark walls,also what about double layer curtains !
HELP Reynard. I only need privacy at the bottom half of my windows, I think this is common. Café curtains look only good in a kitchen, or a café. I want the option of seeing the veiw, but at times, don't want people looking in. Any solutions???
What I did does not work, doesn't look bad, but didn't solve the problem. Hate to admit I still have the mini-blinds, but that is the only thing that works. H E L P ?
There are blinds that are bi-directional: you can pull down from the top or up from the bottom.
Another option without curtains or blinds is to place glass frost or frost film on the bottom two thirds of the window (then you more permanently block the lower view).
I have had both. Currently I have a bathroom with glass frosted over the lower two thirds. I love it. The sky is always in view and light is full.
@@KatSchlitz Ah, Ha. Thank you so much!!!
@@KatSchlitz You reminded me of one solution, I saw years ago. ♥
A regular window, with a piece of canvas cut about the same size as the window. Then a sleeve sewn into this say every foot +/-, horizontally. Then a 1/2" tension bar put in every sleeve. Not extremely easy to operate, but unlimited configurations. The rod goes inside the window, horizontally, from jamb to jamb, a very simple look. ♥
THIS would be the cheapest way to go, even if you had to get somebody to sew them. Thank you again. ♥
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I have a AC unit in between my window and ceiling, can you tell me a solution how to use curtains in this scenario assuming moving AC unit is not an option
You can opt for roller blinds with linen fabric to enjoy aesthetic sense of airiness.