Luckily, when we moved in, our house came with nice blinds on all the windows. Privacy wasn’t an issue, but the windows in our living room looked a bit bare without anything around them.

We had been shopping around for the right pattern and color to fit the space and finally found some at Target that we liked.  The windows are pretty small, and we don’t plan on closing the curtains that often, so the original idea was to get one curtain per window and push them to the outside. That being said, we only bought two panels.

We’ve hung curtains before, so this should have been a simple project. Emphasis on “should have.” Usually, Melissa’s plans work out well, but sometimes, she has to stop and regroup in the middle, as you’ll see here.

We wanted the curtains to hang just above the floor so they just almost touch the carpet. (Yes, that’s a basket of Peanuts books.)

 

So we measured up from the floor the length (height) of the curtain (ours were 84 inches) plus an inch.  First I marked where the brackets needed to be and used a pencil to mark where my holes would be. This allowed me to drill the screws into the wall without having to fight the bracket.

After they were most of the way in, I was able to slide it on and finish tightening the screws up until they were snug.

Next we threaded the curtain rod through the top of the curtain and set it in the bracket.  Make sure to tighten the screws on the braked to lock the rod into place, while making sure the rod ends are adjusted to sit square with the room. This was especially important for us since we have the molding that makes it very noticeable if the squares are crooked.

Of course, this isn’t a problem if you have round finials on the end of your curtain rods.

Then we tried out the original idea with only one curtain on each window, pushed to one side. I didn’t really understand this plan, but then again I don’t have the decorating skills my wife has, or at least that’s what I sometimes want her to believe.After they were up, Melissa realized that this wasn’t exactly what she imagined and decided we needed to get enough curtains for each window to have two panels.

Unfortunately, that was going to cost twice as much money, and with each curtain panel already about $25, we weren’t too keen on that idea. Still, I let Liss figure out what she wanted to do with the curtains. Usually, she says I’m the one creating the hang ups since she can work on projects during the day sometimes and I has to wait for me to get home from work. Not this time– I had my part of the project complete, right?

Who tends to hold projects up in your house? Any hang ups that have been preventing work from getting done lately?