Decide on curtain placement.
How to hang curtain rod without brackets on plaster wall.
Instead use a trick we often employ on photo shoots when we don t want to drill holes in our studio walls.
Clever brackets exist that allow you to mount a curtain rod directly to the corners of the wood molding around your window instead of in the wall.
If you are by yourself use a few pieces of electrical tape to secure the level to the top of the curtain rod.
Tension rods are probably the easiest.
You want to hang them as high above your window frame as you can.
I wanted to cry.
Using the utility knife make two small cuts in the shape of a cross over each pencil mark for the bolts.
Slide the hoops or fasteners on your curtains onto the rod.
You buy them hang your curtain and insert them between your window frames.
But since there was no curtain fairy around my house to hang curtain rods for me i eventually found my fake positive attitude and did it myself.
Scan the wall with a studfinder to locate the studs in the installation area.
How to hang curtains on plaster walls.
There are several different methods for hanging your curtains without using nails or screws in your wall.
This is much less awkward than trying to control both with one hand.
Take down the rod and hang your curtains on it.
Pick up some command hooks.
A small v shaped piece slides behind the molding to secure the holder in place.
Use temporary command hooks.
Make a pencil mark where the bolts will go into the wall.
Position the curtain rod in the desired location aligning the.
Make sure all of the panels you want to use are on and facing the right direction since you ll need to take the tension rod down if you want to adjust them.
Magnetic curtain rods are available as are hangers that tap in behind your window frame.
Three different curtain rods each with three brackets into plaster walls.
If you love the look of a real curtain rod or have a penchant for decorative finials then a simple tension rod probably won t work for you.
Mark both sides of each stud with a light pencil mark.
The higher you hang them the more visual space you create.
As long as they re at least a few inches below the ceiling you re good to go.