Decide on curtain placement.
How to hang curtain rod without brackets on plaster wall.
As long as they re at least a few inches below the ceiling you re good to go.
Instead use a trick we often employ on photo shoots when we don t want to drill holes in our studio walls.
Use temporary command hooks.
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.
You want to hang them as high above your window frame as you can.
Instant curtain rod holders wrap around the top corners of your window molding.
The higher you hang them the more visual space you create.
How to hang curtains on plaster walls.
You buy them hang your curtain and insert them between your window frames.
I wanted to cry.
A small v shaped piece slides behind the molding to secure the holder in place.
Tension rods are probably the easiest.
Slide the hoops or fasteners on your curtains onto the rod.
Make a pencil mark where the bolts will go into the wall.
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.
There are several different methods for hanging your curtains without using nails or screws in your wall.
Mark both sides of each stud with a light pencil mark.
Take down the rod and hang your curtains on it.
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.
The other tip is to hang them wide.
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.
Using the utility knife make two small cuts in the shape of a cross over each pencil mark for the bolts.
Scan the wall with a studfinder to locate the studs in the installation area.
Magnetic curtain rods are available as are hangers that tap in behind your window frame.
So when i was faced with an entire room of windows to curtain in my future office all i could feel was dread.
Pick up some command hooks.