How To Mount Curtain Rods On Plaster Walls

You ll need to get the curtain on the rod before you hang it unless you re using rings.

How to mount curtain rods on plaster walls.

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. If it s dry crumbly plaster or a cinderblock wall that s preventing you from drilling holes consider hanging your curtain rod from the ceiling instead. If using rings put them in place on the rod now. Remove the curtain rod and drill pilot holes through the plaster and into the studs at the hole marks.

The higher you hang them the more visual space you create. Push the rod through your curtain if the curtain has eye holes. Plaster is known to break and damage large portions of your wall. This can also cause your curtain rod to fall out and become damaged as well.

The trick to preventing this from happening is to correctly install the curtain hardware into the wall. Unlock the curtain rod ends and get a friend to help you extend both sides of the rod against the walls. Three different curtain rods each with three brackets into plaster walls. Installing curtain hardware on plaster walls is a challenging project that can easily go awry.

As long as they re at least a few inches below the ceiling you re good to go. If you have high set windows like those in the home above from elle decoration featured on my domaine suspending curtains from the ceiling will look natural. You ll want to expand your rod as. Decide on curtain placement.

I wanted to cry. Bear in mind that the curtain will only draw back as far as the brackets holding the curtain rod whether or not you have a return and the style of the curtain will determine how much they can be compressed. The other tip is to hang them wide. If you have plaster cob or stone walls then the casing may be easier.

So when i was faced with an entire room of windows to curtain in my future office all i could feel was dread.