Anchors are important for heavier rods as they will be used to keep the brackets in place.
How to hang curtains from ceiling to floor.
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But to maximize visual height let the walls determine your curtain s length.
Next attach the ceiling curtain rod brackets using screws and a power drill.
In a living room library den or bedroom the longer the panels the better.
When you re determining how high to hang the rod itself it s really just a personal preference you can hang them so the curtains sit eeeeeever so slightly off the floor so they barely skim the floor or so they puddle a bit.
In a room with standard ceiling heights of about 8 feet either method of hanging can work.
A tip to do this accurately is to hang the curtains on the rod and mark or pin them while they are already hanging.
Use these same rules when the windows are arched.
Screw the end caps on and hang the rod in place by setting it onto the hooks centering it between the brackets.
Assuming you re outfitting a living room or bedroom with average ceiling height 8 feet high an interior designer s rule of thumb would be to mount the curtain rod about a half foot above the top.
Standard curtains typically hang from about a half inch from the floor to halfway between the window trim and average height ceiling.
Hanging a curtain rod from the ceiling doesn t have to be hard.
If you re using the kind with eye holes alternate going front to back and back to front so that it pleats the curtain and hangs properly.
Ceiling height plays a major role in how high you should hang your curtains.
I generally like mine to graze the floor just a bit somewhere between a skim and a puddle.
To create the illusion of height mount the drapery rods close to the ceiling.
This is particularly important to do if the room has low ceilings.
Put the curtain on the rod and hang it in place.
If you re installing ceiling curtain rods you ll need a power drill.
No matter what the ceiling height the minimum distance from the top of the window casing to the curtain rod is two inches.
Use the power drill to install anchors.