How to Install Doorway Curtains

Adding curtains at your doors can either be decorative or purposeful.

Doorway curtains come in many shapes and sizes. Screen curtains allow you to open your front, or back, door and let the fresh air enter your home. Beaded curtains can add to the décor of a teenager's room. Hanging regular fabric curtains at the doorway can give you privacy when necessary. You must hang all these curtain types in different ways. No matter which type of curtain you hang in your doorway, make sure that they do not caught when the door closes.

Things You'll Need

• Screen doorway curtain
• Hook-and-loop tape
• Beaded curtain
• Hooks
• Fabric curtains with hardware
• Screwdriver
• Swinging curtain rod with hardware

Instructions

1. Hang a screen doorway curtain using hook-and-loop tape. Purchase hook-and-loop tape with an adhesive back. Lay the tape across the top edge of the screen doorway curtain to measure it. Cut the tape to the necessary length. Remove the backing, stick one side of the tape to the wall above the door and the other to the top edge of the screen doorway curtain. Roll up the screen when not in use.

2. Hang a beaded curtain using hooks. Screw one hook on either side of the top of the doorway at the corners. Insert the hooks just outside the door casing so the beaded curtain will completely cover the door opening.

3. Install a swinging curtain rod over the door to hang up fabric curtains. This allows you to close the curtains when you want privacy but open them when you want light. Attach the curtain rod above the door casing on the same side as the door hinges. Hang fabric curtains on the rod. Swing the rod out when you want the curtains open and swing it closed to cover any glass in the door.

Tips & Warnings

• Hold up the curtains against the wall just above the door to measure where to hang them. Make sure the curtains are completely off the floor and out of the way of the door opening.

• Note that the swinging curtain rods attach to only one side of the wall.

References

• Mystic Dreams Shoppe: How to Install Your New Curtain
• Creative Home Decorating Ideas: Swing Arm Curtain Rods In Decorating