Sigh.

[sylvar]

Project Hang Curtains in the Bedroom is annoying the hell out of me. I don't know what's behind the drywall, but it took me four tries to figure out how to punch through it without leaving the hole too big for the screw and its expanding plastic jacket.

Notes to future self (when I get back to Atlanta):

• buy a 1/4" Blu-Mol bit instead of using a 3/16" and wiggling it around,
  
• hang the whole thing an inch higher (reuse the top holes as bottom holes),
• move the right bracket 9cm right in order to match the left bracket's distance from the windowframe,
• buy a longer curtain rod and get an extra pair of brackets,
• find a way to weight the bottom edge so the ceiling fan doesn't suck the curtains inward too much,
• and whatever you do, don't ask anyone how it looks unless you've got the energy to redo it again on the spot.

Comments

[technomom]

Eww - the walls aren't plaster, are they? Ours are, and they must include hair from SuperHorse or something. They can't be penetrated.

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

You can buy weights in a fabric store or drape area of a store.