Measure 2 inches out.
How high to hang curtains over sliding door.
If you re installing curtain rods add an extra 1 to 3 inches 2 5 to 7 6 cm on either side of the window.
Hang a thin metal rod close to the ceiling to maintain a simple and uniform look.
Your home has a sliding glass door.
Btw we trim out our sliding glass door that way so i think it looks fine.
A rule of thumb from architectural digest is that curtains should be hung between 4 to 6 inches above the window frame so install your curtain rod accordingly.
Hanging curtains over the sliding glass door is a viable option both ensuring extra privacy and adding to the aesthetic appeal of the room.
If you want to create an even bigger visual effect you could even go out as far as 6 inches 15 cm on either side.
But since they re pretty much just big windows they don t offer much privacy so hanging curtains is one of the options to deal with the problem.
How to use curtains with sliding glass doors.
Take all the dimensions into consideration.
All you need is a longer curtain rod with a center bracket.
How to hang curtain rod over sliding door.
I wouldn t go as high as the top of the cabinets maybe about 6 above the top of the trim.
The long curtains can cover the entire wall not.
Measure and mark this height on your wall above the glass doors to see if the standard length will work on your glass doors.
If not you may have to hem the draperies to make them work.
When you hang the curtain rod high it will make the window appear taller.
Take a pencil and mark a spot at about four inches above the door frame.
Find the center point and make a pencil mark 4 inches above the top of the door frame.
Then mark spots on either side of the sliding door about 2 inches on both sides.
It wasn t trimmed out when we bought the house so we did it as we like the look of wood.
Measure your sliding doors.
Need help deciding how to hang curtains over sliding door.
Don t scrimp on length.
How to hang curtain rod over sliding door.
Dec 27 2016 door curtain rod fantastic ideas.
You will need a curtain a few sizes bigger than the windows on the top as well on the sides.
It s like the housing and curtain industries had lunch got drunk and one of them said we ll make the standard height of newly installed windows around 6 or 7 high so you just go ahead and only manufacture curtains around 84 high and they ll all buy it and we ll all become millionaires.
This means the drapery rod should be hung at a height of 85.
That way you won t have to keep remeasuring when it comes time to install the curtains.