How To Hang Curtain Lights On Wall

Secure one end of the light strand to an intersection point on one of your bedroom walls by placing a piece of tape over the wires or pushing a tack into the wall in between the wires.

How to hang curtain lights on wall.

This method works well for hanging wall rods french window curtain rods and even arched window curtain rods though you may need to take the unique shape of those styles into account. I insisted on filming john as he demonstrated this part too so if you want to see it in action you can catch it in the video above. Get a roll of transparent tape or a box of tacks and step up onto a stepstool or small stepladder. If your curtains have large eye holes thread the rod through the openings.

Leave the bottom edge along the floor empty. Use tape or tacks to secure the lights to the wall. Measure your window and buy as many strands also known as stripes as you d like. Secure the lights to the top of the window or curtain with the method of your choice then hang your curtains in front of them.

Buy anywhere from 15 30 stripes for a dense curtain. Screw your hooks to the wall the rest is pretty straightforward hammer in your anchors and secure your curtain rod hooks to the wall using the provided screws. Buy 3 5 for a more subtle look. By the end we had a total of 14 pieces of tape on our wire.

Then set the rod into the brackets to hang the. Lay your wire out straight and starting at one end place pieces of tape where you want the lights to hang. Use nails thumb tacks or wall hooks to secure the lights to the perimeter of your desired wall. For particularly heavy curtains or rods you might want to install wall anchors to mount the brackets securely to the wall.

This works best with string lights that have to be connected to an outlet. Otherwise attach the panels to the rod with curtain rings or clips. Join several strands of lights together to frame an accent wall. We chose to have 1 foot of spacing between each of our light strings so we placed a piece of tape at 1 foot increments along the wire.

Open and close to check that they re functioning properly before finishing.