Btw we trim out our sliding glass door that way so i think it looks fine.
How high to hang curtains over sliding door.
Measure and mark this height on your wall above the glass doors to see if the standard length will work on your glass doors.
Best window treatments design.
Your home has a sliding glass door.
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.
Don t scrimp on length.
All you need is a longer curtain rod with a center bracket.
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.
Perhaps it is covered by blinds or perhaps it has no covering at all.
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.
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.
How to hang curtain rod over sliding door.
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.
Need help deciding how to hang curtains over sliding door.
Find the center point and make a pencil mark 4 inches above the top of the door frame.
So add one inch to keep the draperies from dragging the floor.
Then mark spots on either side of the sliding door about 2 inches on both sides.
Measure 2 inches out.
How to use curtains with sliding glass doors.
It wasn t trimmed out when we bought the house so we did it as we like the look of wood.
Take all the dimensions into consideration.
Measure your sliding doors.
Take a pencil and mark a spot at about four inches above the door frame.
How to hang curtain rod over sliding door.
The long curtains can cover the entire wall not.
Hang a thin metal rod close to the ceiling to maintain a simple and uniform look.
This means the drapery rod should be hung at a height of 85.
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.
That way you won t have to keep remeasuring when it comes time to install the curtains.