Gather all the supplies you’ll need and familiarize yourself with the parts that were included with the Custom Curtain rod you purchased. You’ll need:
pencil
level
measuring tape
drill and drill bits
screwdriver
drywall anchors
curtain rod with at least two brackets and two finials

How high should a curtain rod be installed? That will depend on how long your curtains are. I marked my top hole at 2″ below the ceiling so the curtain rod would be close to the ceiling, making the room look taller. It’s also common to install the curtain rod half way between the ceiling and the top of the window frame.

marking points for curtain rod

How far from the window should the curtain rod brackets be? It depends on your curtains and how big you want the window to look. I’m making blackout curtains and I don’t want them blocking the window, so I placed the brackets about 12″ horizontally from the window frame (I roughly measured it but didn’t worry about being precise). If you don’t want such a big distance 3″-4″ from the window frame will also work. Just keep in mind that the less window that the curtain fabric blocks, the bigger the window will appear.marking holes on curtain rod bracket

The curtain rod will actually lie lower than wherever you marked the top hole of the curtain rod bracket, so remember that when measuring and marking your points.DSCN4870

drilling holes into wall for curtain rod bracket

If you hit a stud like we did, just trim the drywall anchor with scissors to the thickness of the drywall (drywall is generally 1/2″ to 5/8″ thick).cut drywall anchor if you hit a stud

Use a rubber mallet to tap in the drywall anchors.insert drywall anchors using a rubber mallet
insert drywall anchors using a rubber mallet

fasten screw into drywall anchor

place bracket over top screw and fasten bottom screw

Depending on how large your window is you’ll need repeat all of the above steps for one or two more brackets.curtain rod bracket

At this point, you’ll want to put the curtains on the rod, and then attach the finials before you put the rod up.attach finial to curtain rod

So pretend that there are yellow damask curtains hanging from the rod pictured below.place rod into brackets and secure

Since I don’t have the curtains yet I didn’t bother securing anything, but generally at this point you’ll want to tighten that screw in the bracket to keep the rod from shifting.place rod into brackets and secure

Again, you are going to have to picture happy yellow damask curtains hanging from the curtain rod below. It looks pretty bare without them!

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