I've been in my new apartment on the upper west side for 3.5 weeks. I JUST put up my curtains 2 days ago. When I didn't have my furniture yet, I would move around my makeshift bed back and forth in the morning to avoid the strong morning sun (which is actually a good problem to have in NYC!). After I got my furniture, I fashioned a temporary curtain with a bedspread by jamming the corners of the bedspread in the window cracks.
So I was determined to put up my new curtains, which were painstaking in themselves to purchase. First of all, the window is long and no standard rod will cover it. Also, it takes 3 curtain panels to cover. But the real problem was the rod, which I had to construct from 2 separate decorative rods. Keep in mind that I don't have any power tools or a screwdriver. All I have are a hammer and a pair of small pliers. And these are the tools that I used to install my rod and curtains. I devised a plan.
1. hammer in a nail to introduce a hole
2. screw in a medium length wood screw (w/ pointy end) to widen the hole
3. screw in actual bracket
Phew! This took me about an hour and a half to do. Oh but how satisfying. :) I put them up all by myself!!
2 comments:
I'm impressed! How did you put the screws in without a screw driver? By hand?
oh, right. I used the pliers. Yup, it was a workout for me. :)
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