About 10 years ago we did a major remodel on our living room. DH has a big "hangup" about not putting holes in our oak woodwork or drywall. So I have figured out ways to just use valances made out of the same fabric as the couch and hung with heavy duty Velcro. When I got tired of that, I found maroon lace split panels with a fake valence and hung them on expansion rods. The problem was the 10' patio door, but I managed to rig up real small rods about the size of a pencil---longer though, and then Velcro again.
During the fight to keep the house warm in the winter and block the cold from the windows or the heat in the summer, I decided to buy cheap panels from LTD that have a darker back and are supposed to reflect both the heat and cold. In the effort to figure how to hang the 4 panels on the patio door, I suggested using pipe. So this morning Pete rolls in with a 10' length of 1/2" and also 3/4" copper and asked which one I wanted to use. The 1/2" sagged a bit in the center. He cut out oak hangers for the ends, drilled a hole in the pipe and also in the hangers just the right size for a nail and we hang the curtains and then put the nails in to keep the pipe from sliding around. He had put up backer up agound the windows before he drywalled because he knew I'd eventually break him down and get him to let me put up curtains.
During the fight to keep the house warm in the winter and block the cold from the windows or the heat in the summer, I decided to buy cheap panels from LTD that have a darker back and are supposed to reflect both the heat and cold. In the effort to figure how to hang the 4 panels on the patio door, I suggested using pipe. So this morning Pete rolls in with a 10' length of 1/2" and also 3/4" copper and asked which one I wanted to use. The 1/2" sagged a bit in the center. He cut out oak hangers for the ends, drilled a hole in the pipe and also in the hangers just the right size for a nail and we hang the curtains and then put the nails in to keep the pipe from sliding around. He had put up backer up agound the windows before he drywalled because he knew I'd eventually break him down and get him to let me put up curtains.