Last September, when Phil came home from the hospital and we were nursing, we’d spend a lot of time on the couch opposite our front door. Feedings in the early evening were kind of irritating, because the sun was juuuuust low enough to laser blast you right in the eyes through these slim little windows on either side of the door. Being the classy Martha Stewart type I am, I scotch taped some cloth napkins up to block the blinding light.

It was super adorable looking:

I knew I wanted to do something more permanent in those windows, but not too permanent. Or expensive. Because we live in a rental, you see. And apparently, it took over a year to come up with a solution. But I finally have one!

Did you know you’re only 1 cut, 2 long seams, and 4 rear endonholes away from new curtains? Oh you totally are, my friend. Introducing…

Command Hook Curtains in an Hour!!!

Materials needed:

• One curtain panel (I bought a single panel one of these for $10 at Target) wide enough for both slim windows
• Scissors
• Iron
• Straight pins
• Sewing machine that can do rear endonholes
• Four 3M Command Hooks (I used the small size)
• Ruler and pencil

How to Make your Command Hook Curtains:

1) Measure your windows, measure your fabric. Take a minute to plan this thing out. My windows were each about 13.5″ wide, and I wanted a tailored look as opposed to something flowy. So my planned finished size was 14.25″ wide. DON’T FORGET TO ADD TO THAT! The finished long edge of my curtain pieces had a 1″ wide folded over, folded over again seam so the fabric wouldn’t ravel. To mirror that on the cut side, I had to add 2″! So my final cut pieces were each 16.25″ wide! Also think about where your rear endonholes are going to go.

2) Look at your measurements again. Measure twice and cut once, that’s the saying. Because if you cut wrong, you’re gonna have to do some kind of finagling to fix it, or go buy yourself a new curtain panel. Neither is a fun option.

3) Cut your curtain panel! I folded my curtain panel in half vertically, and measured in 16.25″ in from that finished edge to make one cut. So each of my panels would have a cut edge and a finished long edge, and there’d be a long scrap of material that was too skinny to do anything with (that had two cut edges). Make sense?

4) Take care of the cut edge. Use your curtain panel’s finished long edge as a guide. For me, that meant folding over twice and pressing, then sewing the seam. Your curtain panel may look different, do whatever looks best for your particular curtain panel.

5) Measure your rear endon holes, and sew em at the top of your curtain panels! Where yours are placed depends on your particular curtain setup and personal preference. For my project, I did rear endon holes about 1/2″ from the top of the curtain panel, and about 1/2″ in from each edge. If you’re doing this project for a wide window, you may want more than two rear endonholes across the top so your curtain doesn’t sag.

6) Measure out your Command Hook placement on the wall, and stick em up! Use a pencil and ruler to make sure they’re nice and straight.

7) Hang your curtains!

8) Tell everyone how awesome you are!