how do you hang drapes in a dorm room where there can be no damage to the walls?

Answer 1

Most hardware stores have spring tension rods that go inside the window frame, no damage to walls.

Answer 2

You can use a spring rod if there is enough sash to hold it. If not, go the pioneer route. Very tightly hang a piece of heavy twine with two thumb tacks (the holes will be small & easy to fill at the end of the year.) You can now hang a light weight curtain on the twine.

I would recommend threading the twine through the rod pocket & then pulling the twine nice & taught before hanging. This will keep the twine from dropping too much. This will droop a bit, but it works. (Check out old movies -- all the farmhouses hung their curtains his way.)

Answer 3

first you need permission to put up rods. When you take down the curtains (drapes are really heavy and with backing, but curtains are lighter in weight) when you're done using the dorm room there is a product you use (spackling compound) to fill in the holes you made (holes from the screws). You can buy that spackling compound from any hardware store like Ace or Home Depot. I would suggest a special "light blocking" pull shade with a cute curtain on top. If you still need darkness to sleep then buy some (double) black material and throw it over the curtain for the night.

Answer 4

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve from drapes. If you want some privacy but still want light from the window, try gallery glass. It's paint that you can apply directly to the glass. It creates a stained glass look. I used it on the glass on my back door because I wanted the light to shine through but I didn't want my neighbors to see into my kitchen. I also used it on my basement windows and egress window for privacy. This product doesn't damage the glass and if you want to change it or remove it, just peel it off.

Answer 5

Back in high school, we hung a heavy rug onto a brick wall using purely blue-tack. Just had to use almost the whole pack of it though but it stayed up through the 2 years I was living there. No damage to walls.

Answer 6

Get self stick velcro. Apply a piece to the wall (it will peel off fine later) and apply the other side to the curtains. It won't hold a lot of weight but simple curtains should be fine. Other that that you can use a tension rod right inside the window frame.

Answer 7

because i'm english am suspecting drapes meand curtains?

try bluetac
try double sided selatape (if damage occurs stick a poster or something over it)
unibond no more nails?

theres loads of suggestions but right now i just cant think
try experimenting, the weight may be a neggative factor however if you equal the weight out i'm sure it'll work.

Answer 8

if the situation allows, there are spring form rods. they adjust and fit inside the window opening. the will not hold really heavy fabric, but they do just fine with medium to light weight. measure the opening then off to the store to find the right size. the instructions are on the package..good luck

Answer 9

Answer number three I'd vote for. They come in various sizes and spring strengths, even to small versions of spring tension shower curtain rods.

Steven Wolf

With no offense to anyone, velcro, etc, might have to be the adhesive backed kind, which in time could pull off paint in removing, unless of course you applied it to the window directly. Certainly that wouldn't be my option, but it's a dorm, why not ask the admisnistration for their guidelines. I have to believe they go a bit deeper than just saying "Don't"

Steven Wolf

Answer 10

I just saw the coolest things on QVC, (I put the link below, or go to their site and search item number F00990) If you have frames around the windows, they will work! I'd order them, but none of my windows are framed :( Check it out!!