If you are hanging the french door curtains above the doors measure the width of the french doors plus 2 inches on both sides for a total of 4 inches.
How high to hang curtains above french doors.
Take a pencil and mark a spot at about four inches above the door frame.
Basic instructions for sewing french door curtains step 1.
Hang a thin metal rod close to the ceiling to maintain a simple and uniform look.
The first step involves getting to know the dimensions of sliding door.
A french door is a door usually one of a pair with glass panes that extend for most of its length.
Take all the dimensions into consideration.
Patterned grey curtains over the french doors.
You will need a curtain a few sizes bigger than the windows on the top as well on the sides.
It s like the housing and curtain industries had lunch got drunk and one of them said we ll make the standard height of newly installed windows around 6 or 7 high so you just go ahead and only manufacture curtains around 84 high and they ll all buy it and we ll all become millionaires.
How to hang curtains over sliding glass doors.
The dimensions of my standard height french door with sidelights on which all my measurements and instructions are based are listed below.
Measure the height and width of the french door windows.
Simple wispy white window treatments hang on the french doors.
You may need to modify these instructions to fit your french door windows if the windows on your doors are wider than.
The long curtains can cover the entire wall not.
But since they re pretty much just big windows they don t offer much privacy so hanging curtains is one of the options to deal with the problem.
Vintage grain sack fabric roman shades.
How to use curtains with sliding glass doors.
If hanging the curtains to cover the panes of the doors measure the width of the pane of the glass and add 1 inch to each side for a total of 2 inches.
Purchase door curtain panels that equal one and one half times the window width so you can gather the material when you hang it.
Simple modern grey curtains over the doors.
Hanging curtain rods high above the window frame adds height to the wall and works best with long panels or drapes.
Bamboo shaddes will also add a texture.
Sliding glass doors give you easy access to fresh air and sunshine but they can also let a little too much of those golden rays shine inside.