The easy way to install for designer curtains.
Welcome to our simple guide to installing your new, custom designer curtains. Your custom kit is super easy to use, so have fun as you click and lock parts together.
Before you get going:
Know what you're drilling into
If you're drilling into wood, follow the steps below
If you're drilling into plaster, you have two options:
- use a stud finder to locate where your wall studs are, then follow the steps below
- use Ramset M4 x 8-16mm Grip Hollow Wall Anchors, which will help secure your curtains to plaster
If you're drilling into concrete, stone, brick or tile, use a Masonry drill and appropriate plugs, anchors or screws
If you're just not sure, call or email so we can help!
To ensure a smooth and safe installation process, please take the following precautions:
- Verify Measurements: Before installing your curtains, double-check the final measurements of the supplied products to ensure they match your order and fit the intended space. If there is any doubt, notify us within 7 days.
- Confirm Installation Items: Ensure you have all the necessary components and tools as specified in the installation guide.
- Follow the Instructions Carefully: Adhere to the provided installation steps, particularly those indicating where two people are required for safe handling.
- Inspect the Area: Perform a visual inspection of the installation area to identify and mitigate any risks to surrounding surfaces, objects, or structures.
Are your window, floor and hands clean?
Go through your custom kit and make sure everything listed below is there.
What you'll need to install
1 - 2 People
20 - 30 Mins
Tools:
- Step ladder
- Tape measure (metal is preferred)
- Drill (cordless is perfect)
- Drill bit (3mm)
- Stud finder
- Pencil
- Protective eyeweare
*For large curtains it is best have a second person help.
Your Custom Kit:
Because we know how easy it is to lose small parts, you may get a few extras in your kit.
Ok it's time to start installing, let's take it step by step
Ceiling mount
Wall Mount
Installing your curtaines is easy and fun. Follow these 6 steps, then kick
back and admire a job well done. Here's how to do it.
1. Get Organised
Unpack your kit, and gently lay it all out on a clean, hard surface or the cardboard packaging it came in.
Lay your track near your window to check the width and make note of where it will be installed.
For 2 or more pieces of track, lay your track joiner(s) on the floor and click an end of two tracks into it, so the ends meet in the middle of the track joiner. The track joiner(s) will be in the middle for centre opening curtains or on the least visible side if your curtains stack left or right.
Check how many brackets you need for your track width. Lay out the brackets next to your track and space them 600 mm apart. This is the standard distance between ceiling battens.
For 2 or more pieces of track, you'll also need two brackets on either side of the track joiner(s). Lay out these brackets at least 85 mm apart, as the joiner is 85 mm long.
2. Make your ceiling battens
If your ceiling battens run lengthways, use your stud finder to find your ceiling battens. Make a pencil mark on each ceiling batten that your curtains will cover, 35 mm out from your wall or out from any window frames or roller blinds that project out. These marks are where the back of your brackets will line up.
If you have a double track, make a second set of pencil marks on each ceiling batten that your curtains will cover, 145 mm out from your wall or out from any window frames or roller blinds that project out. These marks are where the back of your brackets will line up for your front track.
Your brackets will screw into your ceiling battens, and you'll need brackets near both ends and the middle of the track.
If your ceiling battens run widthways, use your stud finder to find the ceiling batten that your curtains will hang from, and make pencil marks along the batten. The ceiling batten needs to be at least 35 mm out from your wall.
If you have a double track, use your stud finder again to find the ceiling batten your front track will hang from, and make pencil marks along the batten. The ceiling batten needs to be at least 145 mm out from your wall, so there's enough space for two tracks.
Your brackets will screw into your ceiling batten, and you'll need brackets near both ends and the middle of the track.
Can't find ceiling battens? Don't stress! Ceiling battens are the best surface to attach curtains to, so call us if you need some help finding your battens. Remember you can use plaster wall anchors if you can't find your ceiling battens.
Screwing into concrete, stone, brick or tile? You can skip this step completely.
3. Screw your brackets
Position the back of each bracket in line with the pencil marks on your ceiling battens, and mark the screw holes with a pencil.
For 2 or more pieces of track, don't mark up and screw in your middle brackets either side of the track joiner(s) just yet.
Using your protective eyewear and your cordless drill with the 3 mm drill bit, drill each hole. Look for wood shavings as a sign that you're drilling into the ceiling battens.
Screw your brackets part way into your ceiling so they're still a bit loose, using your cordless drill with the Phillips head drill bit and the screws in your custom kit.
Using plaster wall anchors or screwing into concrete, stone, brick or tile? Call or email us for guidance on attaching to different surfaces.
4. Click in your track
Pick up your track and click it into the middle bracket.
Tighten the screws in your middle bracket using your cordless drill, to fix the track in place.
Click your track into the other brackets and tighten the screws, checking as you go that the track is fixed securely in place.
If you have a double track, just follow the same steps to click in both tracks.
For 2 or more pieces of track, click your joined tracks into your brackets. Pick up your middle brackets and place them either side of your track joiner(s), then mark up with a pencil where you'll attach them. This will ideally be onto ceiling battens.
Unclick your joined tracks and follow step 3 to screw in your middle brackets. Then follow step 4 to click your track back in to all brackets and secure it by tightening the screws.
If you have a double track, just follow the same steps to click in both joined tracks.
5. Click in your curtains
Check the top of your curtain panels and make sure there's a pendant or hook attached to each press stud.
Missing a pendant or hook? Simply grab a spare pendant or hook from your custom kit and click it onto the press stud, where the pendant or hook is missing.
For S fold curtains, click each pendant into your track, starting at one edge. Take care not to miss any pendants. Make the S shape as you go, by folding the fabric alternately forwards then backwards.
If you have a double track, click the curtains into the rear track closest to your wall first, then repeat for the front track.
For pleated curtains, attach each hook into your track. Take care not to miss any hooks.
If you have a double track, click the curtains into the rear track closest to your wall first, then repeat for the front track.
6. Get Insta ready
For S fold curtains, you’re ready to help your curtains form perfect S Folds. Starting at the top, ensure the heading is shaped as an S. Once you’ve dressed the heading, you can start to dress the body of the curtain. Work sequentially from one side of the curtain to the other, ensuring each S fold follows from the top of the curtain to the bottom of the curtain when they’re drawn open.
An S fold curtain is a structured heading, which means you only need to dress the heading the first time they’re installed and never again. The heading does all the work, offering you effortless luxury. If your curtains ever do get messy, all you need to do to tidy the folds is run your fingers through your curtains and manipulate the fabric to follow the folds from the heading at the top, to the bottom. That easy.
Congrats, you did t! Before you kick back and admire a job well done, don't forget to snap somephotos and share you look with us. And tag us on Instagram to really make our day.
Need some extra help?
My curtains have lost their S fold.
If your curtains have lost their shape, simply tidy the S Folds by first drawing your curtains open. Then run your fingers from the top of your curtains to the bottom, forming neat folds that align to the S folds created in your curtain heading (top of your curtain). Our suggestion is to leave the curtain drawn open for a couple of days so that the fabric relaxes and remembers the folds.
My curtains are creased.
This can happen from time to time, and it's nothing to worry about.
If you just put up your new curtains, let them settle. With time the creases will just fall out, and warm weather helps too. Remember not to iron or steam them as it might damage the fabric.
My curtains need cleaning
Check out our care instructions.
My curtains don't opne and close smoothly.
You'll need some silicon spray for this one.
Open your curtains all the way, then apply a thin layer of silicon spray onto the tracks, especially where the pendants slide across. Take care not to spray your curtain fabric.
Installing your curtaines is easy and fun. Follow these 6 steps, then kick
back and admire a job well done. Here's how to do it.
1. Get Organised
Unpack your kit, and gently lay it all out on a clean, hard surface or the cardboard packaging it came in.
Lay your track near your window to check the width and make note of where it will be installed.
For 2 or more pieces of track, lay your track joiner(s) on the floor and click an end of two tracks into it, so the ends meet in the middle of the track joiner. The track joiner(s) will be in the middle for centre opening curtains or on the least visible side if your curtains stack left or right.
Check how many brackets you need for your track width. Lay out the brackets next to your track and space them 600 mm apart. This is the standard distance between wall studs.
For 2 or more pieces of track, you'll also need two brackets on either side of the track joiner(s). Lay out these brackets at least 85 mm apart, as the joiner is 85 mm long.
2. Make your wall studs
If your wall studs run lengthways, use your stud finder to find your wall studs. Make a pencil mark on each wall stud that your curtains will cover, at the exact height where your curtains will start. You can check back to the drop measurement you took.
Your brackets will screw into your wall studs, and you'll need brackets near both ends and the middle of the track
If your wall studs run widthways, use your stud finder to find your wall studs. Make pencil marks along the wall stud that your curtains will hang from, at the exact height where your curtains will start. You can check back to the drop measurement you took.
Your brackets will screw into your wall stud, and you'll need brackets near both ends and the middle of the track.
Can't find wall studs? Don't stress! Wall studs are the best surface to attach curtains to, so call us if you need some help finding your studs. Remember you can use plaster wall anchors if you can't find your wall studs.
Screwing into concrete, stone, brick or tile? You can skip this step completely.
3. Screw your brackets
Position the arm of each bracket in line with the pencil marks on your wall studs, and mark the screw holes with a pencil.
For 2 or more pieces of track, don't mark up and screw in your middle brackets either side of the track joiner(s) just yet.
Using your protective eyewear and your cordless drill with the 3 mm drill bit, drill each hole. Look for wood shavings as a sign that you're drilling into the wall stud.
Screw your brackets tightly into the wall using your cordless drill with the Phillips head drill bit and the screws in your custom kit.
Using plaster wall anchors or screwing into concrete, stone, brick or tile? Call or email us for guidance on attaching to different surfaces.
4. Click in your track
Loosen the screw in each bracket, marked A in the diagram.
Pick up your track and click it into each bracket. Tighten screw A on each bracket to fix the track into position and check that the track is secure.
For 2 or more pieces of track, loosen the screws marked A and click your joined tracks into your brackets. Pick up your middle brackets and place them either side of your track joiner(s), then mark up with a pencil where you'll attach them. This will ideally be onto wall studs.
Unclick your joined tracks and follow step 3 to screw in your middle brackets. Then follow step 4 to click your track back in to all brackets and secure it by tightening each screw marked A.
5. Click in your curtains
Check the top of your curtain panels and make sure there's a pendant or hook attached to each press stud.
Missing a pendant or hook? Simply grab a spare pendant or hook from your custom kit and click it onto the press stud, where the pendant or hook is missing.
For S fold curtains, click each pendant into your track, starting at one edge. Take care not to miss any pendants. Make the S shape as you go, by folding the fabric alternately forwards then backwards.
For pleated curtains, attach each hook into your track. Take care not to miss any hooks.
6. Get Insta ready
For S fold curtains, you’re ready to help your curtains form perfect S Folds. Starting at the top, ensure the heading is shaped as an S. Once you’ve dressed the heading, you can start to dress the body of the curtain. Work sequentially from one side of the curtain to the other, ensuring each S fold follows from the top of the curtain to the bottom of the curtain when they’re drawn open.
An S fold curtain is a structured heading, which means you only need to dress the heading the first time they’re installed and never again. The heading does all the work, offering you effortless luxury. If your curtains ever do get messy, all you need to do to tidy the folds is run your fingers through your curtains and manipulate the fabric to follow the folds from the heading at the top, to the bottom. That easy.
Congrats, you did t! Before you kick back and admire a job well done, don't forget to snap some
photos and share you look with us. And tag us on Instagram to really make our day.
Need some extra help?
My curtains have lost their S fold.
If your curtains have lost their shape, simply tidy the S Folds by first drawing your curtains open. Then run your fingers from the top of your curtains to the bottom, forming neat folds that align to the S folds created in your curtain heading (top of your curtain). Our suggestion is to leave the curtain drawn open for a couple of days so that the fabric relaxes and remembers the folds.
My curtains are creased.
This can happen from time to time, and it's nothing to worry about.
If you just put up your new curtains, let them settle. With time the creases will just fall out, and warm weather helps too. Remember not to iron or steam them as it might damage the fabric.
My curtains need cleaning
Check out our care instructions.
My curtains don't opne and close smoothly.
You'll need some silicon spray for this one.
Open your curtains all the way, then apply a thin layer of silicon spray onto the tracks, especially where the pendants slide across. Take care not to spray your curtain fabric.