Draperies and Top Treatments - french door curtain rods

Hello,
I moved to my new apartment two days back. This apartment has a french door (wooden panels) at the entrance. I wish to put drapes on the door for my privacy. Is there any way I could use rods without drilling? Magnetic rods wouldn't work here as the door has wooden panel. I looked in sears, boscov's, penny all in vain :wall: I will be greatful if any of you could help me....

Thanks a bunch
bubbles

Hi and welcome to the forum! If you have the wall space on either side, you can mount the rod on the wall, far enough out on each side so you can push the panels out of the way and clear the door to open and close.

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You can use sash rods. Never owned a drill in my life, but installed many sidelight and French door panels. The little screws turn rather nicely into wood with a screw driver.

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Thanks a bunch for your responses. Sash rod is really convenient however my land lord would not let me put any tools into the door/wood....:confused:

There's no way to mount a rod on a door without drilling into it. If there's enough projection of the wood frame around the glass, maybe a tension rod will work, but otherwise putting it on the wall is your only option.

Translucent window film is available. You cut to fit the windows, spritz with water, and it adheres. Will provide privacy without curtains and rods.

twelvepole Translucent film should work i guess..one quick question...cal i peel the film off the window when i want to?? i.e. when I move outta this place...thanks!
Also Shadeladie thanks for relpying.. I did buy tension rods assuming they would work...however the vertical wooded panel around the glass does not let the rod to fix on the top and bottom..if you know what i meant....grrrrr :wall:

I tried to copy & paste the pic of my door but all in vain..it does not work

While I don't have any experience with the window film, I would think you're going to need at least a little bit of elbow grease to get it off, don't think it just peels off.

You can't cut and paste a pic here, you need to upload it to a photosite such as Picasa, Photobucket or Picturetrail (and there's others, too), then post the link here for us to view it.

Film should just peel off.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=/Energy/WndFlm.html

http://picasaweb.google.com/yo.suckers/FrenchDoor

hope it works!

this is how the door looks like...

Oh OK, I was thinking you were talking about the double french doors. It would be too much work (I think) to put film on each of those panes. I think you need to look into a swing arm rod, that swings out to clear the way of the door when you need to open it.

They look like this:

http://www.continentalwindowfashions.com/images/hardware/umbra/new/20-36-swing-arm-rods.jpg

Of course, this assume's there's room to mount it. I can't tell from the pic.

nope per my landlord i am not supposed to drill a hole on any of the walls...also there is no room to mount any rod..

Well wow, that landlord is a little off the wall :rolleyes: I can understand he doesn't want holes in his pretty door, but it's not hard to patch up a hole in the wall and repaint (or touch up with paint). You have a right to some privacy if you want. I would contact someone in your city government to see what can be done about this. Mounting a rod by drilling somewhere is the only way you can cover this door up.

Good Morning Shadeladie :gmorning:
yea ur right...he has give me a list of do's n don'ts however the moment i informed him that i had a list of things that needs to be fixed in this house he has disappeared!
I am gonna go to a hardware store and look for transulent films though it is gonna be a pain to fix them on all those glass panels..
Else will call the landlord and ask him if it is gonna be okie if i could drill one hole on the wall....

I am gonna go to a hardware store and look for transulent films though it is gonna be a pain to fix them on all those glass panels..


I think I'd add that to the list of things for HIM to do! :D Maybe that would change his mind.
Good luck and maybe someone else will come along with another idea, but I can't think of anything else.

My best advice to you is to make a faux "r.t.b." (rod pocket top and bottom).. these are the stretch curtains one would usually see on a french door..

If you have a workroom create these panels by making a faux rod pocket and gathering the material at the point of the rod pocket.. Then attach heavy duty velcro to the back where a rod would usually be.. You could then make sure your door is clean and moisture free and use the heavy duty adhesive velcro on the door..

the final result may not have the tension of professionally done rtb but every bit as good as a tension rod.. any remaining adhesive when your ready to move can easily be removed with some elbow grease and then rubbing alcohol


maybe even 2 strips of velcro on the top and bottom to make sure it holds.. and after you attach the velcro to the door, waiting a day to put the drape up may help the adhesive make good contact..





OR

screw the landloard, they never give you your deposit back anyway.. If you go this route, do yourself a favor and avoid the JC penny / bed bath beyond hardware for this task.. it never holds up to any sort of tension without bowing.. Use kirsh hardware from the internet

hiya!
I went to lowes the other day and bought this translucent film...it was a lot of work to measure and cut the films now my door looks like this http://picasaweb.google.com/yo.suckers/FrenchDoor/photo#5198786866531430562

The other day my landlord was here and he was saying he liked what i did to the door....:rolleyes:

thanks a bunch guys for all your suggestions I truly appreciate it....

Wow! Great job. :thumbup: Looks really good!