Rod Pocket Drapes For Easy
Window Treatments

Rod pocket drapes can be found everywhere and are the ultimate word in simple window treatments.

No curtain header to gather, no curtain hooks to fiddle with before you get to hanging drapes. All you need is your drape and your decorative curtain rod.

The only thing you need to make sure of is that the rod pocket is wide enough for your decorative curtain rod to fit through. Whatever your rod width is the pocket need to be double that to allow it to ruche onto to the rod properly.

As you can see from this window treatment picture. That even simple window treatments like this can look stunning when hung properly and dressed back using curtain tiebacks.

It is also well worth thinking about your other decor and furnishing when choosing the right fabric for curtains. As in the pictures of window treatments on this page. In this window treatment photo everything co-ordinates. This kind of design gives a calm feel to the room. To add more life to the room use 2 or 3 color combinations.

Using Ready Made Drapes

This can be a very cheap window treatment, it can also be a very quick way to get hanging curtains. The down side of buying ready made curtains is that the quality is often not that good. Also the set sizes are often not right for a lot of windows.

They end up being too short or too long. You may want pay cheap drapes money, but I'm sure you don't want a cheap drapes look.

So what I recommend is that you find out how to make drapes for yourself. You will end up with a far better quality curtains. That are in the fabric of your choice and at exactly the right size.

Don't panic as these really are easy sewing projects. Even if you don't know how sewing machines work.

There a some handy sewing curtains videos to help you get started. You will also find some useful videos showing how to sew by hand. Even though it will take a little longer sewing by hand. It has two good things going for it. The first is you don't need to know anything about sewing machines. The second is that you will end up with a better looking pair of curtains.

How To Make Curtains
Like These Rod Pocket Drapes

When it comes to making drapes these rod pocket drapes are one of the really easy window treatments to try first if you have no prior experience with how to sew curtains.

Follow this simple guide on how to make drapes like these:

Why Use Curtain Tiebacks ?

These window treatment styles can be used on wider window treatments. However I personally think it works best on windows at 50 inches wide or less. It just means you can have the tops of the curtains pulled together covering the whole of the decorative curtain rod. Then using drapery accessories such as curtain tiebacks to drape and dress the curtains back off the windows.

So you have not moving the tops of the curtain panels. Just simply using the curtain tie backs to hold the drapes off the window.

It also means you can make curtains with a regular drapery fabric at 54 inches wide. So no having to sew extra curtain panels together to get the right curtain fullness. I usually aim for roughly double the width of the curtain rod. This means that for this example curtain rod at 50 inches wide. You would have a pair of curtains at 50 inches wide each. Giving a total width of 100 inches, a little mote or less is fine.

How To Hang Curtain Rods For
These Curtain Styles

You can't see that well in the window treatment pictures above but the curtain rod brackets are fitted right next to the curtain rod finials.

Usually there is a gap of 2 or 3 inches between for the ouside curtain rod rings to hang from the rod. When hanging rod pocket drapes you have no other choice as to where you can fit the curtain rod brackets.

They have to fit right at each end of the decorative curtain rod. When I fitted the brackets to the wall over the windows on these curtains above. I measured out 6 inches past each side of the window.

This means that when you dress the curtains in to the tie backs. They pull back more off the window allowing more light in.

These really are simple window treatments that almost anyone can have a go at making rod pocket drapes for themselves. So following the easy step by step guide you will soon be making drapes you will be proud to show off.