Using a curtain for a closet door

[thebulldog]

Has anyone successfully done this? I took the terrible 1970s bifold doors off my office closet and want to use a curtain to hide the contents now. This has opened up so much space in the closet and the room.

I am seeing a few tracks and wire options available that could fit the bill but curious of anyone has gone super DIY with this. I mean I think two ceiling brackets, a pole and a curtain panels are all I need.

[froggy76]

We did this in our last house in the guest bedroom as a cheap fix to ugly closet doors. I think we just used a tension rod that's normally intended for shower curtains. We put the tension rod right in the opening. It worked fine.

[dr.girlfriend]

I haven't done this but I think the kind of stiff panels on a rail (like IKEA has) look better than a fabric curtain that's gathered, if you KWIM.

[lolalolalola]

Feb 22, 2021 11:59:01 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

I haven't done this but I think the kind of stiff panels on a rail (like IKEA has) look better than a fabric curtain that's gathered, if you KWIM.

Love this idea.

[Susie]

We had a curtain over a closet in a rental house years back, and it worked, but it never looked finished.  We're prepping our house to sell now, and 3 of 4 bedrooms don't currently have closet doors.  We got rid of the crappy luan sliding doors years back and never got around to replacing.  As annoying as it is, we're putting in the work to put in new doors because nothing else will truly look finished.

[sandandsea]

My SIL did this at their old house and it looked great! She found the coolest material and it looked great and made the room feel very personalized and finished and lively. She used tension rods I believe.

[Deleted]

We did this in my daughters room and just use a tension rod. It's inside the closet and up high, not in the doorway, which I think helps it look more intentional and finished.

[heygrey]

I used a matching curtain rod and curtains to what was on the window. Rod mounted outside the closet. When the curtains were drawn you wouldn't know if it was the closet or the window.

[TBM]

I thought this was an interesting solution to an open closet.
www.insider.com/how-to-hide-clutter-in-tiny-apartment-rolling-closet-shade-2021-2

[carmenere]

A rod mounted above the door (either on the wall or the ceiling) will look much more polished than a tension rod inside the door frame. I think a basic white curtain could look nice or you could go for something more fun. If you use the closet a lot, you might find a ring top curtain easier to open and close.

[penguingrrl]

My SIL did this. An entire wall of her bedroom is closet doors but she hated the kind that were there. Instead she put up a cool patterned curtain that actually gives the look of being a wallpapered wall. It looks absolutely amazing!