Decorating Tip - Installing Curtains

Boat: Lady Kay

Submitted: by Oscar van Loveren 6/2003

Title: Decorating Tip

The whole thread has good discussion about the installation so here is a link to the forum discussion.

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Lady K. (my handler) had long ago indicated that if we were to cruise and spend nights on Lady Kay, and possibly even get "nekked", there were to be curtains.

After my spending lots of time ($$) on technical issues, the request was restated. Since I did not want to spend factory issued mega $$ on this, I went to Home Depot and bought:

Screen molding, 2 pieces 4', 4/5' and 2/9', some #8 x1-1/4 machine screws, and a couple of feet of white plastic water hose, 3/8", the type used to hook up refrigerator ice makers. I also went to the fabric store and got three yards of fabric of a matching and appropriate motive.

I cut and stained the rods, and sewed the curtains, simple hem, with slot on top and bottom. The rods were attached with half inch slices of the tubing as spacers. (Careful don't drill through the second layer, or you'll be looking at daylight!)

Detail of the rod.

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