They Are Called Curtains
If you ever doubted my domestication before, you certainly will not ever again. This weekend Jen and I put up curtains in two of our rooms. (Two down, about seven to go. Blech!) By the way, the source of the title is this. I don’t care how many times people use the phrase “Window Treatments” I am going to leave that level of prestige for interior decorators who charge fees for their services. Maybe I was just ignorant of the term “window treatments” but it sounds like a snooty way to say curtains and/or blinds. So, I will say that this weekend Jen and I put up some curtains in two rooms.
We went to Target to buy the curtain rods, and curtains because we wanted to do the first round on a reasonable budget. We got curtains to cover our sliding glass door in the family room so when Jen is sitting on the couch using her laptop, nobody will be able to see her in all her geeky geekdom playing games. We also got curtains for our dining room so that we can eat in there without our neighbors being able to watch us without even trying.
Although Jen didn’t tell me to put up all the curtain rods, I assumed the duty after we got home. I grabbed some screw drivers, including a Black and Decker power screw driver and Jen’s Black and Decker drill, and away I went. I had a relatively easy time with the first set of brackets that holds up the curtain rod, and then I ran into trouble.
I was putting 1.5 inch wood screws into the frames of the windows so that the bracket rose about an inch above the window frame. The 1.5 inch screws worked fine on the first window, but on the second, I couldn’t get them to go in the last quarter of an inch. Alright, no problem. Time for the drill. I grabbed the drill, plugged the driver bit in place, and pulled the trigger.
Imagine the sound that the Millenium Falcon made when Han Solo was trying to make the jump to light speed and couldn’t.
I look at the drill to find that it is a whopping 6 volt drill. It might as well just be a power screw driver. So, what was going to be an easy job turned out to be an exercise in elbow grease and determination.
Oh and a bit of cheating. I went back down into the basement to find some shorter wood screws.
I am awful around the house fixing and installing things, but this time I think I was successful. But who knows? Maybe the curtain rod will come crashing down today while I am at work.
Before we move on to room three, I will be sure to invest in a real drill.
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I got a DeWalt 12v cordless drill that I absolutely love.
http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DW927K-2-Cordless-Compact-Driver/dp/B0000649EI
Regardless of the model you choose do yourself a favor and get an extra battery. That way you can charge one while working with the other and swap back and forth. Not too many times you’re going to be drilling for hours, but it only takes once to really irritate you.
Even though I have blinds on my huge picture window in the front of my house, I like to open them at night and do naked calisthenics.
Rowl! Sounds hot.
Yea, Makita or DeWalt are good choices for cordlesses… stay away from the Ryobi and the Black & Decker ones, unless you want to buy 2.
My little drill kicks butt — it just wasn’t properly charged.
I have a 12v Black and Decker FSXtreme that has worked just fine for me. I have two batteries. Sounds like you hit something pretty hard behind the trim.