Every night for the past month when I have gone to close my newly made curtains on their rings, it never fails the rings get stuck on the rod joist. I don’t know what else to call it - the part where the two rods come together and differ by about ⅛” in height. So, I have to stop, jiggle it a bit and then I accidentally jiggle one or two of the hooks out of the rings and I can’t reach to fix it, so I have to go get a step stool, and finally, the curtains are closed. A ridiculous amount of work and frustration, repeatedly every night, to just close the damn curtains!

My number two Strength is Maximizer. This means that I can only handle so much insanity before I have to fix the problem. There is always a better solution, but there are few people in life who are willing to stop, take time to figure it out and save literally years of time and future frustration! I find this particularly true in technology!

There are some inventions that are life changing and Ezy Glide Tape is one of them. I found this solution on Amazon for $10 and I have already ordered another role. My curtains are nearly silent closing now and don’t get stuck! Thank you for whoever invented this and saved my mental health for another day! :)

Investment

Money | $10 per role (10 feet). I started out only doing the “half” of the rod with the joist on all of my windows, but love the fact my curtains are so much quieter closing, that I would suggest ordering enough to span the entire rod. You can’t just go over the “bump” to make this work, so measure and order accordingly.

Time | 5 minutes per rod

Supplies*

• Ezy Glide Tape

• Microfiber towel to dust rod

• Scissors

Steps

• Dust curtain rod. Focus on side with joist to start with if you don’t plan on going across entire rod (both sides of center).

• Measure length of tape needed and cut.

• Feed under rings. Then start removing red tape from center. Make sure if you’re only doing half, you are just slightly over center so the ring closest to center won’t get stuck when you go to close it or you just reversed your original problem! You want to make sure you are putting it on the top of the rod, but perhaps just a little on the back side if you are going to error one direction because when you go to close the curtain you pull it slightly towards you. Plus, it makes it less visible, although I can’t see my tape no matter how hard I look, so don’t stress about that!

• Press firmly across tape.

• Done!

Enjoy the Project

Playlist | Kenny Chesney - I think I only had time for one or two songs!

Wine | Meiomi Pinot Noir

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