I do hate swinging doors, they take up so much space and we have small places. Bi-folds are terrible, always getting broken and falling off. Sliding barn doors only work in certain spaces. Ditto pocket doors.

In our small cottages we have been using curtains on closets for years, but ready-made curtains only come in 63" or 84" inch lengths. Shower curtains can be bought in 78" length but either they look cheap or they are super expensive, and need hooks which tend to look cheesy too.

Closet door heights are usually 80", with a tension rod that means about 79" inches needed for a curtain.

The other day for no good reason I searched on 79" curtains and lo and behold, they do make them. They even say Closet in the title! I simply never searched on them before. $29.

Here they are:

amazon.com/pureaqu-Grommet-Doorway-Insulated-Draperies/dp/B08MQG6778/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3AU9RNWYFNAV2&keywords=79%22%2Bcurtain&qid=1644503100&s=home-garden&sprefix=79%2Bcurtain%2Cgarden%2C74&sr=1-4&th=1

Thank you for the suggestion.

No room for sliding doors in a single door closet.

Plenty I have ZIPPO sewing skills. Last time I tried to hem a curtain for a closet I used Stitch Witch which kind of melted the curtain as it is ironed on. Another time I used hem glue (didn't hold) so these are of real interest to me! :)

We have 10 units that have a washer & dryer laundry closet in the kitchen. They always had bi-fold doors and the tenants always took them off and stuck them next to the fridge, so we just removed all the doors but I have always wanted a better solution.

And we have 3 cottages with single-door closets in tiny bedrooms. That's where we started hanging curtains but not good ones.

Oh, for hemming, most dry cleaners or shopping malls can put you in touch with a sewer.

I did the simplest of lazy hems on my IKEA curtains- just folded the bottom up once, and straight stitched. If you ever came across a sewing machine, it would be the easiest thing for anyone to learn to do. Just need slight familiarity with sewing machines. Plenty could teach you at convention in two minutes, WMH. (not saying, you gotta, just, once you learned, you'd be amazed at how easy...) Dear hubby could learn too, really is simple.

Busy, I have a sewing machine LOL! My mom was a true 1950's seamstress and I even took Home Ec back in the day. I CAN sew a straight line. Sort of (I'm left-handed.) But I don't WANT to. Sewing machines are a PITA. Bobbins, needles breaking, sewing my fingers, etc.

Oh - and we have ONE dry cleaner here on the beach. MAAAYBE two but I don't think so. We have a lot of alterations places (so many beach weddings) but they charge an arm and a leg for simple stuff.

Awesome sauce! I had missed the part where they were exact length.

I hadn't thought about sewing machines being difficult for left-handed persons. My youngest granddaughter is left-handed. She's just two, so we are teaching her to be a bit ambidextrous, just because the world is more geared towards right handers, though she'll still write and draw left handed. (And I learned to be more ambidextrous when working second and third shift at the hospital. Fewer people on the shift meant surgeons would have the scrub tech hold a retractor AND Load a needle at the same time. )

Yes, please get her the right (left) scissors! Right-handed ones HURT to use - they are not shaped for the left hand - and no way can you cut a straight line with them very easily.

Forty Four Years ago my sliding closet doors in my rentals were too heavy and would either fall of the roller guides on top or the tracks would get filled with carpet fibers and get stuck.

Since that time I've tried making lighter hollow closet doors, bi-fold doors, curtains or drapes. As mentioned in your post bi-fold doors were the worst. Pocket or Barn doors are troublesome.

I do like the idea and will try it on my own house first to make Sure I like it - but I would only want to do it in a rental IF I had matching curtains on the window in that room AND if I mounted the rod exactly like the windows.

That is: on the wall and wider than the opening rather than inside the 'doorway' opening.

i HAD CURTAINS INSTEAD OF CLOSET DOORS IN MY COLLEGE DORM. MY MOTHER MADE NICE CURTAINS FOR BOTH ME AND MY ROOMMATE

BUT IT STILL LOOKED CHEAP. MY TENANTS WOULD NOT WANT CURTAINS

No doors or curtains! Just wide open

Will pass sect. 8

I don’t like the look of curtains on closets. To me it looks cheap.

Oh dear...I agree with Rhonda HI...and I DO sew....but only for over 40 years! Here's my take on some ideas given here (take them with a grain of salt and in a loving, helpful way, please)...I believe that a pinned hem will only cheapen your apartment...A closet curtain (if must be used) in the color of the walls and of a heavier drapery fabric would look more upscale...Todays younger tenants prefer less foofoo fancy or gathered curtains (if that is the only choice)....Grey is the new neutral replacing cream and stark white. And my biggest concern: Curtains MUST be laundered (at least once a year) Please remember...these will be handled every time someone wants to get into the closet...so make sure the curtains are easy to remove from the rod. Read all laundering tags BEFORE you purchase. Cotton fabric is guaranteed to shrink! Polyesters (like shower curtains WILL MELT when ironed and sometimes even in the drier.) And THINK! Is this the look you

Did you look at the curtains I started this thread with?

And a few points: not all closets can have sliding doors. Think a single door closet from the 50's. Think a laundry closet where sliding the door OPEN on the washer CLOSES it on the dryer - that's a pain! Think a small (8x10) room - that 2-foot swing takes up precious space.

Good morning to all:

I apologise if I sounded rude, it was not meant that way. I try not to take comments about rental property personally.

I have a rental that attracts military and educated professionals who work around the DC area.

I have had more than one potential tenant mention seeing other places with curtains for closets and in that area, it is seen as an issue.

They are very unpopular and bring a certain reputation as to the desirability of the property.

I have had the same closets, both bi-folds and regular doors for over 20 years and although I had damage in other areas of the house, those doors are still there with little wear.

Not saying they do not need a repaint occasionally, but still the same doors.

I wouldn't mind some beautiful curtain ideas for the windows though!

With Regard,

Rhonda

All real estate is local, and swimming against the tide is exhausting. So you have to do at least what is typical and common for your type of housing to get highest rents you can.

My houses are all tiny beach cottages, 1-2 bedrooms are the norm. They are cute, clean and functional with a few extras not always provided by others: washers & dryers in all units, ditto microwaves. But luxury they are not.

If I had a nice SFH in the DC suburbs, I might not be using curtains on closets. (Although I like these a lot!)