It's easy and inexpensive to add pleating hooks to basic curtain or drapery panels for a high-end custom pinch pleat look. DIY tutorial and how-to's included as well as sources for window treatments on a budget.

If you want to steer clear of drilling, adhesive hooks, tension rods, and magnetic curtain rods are your top alternatives. These methods require no holes and are easy to install, making them perfect for temporary solutions or rental properties.

So if the best bedroom curtains you have are not from IKEA and lack loops or tapes, a workaround is to purchase the IKEA RIKTIG curtain hooks with clips. This attachment lets you clip the curtains at one end and hook them to the VIDGA gliders at the other.

This is just another alternative way to make pinch pleats, if you don’t have any RIKTIG pins ready available. TRICK #4: For MY Hack Make pinch pleats by gathering 2 back tabs and sliding onto hooks.