![]() ![]() Soon you will have a million staples, all the way up the corners of the frame. Keep moving around the frame, working out from the middle of each side, and pulling taught. Pull the curtain tight, and pin the curtain down with a staple. Place one staple, and move to the middle of another side. ![]() The trick is to start in the middle of any side. Once the edges are reinforced with duct tape, you can staple the curtain in place. This layer will keep the shower curtain from ripping when we add staples. Starting on a long edge, reinforce the shower curtain along the edges with duct tape. Don’t pull tight, but lay it flat over the frame. Now use the duct tape to loosely attach the shower curtain at each corner. This will be where your ropes attach and hold it all up. Screw the eyebolts in along the top, side edges (see photo). Here is a super technical drawing (the blue things in the corners are the brackets. Sorry, this part happened so fast, I forgot to snap a pic. We decided to reinforce the corners by screwing a block of scrap wood to the back of the frame at the corners. and attached using the screws that came with the brackets. Next, we placed a bracket in each of the 4 inside corners. We were feeling lazy, and didn’t want to make any cuts to the wood. We laid the boards out on the ground, and measured a 60×96″ rectangle in the center. You can always adjust your screen size a bit to save some $$)Ĥ tent stakes ($5 if you don’t have them squirreled around in your garage somewhere)īlack Duct Tape (it doesn’t actually need to be black…I just like the look better in black). You can find these MUCH cheaper at the dollar store, but not in the larger size. For front projection, use a WHITE shower curtain.) ($17/each. (For a rear projection screen, you will need a frosted shower curtain. We made our movie screen for under $40, and it was SUPER easy.Ĥ of 1x3x8 Spruce/Pine Furring strips ($2/each)Ĥ of THESE brackets, ($4.50 for a 4 pack)ġ of 108″x72″ “frosted” shower curtain. We hosted our first ever outdoor movie night, and it was a smashing success…if you don’t count the hoards of mosquitos! Luckily we were prepared for our needle-nosed friends, and had plenty of bug spray on hand. ![]()
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