This Fairy Light Wall installation is easy and gorgeous!
Love the boho look for your bedroom? The Cherry Blossom crew does, too. When one of our friends made this easy and beautiful project for her room, we knew we had to share it with you. Bonus: it’s super inexpensive. So, grab a parent, friend, or sibling. Then make a couple of stops for materials, and you can create this gauzy light wall for your own room in less than a couple of hours.
What is it exactly and how to style this in your room? This installation is basically two sheer, gauzy curtains hung on a hidden rod. Behind it, the magic of white light strings and no-drill command hooks creates an ethereal and ultra-cool effect that will make your room the prettiest on the block.
Let’s get started. You’ll need:
1. One single, metal curtain rod. Get it at Ikea, Target, Amazon.com, or your local home accessories store. Choose white and make sure your rod curves at the edges and doesn’t have any finials that stick out. This one at Target is only $4.00!
2. Three packs of white/clear 150-count string lights. These are from Target and run $8.99 a pack. But you can find them on sale right now if you hurry…
3. Small, clear Command hooks. You will need about ten hooks to complete this project. Available at Target.
4. Two Sheer White Curtains(one set.) See our headline shot. Be sure to choose a length of curtain panels that allow for enough room to hang just under your ceiling, and extend to the floor. Curtains come in a few standard lengths. Measure your space before you buy. Our friend got hers at Ikea for $8.99! Find them here. You can also find these at any Bed, Bath and Beyond or Target.
Step 1. Hang the curtain rod and brackets close to the ceiling. It’s okay if your rod and curtains are wider than your bed or headboard. Center a twin size bed in the middle of the curtain rod. Hanging the rod will require 2-4 drilled holes. The only holes this project will require.
Step 2. Affix the small Command hooks on the wall, just underneath the curtain rod. Use the instructions provided on the Command box to make sure they stay. Space them out evenly. The rod length in our photo used 10 Command hooks.
Step 3. Drape the light strings on the hooks and arrange however you want. In our photo, the lights on the ends hang a bit longer for effect. Make sure there’s an outlet nearby and use a power strip to organize the plugs.
Step 4. Feed the white curtain panels onto the rods. Plug in your lights and…
If you have any questions, please comment below. We hope you’ll give this easy and beautiful light wall a try. Send us pictures if you do…
I love this I’m going to purchase everything and do it. I have a question when you say fees the curtain panels onto the rods what do you mean just basically put on the curtains? Silly questions sorry. Also can this cause a fire can you leave on overnight and for long periods of time? Thank you so much
Rita, here’s my advice based on what the owner told me. Keep the lights on when you’re home but turn them off when you go to sleep or leave your house and you should be fine. Hope that helps and best of luck creating your own special light wall! LTN
I leave my decorative lights on when i am home, turn off when leaving house. I leave one string of lights on all night.
Sounds perfect, thanks!
Perfect!
Hi Rita!
Yes, about the curtain rod. Pole pocket curtains can be tricky sometimes so I kind of ease the rod through the opening little by little, if that makes sense.
I asked the owner of this particular light wall about the safety concerns and as soon as she replies, I’ll update this. So stop by later. Thanks! LTN
Has anyone tried with a different color curtain? ? This is located lovely. Can’t wait to surprise my 9 year old
Andrea, I think any sheer curtain that matches your daughter’s room would look great. It only needs to be see-through enough to let the light show through. Would love to see pictures if you’d like of your finished product. I wish I had this when I was 9! Best!
Laura
Do you have pictures with color sheers, I’d like to do glitter purple
Hi Karen,
I don’t have pictures with colored sheer curtains but a pale pink or lavender sheer would be absolutely gorgeous with the fairy lights behind it. Go for it!
Laura
I am going to surprise my 12 years old daughter, she wants a glamorous room. This will be the finishing touch.
Love this so much! Please let us know how she likes it! Best of luck!
If the lights touch the sheer curtains
Are they non flammable material ?
Hi Jan! I have not heard of anyone yet having a problem with using these low output lights with the sheer curtains. Think of Christmas lights on a tree or wrapped around garland on your staircase. We don’t recommend you leaving the lights on all day long, nor should you leave them on when you leave the house.
Hi! I have done something similar to this project. I used a flower light garland I had from valentines last year and I now I have it decorated in my daughters room with the curtain. They are battery operated. These in my opinion would be safer than using the outlet. They even have a timer.
Hi Lucy, thank you for giving us this safe and handy option!
Laura
Are the measurements and amounts given for a room with a twin bed? Or would this fit behind a king sized bed?
Hi Serena,
The bed in the photo is a double bed. Curtain rods are adjustable and you can measure your bed and make sure the rod you buy is long enough to stretch across. Also, the hooks come in large packages and you can set up enough to fit the wall behind your bed. Curtain panels can be arranged to cover the full distance, too. They also come in a variety of widths. Add the total distance across and compare to the width of your bed. Good luck and have fun making this!
Laura
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Is there a way to do this without drilling into the walls?
Hi Laura! The guide I published requires no drilling for the lights, only the curtain rod. To avoid drilling into the wall for the curtain rod, you could experiment with clipping the curtains to one of those wire clothesline type products used to hand photographs from at Ikea. You could install two more larger/stronger command hooks on either side of the curtain area.
Good luck!
Laura
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Thanks for this wonderful idea. I am going to try with multicolored lights. Will post pictures as soon as I decorate my room
That sounds so fun!
Do you have instructions for doing this on the ceiling?
Hi,
All I have is the guide I published but you could always use Command Hooks on the ceiling.
Bedroom led lights on back side of bed ,fantastic light