The most common message we get goes something like this: "I love the curtains, I really want one, but can I actually put it up without drilling holes or annoying the landlord or insert houseproud family member here."
Good news: almost certainly yes, and more easily than you're expecting. People overthink this enormously. The actual answer is two nails.
Two nails. That's it.
Our bead curtains have two small metal hoops on the top rail. You tap two small nails into the top of your door frame, one for each hoop, and hang the curtain on. That's the entire installation. No drill, no rail, no screws, no plugs, no brackets, no tension rod, no trip to B&Q. Just two nails and a hammer.
Panel pins are perfect for the job. They're slim, cheap, easy to tap in, and they leave tiny holes that fill invisibly with a dab of Polyfilla if you ever take the curtain down for good. Most landlords wouldn't even notice.
How to do it, start to finish
Hold the curtain up against the doorway, roughly where you want it to hang. Use a pencil to mark the two hoop positions on the door frame. Take the curtain back down, tap a panel pin into each mark (a gentle downward angle stops the hoops sliding off later), and hang the curtain on the nails.
From start to finish, this takes about two minutes. Most of that is finding the hammer.
When there's nothing to nail into
The only time the two-nail approach doesn't work is when you haven't got a surface that will take a nail. Metal door frames, plastic, painted-over tile, the edges of a plasterboard arch. A nail either bounces off or will cause damage your landlord will be taking straight out your deposit.
In those cases, heavy-duty adhesive Velcro strips are the fix. 3M Command strips are the ones to buy, and they're rated well above the weight of a bead curtain. Stick one strip to the frame and the matching strip to the top rail, press them together firmly, and that's it. No marks, no holes, no damage. They peel off cleanly at the end of a tenancy if you follow the instructions.
A few surfaces they don't love: textured wallpaper, freshly painted walls (let new paint cure for three weeks before you stick anything to it), lime plaster, and anywhere damp or steamy. Not the first choice for a bathroom doorway.
A few things that trip people up
If the curtain hangs at a slight angle, one of your nails has gone in higher than the other. Pull it out, shift it a couple of millimetres, and try again. The holes are small enough that nobody will ever know.
If the strings are spinning on themselves for the first day or two, that's normal. They settle down once they've found their natural hang.
And if you're hesitating because it feels like it ought to be more complicated than this, it isn't. Two nails, two minutes!