I recently bought an older Sienna to use for camping and road trips. Hanging curtains was my biggest challenge.
I followed some advice I read on this forum (I *think* it was this forum) and bought some of these clips for the side and back curtains.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004E2S3HC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I used elastic parachute chord for the curtain "rods," with the clips attaching the cord to the headliner. As long as the cord isn't too taut or I don't pull on it a lot, the clips hold pretty good.
But then I came to the curtains behind the seats. I got a tension rod, but the Sienna walls are angled, and I couldn't figure out how to keep it up. I thought about brackets, but I couldn't find anything that would work. I don't want to drill into the van walls.
Today I thought of a solution. I went to Lowe's and got some straps like this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/USP-1-1-4-in-16-Gauge-Wood-to-Wood-G90-Galvanized-Masonry-Strap/3376236
The ones I found are about 10 inches long. I came home and snipped one into two pieces, then put the pieces in the vice and used my brute force and then a rubber mallet to bend it into an S shape. Then I slid one end into the gap between the headliner and the plastic wall, put the tension rod up (with it sitting on the other end of the S) and used some duct tape to make sure it doesn't slide off.
My curtains are far from perfect. I made them from cheap flat sheets I got at Wally World, beige on the inside and lined with black for the outside. I attached some lace I found in my sewing box to one set of curtains so I could tie the front curtains together and keep them from sliding around and blocking my view. I didn't think of this until after I finished the rear and back side curtains, but I'm going to attach something similar to them to keep them together when I'm moving.
I'm attaching some pictures to show you how I did it. Not very sophisticated, but I think it'll work. I'm taking her out on her maiden voyage next week, so I'll see then how everything works. So far all I've done it take out the seats, give the van a good cleaning, lay down some old indoor/outdoor carpet I had to cover the seat anchors, and tie down my cot to the seat anchors with zip ties. I have a nice tri-fold mattress that goes on the cot. All my plastic bins slide under the cot for storage. (My luggable loo fits under the cot, too.)
I followed some advice I read on this forum (I *think* it was this forum) and bought some of these clips for the side and back curtains.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004E2S3HC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I used elastic parachute chord for the curtain "rods," with the clips attaching the cord to the headliner. As long as the cord isn't too taut or I don't pull on it a lot, the clips hold pretty good.
But then I came to the curtains behind the seats. I got a tension rod, but the Sienna walls are angled, and I couldn't figure out how to keep it up. I thought about brackets, but I couldn't find anything that would work. I don't want to drill into the van walls.
Today I thought of a solution. I went to Lowe's and got some straps like this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/USP-1-1-4-in-16-Gauge-Wood-to-Wood-G90-Galvanized-Masonry-Strap/3376236
The ones I found are about 10 inches long. I came home and snipped one into two pieces, then put the pieces in the vice and used my brute force and then a rubber mallet to bend it into an S shape. Then I slid one end into the gap between the headliner and the plastic wall, put the tension rod up (with it sitting on the other end of the S) and used some duct tape to make sure it doesn't slide off.
My curtains are far from perfect. I made them from cheap flat sheets I got at Wally World, beige on the inside and lined with black for the outside. I attached some lace I found in my sewing box to one set of curtains so I could tie the front curtains together and keep them from sliding around and blocking my view. I didn't think of this until after I finished the rear and back side curtains, but I'm going to attach something similar to them to keep them together when I'm moving.
I'm attaching some pictures to show you how I did it. Not very sophisticated, but I think it'll work. I'm taking her out on her maiden voyage next week, so I'll see then how everything works. So far all I've done it take out the seats, give the van a good cleaning, lay down some old indoor/outdoor carpet I had to cover the seat anchors, and tie down my cot to the seat anchors with zip ties. I have a nice tri-fold mattress that goes on the cot. All my plastic bins slide under the cot for storage. (My luggable loo fits under the cot, too.)
