proceed to install the curtain rod bracket. Hold a bracket up to the wall so that the position of the rod lines up with your initial markings. Use a pencil to indicate where the screws should go.

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so there were already painted-over divots from a previous curtain-rod install to guide me). Within 40 minutes of reading the instructions, the rod was secured and curtains were hung. I needed a ...