Cheapism is editorially independent. We may earn a commission if you buy through links on our site.

There’s no denying the fact that hanging curtains is one of those terribly tricky yet entirely necessary household tasks that many of us will just as easily find ourselves proactively avoiding than actually addressing. 

Thankfully, a viral TikTok from @ElizabethVilla16 has surfaced from the furthest reaches of the ever chaotic, occasionally informative, predictably ridiculous depths of planet TikTok to clarify for us all just how you’re supposed to be hanging curtains around your home. 

01
TikTok

The video is seemingly simple enough. She proceeds to pick out a curtain rod which already has curtains on it on one end of the rod. She then works at moving the remaining part of the curtains so that they manage to hide the end of the rod holder, and then puts the rod back down. 

Previously, it was not effectively covering the rod holder. In an animated caption she exclaims, “I swear I’ve been living under a rock!”

02
TikTok

Villa also chose to use the widely popular TikTok sound from the well-known creator Kelly Hurst (@thelifebath). As can be see in her dueted video, Hurst, who hails from Newcastle, says, “Show me the life hack that you randomly saw one day, that is now an unconscious standard practice in your life.”

Villa adeptly uses this sound paired with another overlaid, saying, “Are you kidding me right now?”

@elizabethvilla185 I swear ive been living under a rock! Wtf @warriors #fyp #homeinspo #micasa #homedecorideas #lifehackstiktok #lifehacksthatwork #hometipsandtricks #homedecoration #curtains ♬ original sound – ElizabethVilla16

There’s no shame in realizing that you’ve been unknowingly leading a lifestyle that could’ve been made just a bit more efficient and less prone toward problems by simply using products and other everyday items as they were designed to be used

You can keep the helpful knowledge train moving by checking out this collection of everyday items you’re likely using totally wrong

For more clever life hacks, sign up for our totally free newsletters.

Meet the Writer

Matt has spent the last 8 or so odd years as both a writer and editor in Seattle and Brooklyn, where he is now based. He loves escaping the tirelessly fast pace of the “Mad Apple” that is NYC by taking walks and runs through parks where he’s able to catch up on the latest tea about society from the city’s ever chatty, always hungry, occasionally rabid, pigeons. When he’s not taking his urban nature strolls, or dutifully combing the deepest rabbit holes of the internet to find the content that’s worth sinking your mind’s teeth into, he’s likely holed up at a dark-lit dive bar with a book and/or some friends, or just easily he could be on the hunt for the next addition to his steadily growing plant family.