Those füny Swedes and their phüny werds! Ikea’s Dignitet system is basically a metal cable secured between two wall or ceiling points. As far as I knew you hang stuff off it— like posters or notes. I have seen this type of thing in design studios for years. Only after I went to the Ikea website did I realize it is termed as a “curtain wire”. I guess you could hang your laundry off it too, it the line was supported well enough. I knew they also manufactured additional supports. Because I saw the physical package first (again, termed ONLY “Dignitet”) and not the website (where it was termed “corner piece”), I gleaned these could go around inside and outside corners and devised the crazy setup below.
Something that is very important to know is when marking out the screw points, is to screw the post tightly into the base, line up the hole through the post which the cable will travel and THEN mark the holes. This may seem common sense, but when I started, “putting two of the three holes is better on the stressed side because two anchors will be more stable than one”— NO. Make sure the sure the line hole is straight and let the support screw positions fall into precedence. Also, only use each post/base set per it’s marking— the threads on each set may be slightly different, which will cause problems if you bang out all the markings using one set. The United States thanks you for choosing Chinese-quality machining.
Unsurprisingly the wall isn’t flat or parallel so I think some adjustment is necessary...
More to follow, I’m adding another line going around the stairwell.
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