theOneAndOnlyMrT

I've searched the forums and found posts where people say they are opening and closing curtains. How are people accomplishing this? I bought an IOLinc and figured that I would program a microcontroller to pull back the curtains. Is this the way people are doing it? I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive way to do it (I dont want to put thousands of dollars into it). Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!