Make Curtain Rods

If you want the look of a metal or metallic curtain rod for your window treatments you can use gold spray paint to coat two ping pong balls and a wooden dowel rod.

Make curtain rods.

Just be sure to cut to the rod to a slightly longer length than the width of your window so you can slide the curtains all the way to each side. Outfitting all of your windows with nice curtain rods can get very expensive very quickly. To make a custom curtain rod for a bay window you don t have to fork out the high cost of custom bay window curtain hardware. Double curtain rod kit in brushed nickel with crystal decorative square finial model u bn144foms03 59 97 59 97.

The secret to bay window curtain rods. 113 inches to be exact. The materials make super inexpensive homemade curtain rods and the technique is easy as pie. Add a subtle touch of texture and style with a variety of curtain rods like the bronze curtain rods nickel curtain rods brass curtain rods brushed finish curtain rods oil rubbed curtain rods and curtain rings.

Once the primer is fully dry paint each component with a few thin coats of your chosen spray paint. Cheap and easy diy finials. Curtain rods are one of my favorite things to diy. How to make a diy curtain rod.

I headed to our local hardware store on a mission to find a practical inexpensive solution to my curtain rod dilemma. Instead cut electrical conduit in three different sections according to the length of each window. Best seller home decorators collection 72 in. My goal was to make curtain rods similar to the pottery barn standard drape rod but at a much lower cost.

Part of my problem is that i needed a very long curtain rod. Trust me i tried. Then spray each piece with a thin coat of spray primer. Make sure your hardware is clean first.

Making my own rod using widely available emt conduit ended up costing me less than 6. L telescoping 1 in. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. My biggest window needed a 106 inch bar which would have set me back 50 from pottery barn.

Look through decorative curtain rods tension curtain rods and curtain tie backs that will dress your windows in style. L 144 in. You can make these diy copper curtain rods for less than 80 and in under an hour and that s for up to five curtain rods. You can t exactly buy rods that are almost 10 feet long at wal mart.

If you choose to paint your curtain rods it is easiest to paint each of the pieces before assembling the diy curtain rod brackets. Then you will join each rod with this connector here. Here s another diy bay window curtain rod from julie blanner.