Make Curtain Rods

How to make a diy curtain rod.

Make curtain rods.

Luckily it s really easy to make your own curtain rods using inexpensive items from your local home improvement store. Copper curtain rods can be really expensive but you can recreate the look for much less than 100 which is really cheap considering this is copper. 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.

Trust me i tried. L 144 in. Double curtain rod kit in brushed nickel with crystal decorative square finial model u bn144foms03 59 97 59 97. Look through decorative curtain rods tension curtain rods and curtain tie backs that will dress your windows in style.

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. Instead of bending the rod copper pipes are joined together to create a super sturdy window treatment. Making my own rod using widely available emt conduit ended up costing me less than 6. L telescoping 1 in.

113 inches to be exact. Then spray each piece with a thin coat of spray primer. Outfitting all of your windows with nice curtain rods can get very expensive very quickly. Curtain rods are one of my favorite things to diy.

Instead cut electrical conduit in three different sections according to the length of each window. If you choose to paint your curtain rods it is easiest to paint each of the pieces before assembling the diy curtain rod brackets. 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. Set your store to see local availability add to cart.

Then you will join each rod with this connector here. Make sure your hardware is clean first. The materials make super inexpensive homemade curtain rods and the technique is easy as pie. 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. The secret to bay window curtain rods. Once the primer is fully dry paint each component with a few thin coats of your chosen spray paint. 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.

My biggest window needed a 106 inch bar which would have set me back 50 from pottery barn. Here s another diy bay window curtain rod from julie blanner. I headed to our local hardware store on a mission to find a practical inexpensive solution to my curtain rod dilemma.