Make Curtain Rods

Luckily it s really easy to make your own curtain rods using inexpensive items from your local home improvement store.

Make curtain rods.

Once the primer is fully dry paint each component with a few thin coats of your chosen spray paint. Outfitting all of your windows with nice curtain rods can get very expensive very quickly. 113 inches to be exact. 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.

My biggest window needed a 106 inch bar which would have set me back 50 from pottery barn. The secret to bay window curtain rods. You can t exactly buy rods that are almost 10 feet long at wal mart. 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.

L 144 in. Instead of bending the rod copper pipes are joined together to create a super sturdy window treatment. The materials make super inexpensive homemade curtain rods and the technique is easy as pie. Then you will join each rod with this connector here.

Best seller home decorators collection 72 in. If you choose to paint your curtain rods it is easiest to paint each of the pieces before assembling the diy curtain rod brackets. Make sure your hardware is clean first. How to make a diy curtain rod.

Trust me i tried. I headed to our local hardware store on a mission to find a practical inexpensive solution to my curtain rod dilemma. Part of my problem is that i needed a very long curtain rod. Instead cut electrical conduit in three different sections according to the length of each window.

Curtain rods are one of my favorite things to diy. Look through decorative curtain rods tension curtain rods and curtain tie backs that will dress your windows in style. Making my own rod using widely available emt conduit ended up costing me less than 6. Cheap and easy diy finials.

Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Then spray each piece with a thin coat of spray primer. My goal was to make curtain rods similar to the pottery barn standard drape rod but at a much lower cost. 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.

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. 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. Here s another diy bay window curtain rod from julie blanner.