All curtain rods are expensive but custom curtain rods for customs situations like a bay window.
Extra long curtain rod diy.
How to make a diy curtain rod.
But you could go even cheaper if you want to use something like a totally diy curtain rod with electrical conduit galvanized pipe or cheaper rods.
There are 3 sets of two windows on the wall.
I headed to our local hardware store on a mission to find a practical inexpensive solution to my curtain rod dilemma.
Diy long curtain rod for sunrooms big windows craftivity designs.
Fortunately there is a fast and frugal way to construct your own extra long curtain rod.
We cut just a little off but with the decorative ends we total 11 ft and 6 inches.
Be sure to make it long enough to extend past your window at least six inches on.
Attach a corbel at the end of each are where your curtain rod will hang.
Extra length extra long curtain rods cost a bundle.
And i couldn t just buy 3 separate curtain rod sets and put them up individually because there s only 1 5 inches in between each window.
113 inches to be exact.
When i say extra long curtain rod i meant it.
Diy curtain rods these diy curtain rods are cheap and easy to make even if you need to fit extra long windows.
Make sure to get some help when hanging them over the corbels and bracket.
Once the primer is fully dry paint each.
If you choose to paint your curtain rods it is easiest to paint each of the pieces before assembling the diy curtain.
Instructions cut the electrical conduit to length.
Here s to the next installment of decorating on a budget.
Then in the middle attach your metal bracket.
That s a lot of rod sorry grandma i had to say it.
So kelly came up with a diy solution and teaches you how to make your own diy bay window curtain rod too.
Extra long curtain rod.
How to make your own extra long diy curtain rods step 1 gather supplies electrical conduit pick out the straightest pieces of electrical conduit aka emt conduit or electrical metal tube conduit you can find.
Part of my problem is that i needed a very long curtain rod.
By cali on 10 08 2013 in decor tutorials i have 3 huge windows in our living room that have needed curtains for a long time but i couldn t find a curtain rod big enough to go all the way across them all.
Our diy extra long curtain rod.
But my diy curtain rod version is significantly cheaper than both of those.
Depending on the length you need your curtain rod to be you may need more than one 10 foot piece.
Remember your diy extra long curtain rods will be very long.
You can easily make any size curtain rods you need in any finish.