These diy curtain rods are easy to make with some conduit affordable and so cute.
Make curtain rods from conduit.
Windows are definitely one of the most important architectural features in a house to me the bigger the better and i love for my windows to look pretty.
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These are a great alternative to the high prices of rods for large windows.
Electrical conduit i used inch which is actually in.
A wooden ball another decorative wooden shape etc you could paint them to match your rods or you could paint.
How to make your own extra long diy curtain rods step 1 gather supplies.
The rods really don t need finials for a functional reason but if you don t like the open ends here are some solutions.
How to make curtain rods out of electrical conduit supplies.
Examine a typical pole style curtain rod and you ll notice that it s not much more than a hollow metal tube with some type of decorative finish.
I bet someone you know has one you can borrow.
One of my favorite parts of decorating any room is deciding on the curtains.
Making curtain rods from electrical conduits.
Screw on curtain end caps.
First we will need to prepare the metal conduit for painting.
To make the conduit curtain rod.
Even cheap curtain rods are more expensive that doing it this way and the bonus is that you don t need a center support because the conduit is not flexible just make sure your hangers are in a stud which you can usually find because you are putting the hangers at the end of the window where it is framed.
A budget friendly way to make your own diy curtain rods use electrical conduit paint and add decorative finials.
Use a dowel screw to join a piece of cork cut to size to fit inside the conduit and a craft shape.
Electrical conduit pick out the straightest pieces of electrical conduit aka emt conduit or electrical metal tube conduit you can find.
My biggest window needed a 106 inch bar which would have set me back 50 from pottery barn.
I used a piece of steel wool and lightly scuffed up the surface of the electrical conduit.
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Cabinet knobs these are my favorite and you can spray paint the whole knob or just the base in any color.
Fine sandpaper steel wool.