Extra Long Curtain Rod Diy

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.

Extra long curtain rod diy.

113 inches to be exact. 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. When i say extra long curtain rod i meant it. The curtain rod itself is 12 feet long.

That s a lot of rod sorry grandma i had to say it. My friend meghan made her own curtain rod and told me it was easy so i tried my own. Remember your diy extra long curtain rods will be very long. 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.

Make sure to get some help when hanging them over the corbels and bracket. Attach a corbel at the end of each are where your curtain rod will hang. Fortunately there is a fast and frugal way to construct your own extra long curtain rod. If you choose to paint your curtain rods it is easiest to paint each of the pieces before assembling the diy curtain.

Our diy extra long curtain rod. Once the primer is fully dry paint each. Then in the middle attach your metal bracket. Extra length extra long curtain rods cost a bundle.

With metal conduit a hacksaw and some connectors you ll be hanging up those designer curtains on your. 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. Part of my problem is that i needed a very long curtain rod. We cut just a little off but with the decorative ends we total 11 ft and 6 inches.

There are 3 sets of two windows on the wall. So kelly came up with a diy solution and teaches you how to make your own diy bay window curtain rod too. Here s to the next installment of decorating on a budget. All curtain rods are expensive but custom curtain rods for customs situations like a bay window.

Instructions cut the electrical conduit to length. But my diy curtain rod version is significantly cheaper than both of those. How to make a diy curtain rod. Depending on the length you need your curtain rod to be you may need more than one 10 foot piece.

You can easily make any size curtain rods you need in any finish. Be sure to make it long enough to extend past your window at least six inches on. Diy long curtain rod for sunrooms big windows craftivity designs.