Make Curtain Rods From Conduit

My biggest window needed a 106 inch bar which would have set me back 50 from pottery barn.

Make curtain rods from conduit.

Pipe cutter ask around before buying. These are a great alternative to the high prices of rods for large windows. I used a piece of steel wool and lightly scuffed up the surface of the electrical conduit. Use a dowel screw to join a piece of cork cut to size to fit inside the conduit and a craft shape.

A wooden ball another decorative wooden shape etc you could paint them to match your rods or you could paint. First we will need to prepare the metal conduit for painting. Fine sandpaper steel wool. Cabinet knobs these are my favorite and you can spray paint the whole knob or just the base in any color.

Screw on curtain end caps. This instructable will show you how to make strong attractive and low cost curtain rods out of metal conduit. I bet someone you know has one you can borrow. 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.

Click to see the current price here. 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. Electrical conduit i used inch which is actually in. 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.

How to make your own extra long diy curtain rods step 1 gather supplies. Depending on the length you need your curtain rod to be you may need more than one 10 foot piece. A budget friendly way to make your own diy curtain rods use electrical conduit paint and add decorative finials. My goal was to make curtain rods similar to the pottery barn standard drape rod but at a much lower cost.

To make the conduit curtain rod. Making curtain rods from electrical conduits. How to make curtain rods out of electrical conduit 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.

These diy curtain rods are easy to make with some conduit affordable and so cute.