Make Curtain Rods From Conduit

My goal was to make curtain rods similar to the pottery barn standard drape rod but at a much lower cost.

Make curtain rods from conduit.

Fine sandpaper steel wool. 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. These diy curtain rods are easy to make with some conduit affordable and so cute. Click to see the current price here.

Screw on curtain end caps. A budget friendly way to make your own diy curtain rods use electrical conduit paint and add decorative finials. I used a piece of steel wool and lightly scuffed up the surface of the electrical conduit. My biggest window needed a 106 inch bar which would have set me back 50 from pottery barn.

Pin this post to pinterest. Electrical conduit i used inch which is actually in. To make the conduit curtain rod. How to make curtain rods out of electrical conduit supplies.

First we will need to prepare the metal conduit for painting. Pipe cutter ask around before buying. These are a great alternative to the high prices of rods for large windows. 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.

This instructable will show you how to make strong attractive and low cost curtain rods out of metal conduit. The rods really don t need finials for a functional reason but if you don t like the open ends here are some solutions. A wooden ball another decorative wooden shape etc you could paint them to match your rods or you could paint. Electrical conduit pick out the straightest pieces of electrical conduit aka emt conduit or electrical metal tube conduit you can find.

Cabinet knobs these are my favorite and you can spray paint the whole knob or just the base in any color. Use a dowel screw to join a piece of cork cut to size to fit inside the conduit and a craft shape. Making curtain rods from electrical conduits. 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.

Depending on the length you need your curtain rod to be you may need more than one 10 foot piece.