Learn how to make extra long DIY Curtain rods for extra wide windows with step by step tutorial. These extra long curtain rods are a great budget-friendly alternative
supplies needed
Electrical conduit
Set screw coupling
Drapery Brackets – 3
Finials
Pipe cutter
Champaign or wine corks
Champaign or wine corks
STEP 1– GATHER SUPPLIES
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Electrical conduit – Pick out the straightest pieces of electrical conduit (aka EMT Conduit, or Electrical Metal Tube Conduit), you can find.
STEP 2– CUT CONDUIT
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Cut the electrical conduit pipes to the required size using pipe cutters.
STEP 3– PAINT CONDUIT
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– Use a Scotch Brite scrubber pad to sand the conduit pieces. – Spray conduit along with the coupling, brackets, and finials with some primer. This is the one we like.
STEP 4– ASSEMBLE THE ROD
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Put the conduit and coupling together and set it all up on the mounted brackets, with the screws pointing up and back towards the wall.
STEP 5– ADDING FINIALS
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– Using a utility knife and working over a cutting board or surface that is safe to cut on, shorten a cork. – Drill a pilot hole and screw the finial to the cork.
STEP 6– HANG UP THE CURTAINS!
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Before putting up the curtains on the rod, add some paste wax with a cloth or paper towel to the top half of the curtain rod to help make sure the grommets slide nice and smooth every time you open and close the curtains.
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