Looking to add customized window treatments to your home without breaking the bank? Then you are going to love this tutorial for the Cheapest DIY Curtain Rods Ever!
I have to admit that I am a wee bit of a hoarder when it comes to home decor supplies.
Here’s an example: Even though we have no double windows in our entire home I still haven’t gotten rid of all six sets of double window curtain rods from our last house.
Turns out hoarding can be a good thing. Because I’ve upcycled those useless curtain rods into the Cheapest DIY Curtain Rods Ever {Finials too}!
Window treatments have always scared me a little bit. I thought they had to be expensive, permanent fixtures in a home so committing to them was hard. Then I began to make my own no-sew DIY window curtains and I’ve never looked back!
First there were the window panels for the dining room then the kitchen windows and now these fabulous window curtains for our Southern Gentleman’s Home Office.
The home office curtains were less than $15 a window for fabulous, designer looking window treatments. There was no way I was going to break the bank purchasing expensive rods to hang my diy curtains!
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DIY Curtain Rods: Materials Needed
Leftover Curtain Rod
Or Inexpensive Electrical Conduit
Small Coat Hooks {these work great!}
How to Make DIY Curtain Rods
Since I already had the leftover curtain rods the hunt was on to find hooks that would hold them. The rods are 3/4″ wide so any hooks had to be wide enough to hold them.
I found the perfect sized coat hooks at my local discount store. $7.00 for six hooks! Plus the package was the perfect number for my three home office windows!
Don’t have time to search around town? Here’s the same hooks online!
Step One: Install the Curtain Rod Hooks
Honey installed the coat hooks about two inches from the bottom of the crown molding. Adding the rods was a simple was fitting them in place.
Now I know that you may be thinking this entire DIY Curtain Rod tutorial doesn’t apply to you because you don’t have leftover curtain rods laying around.
But remember my Super Cheap Secret to Bay Window Curtain Rods? You can purchase inexpensive electrical conduit and have it cut to size for your window’s measurement. A little spray paint and you are good to go!
Next let me show you how I made DIY finials to go with my DIY curtain rods.
DIY Curtain Finials: Materials Needed
4 1/2″ Half Styrofoam Balls
Brown Acrylic Paint
Gold Acrylic Craft Paint
Painter’s Tape
Because the DIY curtain rods sit so close to the wall there isn’t much room for traditional finials.
These 4 1/2″ Half Styrofoam Balls*
The DIY finials got several coats of brown craft paint.
Then a little bit of gold craft paint
The styrofoam is so lightweight just a small piece of painter’s tape holds it in place on the wall.
The total cost of DIY Curtain Rods and Finials for all three windows in our home office cost less than $15. That’s $5 per window!
If you love this DIY home decor project then you must see the rest of the Home Office makeover!
Click here for more DIY Curtain Ideas!
- Decorating with Window Treatments from Newton Custom Interiors
- How to Make Curtains the Easy Way
- Beautiful Window Treatments from Southern Hospitality
- 10 Homemade Curtain Rod You Can Make!
- Mason Jar Window Treatment from It All Started with Paint
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Ashley that is an amazingly great idea! Nobody would ever know they were DIY.
YAY! I’m so happy to hear you say that!
You’re so smart! Those are just beautiful and I can’t believe the finial is styrofoam! xo
Those half balls were a total score! They work perfectly with the leftover curtain rods. 😉
OMG! This is ah-maz-ing! What a creative solution.
YAY! I’m so excited that you love my Cheapest DIY Curtain Rods!
Oh my gosh! Ashley! How did you ever think of that? I would have never known.
This is awesome!! You’re so clever to use styrofoam balls, I love that! Definitely saving this idea. 😉
Your house is looking amazing! It should be featured in Better Homes & Gardens or Southern Living!
Oh I love you SO good, Brooke! Thank you so much for the best comment ever!
Wouldn’t that be a dream come true to be featured in Southern Living?
Oooh…such a great idea! Thanks for linking this up at The Creative Circle! I so enjoy seeing all of your projects!
Thanks so much for hosting, Angela!
Those look amazing! I am so glad I found this! Not only are your curtains fabulous, but the painting on the styrofoam is incredible. I cannot wait to try this out!
This is a great idea, a great solution I want to use. I just dont see how the “rod” fits into the styrofoam balls??
Thanks for your help!
Hey Sarah!
Great question! The styrofoam balls do not fit into the rods at all. They are simple taped on the wall at the ends of the rods. It’s a total illusion.
Thank you so much for reading!
You got me thinking. There are so many plastic ornaments on sale… My new finials
Yep! Plastic Christmas ornaments would be perfect finials! Did you find any on clearance?
{BIG hugs}
~ Ashley
After spending hours at the home store trying to find the right size and seeing the over inflated prices of curtain rods, this article is a life saver. Thank you! Heading back to the store to pick up some electrical conduit.
YAY! I’m so excited that our DIY curtain rod tutorial could help you. Especially since the store bought ones are SO outrageously expensive!
This is going to be a life saver for me, thanks! Question,do you think a 1″ rod would fit in those same hooks?
Probably. Just take your measuring tape with you to the store. 😉
Your idea’s are a solution to hanging curtains in my motor home as I need to keep on the light weight side. Love the Styrofoam finial, no weight!!!. Thanks for sharing your idea’s.
Hey Judi! Thank you so much for leaving a comment. Happy that you have been inspired to hang curtains in your motorhome!
DIY curtain rods and the first needed material is a left over curtain rod? Genius!!!