Wall-to-Wall Curtain Rod ~ Sneak Peek

Here's another sneak peek of progress made in the master bedroom. 

 There certainly are a lot of sneak peeks around here.

Since summer break, the bedroom projects have been put to the side, but I'm getting there! :)

There will be wall-to-wall curtains hung behind the bed and I needed something heavy duty and affordable.

Buying a custom size curtain rod for the room could get really expensive. Mom suggested using conduit pipe found in most hardware stores as the curtain rod .

 So, I used one inch pipe and let's just say... it wasn't easy sawing it in two. We only had a hack saw on hand.  Nicole and I took turns and eventually we got it done.  I knew all those muscles I developed after toting around four babies would come in handy!

Bless Nicole for coming over and helping me, it was definitely a two person job and I needed all the moral support I could get as we anchored the brackets into the studs!

We used a conduit pipe connector to attach the two pipes in the center, and hung the pipe on L brackets mounted into the studs. At each pipe end, we hung metal closet rod holders.  Worked like a charm!

We have a couple different options that we'll share later of how we are actually going to attach the rod to the

L-brackets.

 Adding up the cost...

16.00 for two 10 ft. conduit pipes

5.00 for a package of L-Brackets

4.00 for closet rod holders

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about 25.00 for a custom fit wall-to-wall curtain rod...not bad!?

Stay tuned for the finished results!