Drapery pullers
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Shawn
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Has anyone ever made their own drapery pullers or know of a cheaper store to get them from? The fabric store wants $12.99 for each rod and I need 6!
7 answers
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If you mean drapery rods, depending on the length, I have used electrical conduit, pvc pipe, dowel rods from Home Depot, Menards, or Lowes.
William
on Jun 21, 2016
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Dowling would work well for this. You can get dowels in various thicknesses and they can be easily cut to length, sanded and painted to your desired colour. Use a small hook screwed into the end to attach to the pull loop. A small teacup hook would work nicely.
Merrie
on Jun 21, 2016
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Or you could look at Ikea. They have blind sections that require a pull rod. I think the rods are fairly inexpensive.
Susan Litt
on Jun 21, 2016
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A photo would help but what I think you want - simply insert a cup hook into an end of a simple dowel rod (painted a color to disapear into the drapery (dowel rods of hard wood available in Home Depot and Lowes)
Melody McSweeney
on Jun 21, 2016
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Thanks to many great people I will get some dowling and attach to my draperies. Very helpful answers. Thank you so much for your responses. Shawn
Shawn
on Jun 21, 2016
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I have actually made them out if dowel rods I got from hobby lobby! My drapes were beige and the rod and rings were wood so I chose to stain the dowels to match. I screwed a tiny eye screw on one end and used it to hands rich to the top, pulling edge of the drapes. I found a neat brass, dangling style piece of drawer hardware and screwed it into the remaining end of the dowel rod for a customized finished look. It costs very little and I do get lots of nice comments on them! Good luck!
Csm7079963
on Jun 23, 2016
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Handstitch
Csm7079963
on Jun 23, 2016
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