DIY Baseball Finial Curtains
Mr. Magic and I recently, by pure accident, came up with the idea to use a real baseball as a curtain rod finial in our son’s bedroom remodel. We have been working on updating his walls and bedding, which mean his curtains needed switched out too.
The previous finials were about the same size as a baseball. Since my son is the baseball player in the house…. plus his new bedding is MLB themed, I asked Mr Magic to figure out a way to use real baseballs on the ends of his rod.
My man is a genius. He drilled a pilot hole into a baseball and used that a furniture screw to go in the hole.
At the end of the twisting in it got a little tight, so that’s what the pliers are for. And I love how he perffffffffffffffectly centered the screw on the ball. He knows me. That kind of stuff matters! He made sure the screw was the right size to screw into the opening that was left when the cup that the finial used to be glued into was removed.
Read my pot for an additional instructional video, see the curtains before and my different curtain ring options.
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Not so much a real question, just how cool would this idea be with a woodgrain rod?
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Adorable for a boys room or a 'man cave'. No girly finials needed there.
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