Would appreciate suggestions for making inexpensive curtain rods

I buy white plastic pipe from B & Q the length and width you require. Use large cup type hooks to fix it up and all you need to do is buy the finnials for the ends. you can paint it any colour.

cut dowels to size. you can even paint or stain them. the end pieces [what holds them to the wall] can be bought for little to nothing

Have you tried using a dowel from the hardware store. They do the trick for us

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You don't say how long these rods should be. Give more details.

if your drapes are havey, u might metal rod. Get some in Home Depot. Cut to size they will do it

tree branches ! Old bows!

Dowels are only so long, check with Homedepot or Lowe's and see if the have the size you need. If their grommets, it should be easy. Good Luck!

Yard sticks with tab curtains are cute go to thrify stores

Saw on home decorating site that a pipe was used...not sure what they used as a stop at the end. Maybe the support piece was the stop so curtains wouldnt slide of the ends.

I used a large wooden dowel for mine and painted it. I could not find anything that would span that length unless it was in two sections. I then put pretty finals on it , and voilà !

My niece just used conduit in her new home. You can paint it whatever color you want and it worked great.

I'd go to the dollar store, a thrift store or A Habitat for Humanity store, before I began to make a DIY curtain rod. I see them there all the time for little cost.