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Easy (and Free!) Rustic Tree Branch Curtain Rod
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Thrifty Artsy Girl
(IC: blogger)
5 Materials
1 Hour
Easy
This post is about the beginning of my sons woodland forest/camping themed room. I had a vision that included all things trees, woodland animals, exploring, tents...basically the whole outdoorsy shebang. For my first project I figured I'd better get some curtains up in Jackson's room or he'd be up at 5:30am jumping on my bed when the sunrise woke him up. I knew I wanted to hang canvas curtains, to give an outdoorsy tent feel. I also wanted to make it look woodsy (I mean it is a woodland forest themed room) so I decided to actually use wood by bringing the outdoors in with tree branches.
Luckily my mother in law had just cut a bunch of branches off of a tree that was hanging over her pool and they looked like they were about the same size as curtain rods. I couldn't have been luckier with my timing and of course *bonus* they were free!! The garbage picking, side of the road scooping, leftover garage sale taking person that I am never turns down a free find so it was a complete no brainer for me to use one of these branches to hang the curtains up in Jackson's room.I found a branch that was pretty straight but with just enough curves to still be whimsical and with a couple of little cut off branches to give it some character. I cut it about a foot longer than the length of the window because I wanted it to extend out about six inches on either side of the window to give it a more natural look. Before hanging the branch I had planned on cleaning it and possibly scraping the bark off and sealing it in case there were bugs in it but instead I got busy with other projects so I (purposely e'hem) let the branch "air out" for about 6 months or so. I thoroughly inspected the branch and when I was satisfied that it was bug free I gathered my supplies and set to work hanging it up.Tree Branch Curtain Rod Supplies-Tree branch-Curtains-Brackets with screws-Drill or Screwdriver-Tape measure-Tie-backs (only if you want to pull back your curtains)I went to Walmart and bought some inexpensive brackets and tie backs. I also purchased some canvas khaki colored curtains off of eBay (that reminded me of a tent) for super cheap.
The curtains I found easily slipped onto the tree branch rod.
If you've ever hung curtains the entire process was pretty much exactly the same: I measured to install the brackets so that the curtains just touched the floor, then screwed the brackets and tie backs in, then put the curtains on the branch and lastly I hung the branch up on the brackets.
This tree branch curtain rod was the epitome of how I want all of my DIY projects to be, it was easy, free and it gives my son's room the perfect amount of whimsical woodsiness that I was going for. For a more detailed description, more pictures of this project, or more awesomeness check out my blog Thrifty Artsy Girl
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Published January 12th, 2020 6:38 PM
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Kara Wurtzel on Jan 14, 2020
Love this so much! The natural lines of the wood are so classy!
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