Natural Curtain Rods
by
Choyce
3 Materials
$4
4 Hours
Easy
I wanted some curtain rods that would go with the beaver-chewed wood headboard that I made five years ago. I had two windows to cover.
This is the headboard that I wanted to complement with matching curtain rods.
First, you must know that my hubby and I have been gathering up interesting bits of driftwood and beaver-chewed wood for years. We keep the pieces in an airy wood shed and I usually wait a year or so for them to be very dry. I got two interesting sticks - this is one of them. They're both birch sticks with lots of beaver tooth marks on them. I trimmed off any really protruding knobs and lightly sanded it all down to get rid of small burrs.
The most time-consuming part of this project was finding the brackets. I cut down some cedar branches, stripped off the bark and found four nice Y shaped pieces. Then I cut the bases at an angle. It took some fiddling around to get the angle right because each piece has its own character. I pre-drilled little holes and then screwed them into the wall.
After threading the curtains onto the stick I laid the rod onto the brackets and secured them at the ends with some leather shoe strings. Then I dabbled some paint on the screws so they' blend in.
All done! The curtains have those nice big grommets so they easily slide along the rods.
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Well, this is a fun idea!
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Thanks! The most fun part of the project is finding the branches out in the canoe!
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Where did she get the curtains at with holesat the top?
Where did she get the curtains with holes at the top and what was the texture of the material she used??