I found another WOWZERS!!!

What’s a WOWZER-something that makes me go WOW!!!

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Cheri@ItsSoVeryCheri.com

I just LOVE this idea.  They look great and what a savings.

Sarah from A Little of This – A Little of That

saw a show featuring how to make curtain rods inexpensively.  She took the idea and ran with it–WAY TO GO SARAH.

Sarah did the price break down on PVC pipe versus regular curtain rods.
This price is what it would cost her to do 20+ feet of wall space.

1 3/8″ Drapery Rods = $77.94 (from Lowes)
1 3/8″ Drapery Rods = $150.00 (Bed Bath and Beyond)
1 3/8″ Drapery Rods = $159.98 (Amazon.com)

or 1 1/4″ PVC Pipe = $9.09

Holy Money Saver! So, PVC Pipe it was.

She added in some finials and brackets.

Here is the spray paint she used that matched the finials/sconces-Valspar Velvet Brown.

She felt like the PVC looked too ‘matte’ after the spray paint, so she  did a few coats of a clear Gloss.

Wow. I would have never guessed they were PVC pipes.

Installation time–First she installed the brackets.

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Then VERY CAREFULLY slid in the poles.

I wonder if she had sanded over the pipe if it would have taken off just enough of the slick surface so the paint would have adhered more–just my rambling thoughts.

Then came the curtains……. I am in LOVE with that chocolate and cream damask fabric and the chocolate and cream cord.

DELICIOUS!

Back to the installation–

She justhot glued the finials onto the end.

Can I just say WOWZER WOWZER WOWZER.