Wow – say that five times fast!
Well – I finally finished my master bedroom closet curtain. I had a few bumps along the way – like a fractured elbow!!! At least they think it was fractured – I’ll find out today for sure. Then the rehabilitation will start. You really don’t realize how much you do with your right hand until that arm is injured!
Anyway – I wanted to show you how I made a cornice type hanging box for the curtain itself. This is what it looks like hanging.
To allow for the rod to be taken down and put back again I made these blocks for each end of the wood box cornice.
First I drilled a center hole using a drill bit slightly larger than my rod.
Then I used the band saw to cut out a slot up to the hole.
This was then glued and tacked into the sides of the box.
I made sure to place it so that I can slide the rod – a piece of $2 conduit – along the front of the box and over the top into the slot.
The box was then hung using L-brackets.
And this is my curtain!
Pulled back while using the closet. It slides really easily with the metal curtain hooks on the conduit pipe. And it is all hidden from view!
A close-up of the cornice. I painted the board the same color as the wall to help it blend. I wanted the curtain to stand out, not the box! I had to use flash this morning – very cloudy and rainy – blah, so the colors aren’t translating quite realistically. It all blends really nice and is much more easy on the eyes, rather than looking at all the clothes, etc. in the closet!
This was very cost efficient for me. I had all the scraps of wood – picked up from a lumberyard scrap pile for free! The 10’ conduit was $2 or less. The curtain hooks were around $2 a package – I used 2. I got most of the material from the .99 a yard bin and used about 6 yards for the curtains. So, for around $10 I have new closet curtains.
Yay – something to check off of my list of things to do!
I am hoping to use the same material, style for the 3 balloon shades – which is my next project in this room!
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good for you well done on a low budget
I took my closet doors off and hung curtains, too, but yours looks much more professional than my job! I have never made a cornice board and your pictures are very clear.
This is awesome! One would think there is a window behind there! Super job!
catching this project tonight for Catch as Catch Can
gail
Thanks Gail!
Is this a shower curtain or did you make it? And what do you mean metal hooks?? I’m looking to do something similar, but with a fabric-covered cornice. And where did you get a pipe??? Thanks!
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got to say this is the best one i have seen…looks clean and simple…hard to do with making a closet curtain classy looking…going to do this…thank u!