DIY Industrial Curtain Rods for the Home

With Summer fast approaching it was time to start thinking about some better options for my boys window treatments. We had a great set of silk striped curtains that go great in the their room, trouble is we only bought one set and they have since been decontinued by Target! Ahh!! I hate when that happens! The sun shines straight in to their room each morning and it is  SO BRIGHT! Light blocking curtains were defintely on my mind. I recently gave their room a mini makeover and decided that we would go with some navy light blocking curtains to go with the theme and colors in the room. They have two windows in the room, one large window and one smaller window.                

 Since we were changing curtains and I thought it would be a great time to change the curtain rods also. Their room has a vintage, fun, eccletic feel and I wanted the curtain rods to echo that. So I went the route of galvanized metal plumbing parts to assemble my rods. You can find everything you need at your local Lowe's or Home Depot.  Basically I just screwed the floor flange into the wall with four screws, attached the 90 degree elbow in to that and then used some liquid nails and inserted the metal conduit. Make sure you slide your curtain rings on before you secure both sides! 

 Here is what you will need:

• 1/2" Galvanized Floor Flanges
• 1/2" 90 Degree Galvanized Elbow
• 1/2" Metal Conduit
• Screws

Much Better!

Boys Room Tour

I had the most fun putting together my boys room when we moved in to our home a year and a half ago. I have made little tweaks here and there, over all I really love the feel of the room. It has a more vintage, fun, eclectic feel versus the other rooms in our home. Here is a little tour:

Wall color: Swan Sea from Behr.
Curtains from Target.
 Curtain rods DIY from plumbing parts at Lowes.
 Striped Navy duvet set from Target.com
Carousel sign under window from thrift store.

Bunk beds are from Walmart.com $149 on sale a couple years go. 

This industrial basket was $19.99 from Marshalls. It holds A LOT of toys!

My hubby and I made this sign for the empty space above their bed

Used a combination of spray paint, dired rice, stain and interior paint to give this arrow a vintage feel

Custom made this for the space above the window

Boys reading corner!

Lamp and metal bike from a thrift store.
Table from Target spray painted red.

Metal initials from Hobby Lobby attached to the foot of each bed

My Caleb is a DIE HARD Cars fan, his room had to have a Route 66 sign!

The dresser was as steal at $8 from Craigs list, I re-painted it to match the room.
Ignore the fan! Haha, we all need a fan to sleep in this house!

ABC from thrift store.
Classic Pooh Birthday figurine from my son's first birthday cake.
Other items from thrift stores.

Thrift store find last year! So cute!

Floating shelves are from target, lamp and shade from Target.
FAO wooden tool box from thrift store, books from birthdays/
Rabbit jacket holder from Ikea.

Elephant and duck were thrift store finds. Blocks from Target.
 Frame from Cars Land @ Disney's Ca. Adventure.

The blue chair was their great-grandfathers we inherited when he passed away.
The quilt was hand made by my great-grandmother for me when I was born. 

Thanks for stopping by!