
Paint it white and call it a day. Okay, it's not quite that easy, but almost. This DIY project is for a curtain rod made of a tree branch...

Paint it white and call it a day. Okay, it's not quite that easy, but almost. This DIY project is for a curtain rod made of a tree branch...
The project requires that you find a well-formed tree branch, prune it, paint it, and attach it to your wall. Then hang curtains that tie at the top. The drawback is that you can't slide the curtains open and closed when they're hanging from a tree branch, they'll have to be tied back instead. Via: DIY Ideas.
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i'm not a fan of rustic, but this is VERY DRAMATIC!!!
it's modern and rustic at the same time. love it!
view jeffnyc's profile
Since the curtains can't close anyway, this would be even more dramatic with the contrast of a really lush, plushy curtain.
I'm seeing it in a 1920s-ish house that has wide but not elaborate window molding... something to lend a sense of humor to the rather aggressive graciousness of the period...
view wende in the twin cities's profile
I did this with unpainted tree branches, mounted on green-copper-colored dragonfly-shaped brackets. It was kind of cool and funny.
view Joan A.'s profile
Wende - You're welcome to come over to my house...
:)
view I Love Upstate's profile
this is the exact curtain i am looking for. someone please tell me where it's from!!
view kerry0's profile
What happens when the bark comes off? The paint won't spackle it together forever....
view lorijo's profile
This is trying too hard. Horrible.
view Mason's profile
But how do you attach it to the wall?
view betsbillabong's profile
If you don't move the curtains too much (which I didn't), the bark isn't an issue. And I chose branches with kind of thin bark.
It's attached to the wall with brackets (you can see them in the photo, also white).
view Joan A.'s profile
I'm thinking it might look better if you use birch...and don't paint it.
view I Love Upstate's profile
love it the way it is. really nice.
view denise123's profile
unpainted birch bark would be pretty but would definitely peel off in a short amount of time.
view vertigo's profile
Part of what makes this work so well is the dark brown wall.
view Curtis's profile
agreed with curtis... the brown wall really sets up the white branch well for display, and then the colour of the curtain in turn goes well with the colour (which just happens to be white here) of the branch!
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