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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!

posted by jeffnyc on 2007-11-15 09:26:46
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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...

posted by wende in phoenix on 2007-11-15 09:30:09
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I did this with unpainted tree branches, mounted on green-copper-colored dragonfly-shaped brackets. It was kind of cool and funny.

posted by Joan A. on 2007-11-15 09:36:24
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Wende - You're welcome to come over to my house...

:)

posted by I Love Upstate on 2007-11-15 09:36:54
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this is the exact curtain i am looking for. someone please tell me where it's from!!

posted by kerry0 on 2007-11-15 09:40:27
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What happens when the bark comes off? The paint won't spackle it together forever....

posted by lorijo on 2007-11-15 09:48:11
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This is trying too hard. Horrible.

posted by Mason on 2007-11-15 09:52:17
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But how do you attach it to the wall?

posted by betsbillabong on 2007-11-15 09:52:59
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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).

posted by Joan A. on 2007-11-15 10:08:37
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I'm thinking it might look better if you use birch...and don't paint it.

posted by I Love Upstate on 2007-11-15 10:58:50
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love it the way it is. really nice.

posted by denise123 on 2007-11-15 11:39:45
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unpainted birch bark would be pretty but would definitely peel off in a short amount of time.

posted by vertigo on 2007-11-15 12:18:01
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Part of what makes this work so well is the dark brown wall.

posted by Curtis on 2007-11-15 12:36:26
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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!

posted by sarahjam on 2008-08-12 17:18:35
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