Connie's Corner

And one thing leads to another....

I have been attempting to hang a curtain rod over my French door to my porch. The doors are mostly glass. and curtains, even the light ones I bought, would help with cold and heat...and privacy. An old round wooden curtain rod (2 actually, 48 inches each) has been moved with me several times. They are decorative with end finials and pretty wooden hanger supports. I needed to "join" the 2 rods so off I went to the hardware store in search of a double ended screw, since both rod ends were already drilled for the finials. And, lo and behold, I found one for 65 cents! It worked perfectly and the curtain rod now extended 96 inches. But then, another problem, the worrisome middle sag.

I installed the end supports 84 inches off the floor very securely with drywall anchors and set the rod in place. The mid joining point lined up with the top of the door frame making it seemingly impossible to use another of the wooden hangers for support. The story continues. I have "patterned" the door frame onto the hanger where the hanger needs to go and am waiting for Amazon to deliver a wood hacksaw to "cut out" the wood to make it fit flush. Wish me luck.