Two Simple Painting Tips

The bargain drapery hardware for my living room redo has been painted, glazed and installed using my normal painting/glazing process. It was definitely worth the time and effort considering all the money I saved.

As you might expect, painting the brackets and finials was very straight forward – put them in a box and spray away! Covering the rods and rings, however, was a different matter. I tend to be a little impatient when it comes to painting and wanted to get this project finished in the least amount of time possible.

The problem was figuring out how to paint the rods - without laying them down or leaning them against something – so that all sides could be covered at once. With the rings, it was the same sort of dilemma. Luckily Mr. RDH came to the rescue.

How clever is are these two ideas?

For the rods he used two saw horses and some nails.

By suspending the rods on the nails (which were easily inserted into the ends of the poles), I was able to paint one side of the rod and then simply role it over to paint the other side. In one fell swoop, the entire rod was painted!

For the rings, the saw horses were again put to good use. Using some twine we tied one end to the saw horse and threaded on the first ring.

Once in place, we tied a knot to keep the ring from sliding. We continued threading and knotting and then tied the other end of the twine to the second saw horse. As you can see, for this project we needed three rows.

Two simple ideas that cut my painting time in half and made my life easier!

Next up is how to install drapery hardware and my two curtain fabric choices.

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