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Has anyone here made a rod for a bow or bay window? If so, how did you do the rod where it angles into the next window. I saw an idea but not sure it will work. The person used conduit pipe and then where the angle was, they used flexible plastic tubing. Does that sound feasible?

I don't know what type of window treatment you are using, or what type of rod pocket it has, but when we put this valance in our bay window we simply cut pieces of masonite to fit into the rod pockets and then nailed them into the window frame.

Here you go.

Connector pieces...

http://www.countrycurtains.com...ndow+rods.do?nType=1

If you are using conduit you could use the plastic conduit elbows.

I love the idea of Nitalynn- nail them to the frame.

Wanda

Thanks gals but I don't have a window frame. It is hard to explain but there is really nothing to nail it to. The ones at country curtains are way beyond my budget. If the curtains I decide to make are light enough, the plastic conduit would work. Since I posted this, I also saw some connectors at Ikea that were reasonably priced.

Post a pic if you can.

I have no way of posting a pic now......do not have a way to insert picture card into computer and forgot my UBC cord. Went to buy an adaptor and it was expensive so will wait till we go back home from Az to IA and then will be able to post. Thanks anyway.

I used the connectors and rods from Ikea in my granddaughters room which has a large bay window. They work adequately. I have also used certain rods from Bed B & B which have corner connectors--more expensive and not that much better but somewhat easier to work with.Window hardware can easily strain the budget it you have a lot of windows--I do with a minimum of two windows in every room and four in many so I am always looking for good looking ways to hang window treatments.(Tuesday Morning was my source for high quality rods for living room and dining room--I was luck to be there at the right time to find enough of the right style since each room has four windows with treatments that expose the rod so they have to look nice.)

Good luck!

Nice to know the rods at Ikea worked for you. Ikea is a ways away from me but one day I will talk my dh into going there. I don't know the streets and highways well enough to go on my own yet.......learning....since we just moved here.

Good luck with your search and making it to Ikea. I too live a bit of a distance from one and am new in this area too so I can understand. Getting to know a new area can be difficult. I am finding this especially true now that I am older. In my youth (at least younger days) I thought nothing of jumping in the car with a map and sometimes a compass and heading out--even when I lived in a country where my language skills were minimal. Now with GPS and living in a metropolitan area where one town runs into another and one often doesn't know exactly where you are located town-wise, I am much more reluctant to venture forth. I am determined though that I will conquer my new region and after 7 months I am making baby steps. (Hey, I found Ikea!)

One more thing about the connectors from Ikea,, they are a flexible plastic/rubber so shaping them is a breeze. My complaint with installation is that it seemed like I had to put up the center rod, screw on the connector and then put up the side rods after screwing them into the connector. These all have to be fitted into their carriers so.... Let's put it this way, I won't be taking these curtains down any time soon. Then again, maybe my mind just can['t wrap around the diagrams to do it correctly. The ones I used from BB&B slipped into the ends of the rods so I could put up the rods and then join them.

Thanks Gwenda, I am happy to know it worked for you. I will talk my husband to taking me one day and pay attention. After that, I can go myself.