Sometimes mistakes happen when mixing paint. Or a customer changed their mind. It is still a good can of paint and kudos to them for not throwing it out! See if your store has a shelf “Oops Paint” – always check it first when you are out shopping for paint. You can find a $20 gallon of paint for $5 or less – and if it’s an odd color – perhaps you can use it for a craft. Even if you pay as much as $10 (I’ve never paid that much) that is still a gallon for what you would pay for a big tube of acrylic paint used for crafts and art.

Check the stores often, the Oops Paint sells quickly! Remember to improvise – if a color is too dark or intense for your needs – mix some white in it. If its a gloss and you happen to have some flat white – the result will be more of a satin finish. Check it out, improvise, get creative!

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You can find some pretty interesting curtain rods at hardware stores, department stores and specialty stores. But if you don’t require super interesting and super fancy curtain rods, consider purchasing a metal pipe from your local hardware store. You can leave it as is or paint it – I suggest Krylon spray paint.

Here are some curtain rods at a local hardware store for $16 – $24. You can pay $50 and up at department stores.

And here is some half  inch by 10′ conduit for $2.17 each at a hardware store (1 inch was $4 each). I bought the half inch as I didn’t have a very wide window to cover. Purchase wider ones for wider openings. (Well actually I didn’t buy it, I found two leaning in the corner of my garage and used them. Don’t know where they came from. But I shot these photos at the store to show you what they looked like and where to get them)

Here are some nice finials for $12per package at the hardware store. The same goes for finials – there is another way!

I spray painted the pipe a black satin finish. Put the curtains on and hung the rods on small hooks at each end.

They needed a finial and I found the perfect ones when I was decorating my Christmas tree! Lightweight Styrofoam balls! My new decor has silver and black and these balls were perfect.

I pulled the hanger out of the foam and cut the hole out a little more. I filled it with glue and stuck it onto the end of the pipe. Now this glittery look actually went with my new look. But there are a multitude of things you could use for the end of your curtain rods. Get some Styrofoam balls at the craft store and paint them a solid matching color. Try a tennis ball in a kids sports themed room. Be conservative or get crazy.

Next time: Salvaged rusty outdoor iron tables for use as bedside tables.

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