Moving from home to home certainly gives us the…ahem…opportunity…to bargain with all sorts of unusual house features. Hanging defunction on unique window arrangements is something we are constantly dealing with as I detailed in this post here. Although I cover lots of window styles in that review, i situation I failed to mention is the tricky corner window. Today I desire to apace share the $i hack nosotros used to successfully hang curtains in a corner window. If you have corner windows and have been stumped on how to apparel them, y'all'll love this easy solution!

A corner window with curtains in a master bedroom and text overlay

The Principal Bedroom in our Kansas dwelling had no windows except for 2 skinny ones in the far corner of the room. Aside from the fact that the "winds came roaring downwardly the plains" directly at this window (making quite the audio feel during storms!), the tight, perpendicular placement of these windows made information technology difficult to hang curtain rods in a traditional mode.

A corner window with curtains in a master bedroom

I certainly could accept put roman shades, valances or cornice boxes on these windows. Simply I prefer to hang the same bones black curtain rods throughout our homes to provide visual continuity and make it easier to transition window treatments from home to home. So to save money and prevent us from having to invest in special corner rods only for this home, I really wanted to find a mode to utilise our standard black curtain rods (and curtains) in this corner.

A corner window with curtains in a master bedroom

To accommodate our existing rods, I could accept hands grabbed a corner curtain rod piece for $vii-10 from Target, Amazon or Bed Bath & Beyond. However, I happened upon this petty black plastic $0.99 elbow in the plumbing section at Lowes, and it was exactly what I needed to transition our standard curtain rods to corner curtain rods!

To hang defunction in a corner window, start past hanging two single rods at the same height on each window. Be certain at that place is enough room between the brackets and the wall to create an bodily L with the rods in the corner.

Two curtain rods meet together in a corner

Side by side, slide the elbow plumbing slice into the ends of each curtain rod, thereby physically and visually connecting the two rods. For our rods, the fit was nice and snug, requiring no agglutinative, extra pieces, or screws.

A corner window with curtains in a master bedroom

With just a simple $1 discover at the hardware store, I was able to create a clean and cohesive curtain rod for our corner windows. However, if you don't have rods you're trying to use or can't access the insides of your rods (into which yous'd place the plastic elbow), here are some great products to try:

Elbow Connectors

If your pall rods don't accept hollow ends like mine practice, these corner connectors tin twist right onto your existing rods where the finial would typically go.

Corner Curtain Rods

If y'all don't take existing curtain rods, here are some corner curtain rod options.

Hanging curtains on unique window arrangements can often take some trial-and-fault. Thankfully, with some outside-the-box thinking (and inexpensive plumbing supplies!), at that place are often piece of cake solutions to be found for almost any organization. Whether you have an awkward corner window like this one, or you're trying to hang windows in a corner shower or other tight arrangement, these hacks and products should work for you.

A corner window with curtains in a master bedroom

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Megan