Kenney Sphere 3/4" Standard Decorative Window Curtain Rod, Brushed Sienna, 36-66"

i just moved and was looking for rods for curtains because we had vertical blinds (which I loved) throughout our old place and here there were regular horizontal blinds that I am not fond of, but rather than outfitting every window with verticals I decided to try curtains for a while.This rod was for the kitchen, which is nice and bright with an accent of orange. I shopped on Amazon for hours to decide which ones to get and I remembered that Levolor was a good company in the past so I narrowed it down to this one for the kitchen. I have a cat and TOBY thinks the windows and sills belong to him so I was trying for minimalist at his level because I remembered a few years ago when I had curtains, I was always washing them because of the hair coming off in the curtains and not to mention kitten slobbers from sticking their faces through the part between the curtains. The rod looks exactly like pictured and it seems to be well made. My husband passed away a few months ago and I am terrible hanging pictures let alone curtain rods. I hired a handyman company locally and the man who put them up said that they were a good rod and they were very easy to put up. Everything I needed was in the box including all the screws, etc. (Which is great because many times when we went to do a project like this in the past, they didn't include the right number of screws and we would have to get more to finish the job. Installed, it looks great too. Much nicer than those old plain white curtain rods from years ago, because these are so decorative that they add something like the frame on a picture.I highly recommend this rod. It adds a nice touch with your decorating ideas!

This item arrived in good condition, and looked just as I had expected based on the picture on the product page.I believe that another reviewer mentioned that the finials are larger than expected. After reading that, I was hesitant to buy this set at first, since the window we are covering is in a corner, and there is not much room for finials.Unable to find anything else, we finally decided to estimate the size of the finials from the picture, based on the rod diameter, which is given. As we had suspected, they worked out. However, if the size of the finials had been printed in the product description, we might have bought this product much sooner.The set looks just fine in our kitchen, and I think it's a very good value. I'm sick of the antiqued, or "distressed" looks I see everywhere else, and appreciate how clean this set is.Also, it's very easy to remove and replace the curtains by unscrewing the finials.My only complaint is that the brackets are a little unsightly, in a plain, industrial sort of way. However, we should be able to mostly hide them with the tabs on our new curtains, once they are ready.As for the diameter of the finials: I just unscrewed one and took a very rough, unprofessional measurement of the ball part of the finial (I twisted up a piece of paper until it was stiff enough, and then stuck it into the one of the holes in the ball until it reached the other side). Based on that, it seems to be *approximately" 2 1/8 inches in diameter. However, if you have an extremely tight space, please don't base your decision on that!I am very happy with this product, and would definitely recommend it.

It is strong, well designed, all metal, and I like the color. The one I received had two 44" tubes, both the same 3/4" diameter, with a slightly smaller tube measuring 45" long that is used for strength and varying the rod length. When using the two 3/4" tubes butted up against each other, with the extension tube centered inside, the total rod length was 93", and this is how I am using it. That is two 44" tubes, plus two finials each measuring 2 1/2". If one wants to configure the rod to a shorter length then use only one of the 3/4" tubes and the smaller extension tube, and if a longer rod then pull the 3/4" tubes apart until the desired length is achieved. I only used three of the 4 included brackets, as I wanted one in the center, and the result was a very well supported and strong curtain rod. The hardware packet includes 4 brackets, 8 drywall anchors, 8 screws, and 4 screws to tighten the rod in the bracket ends so it won't move.

I bought two of these rods to hang my blackout curtains. I like the look with the modern looking sphere at the end. I did this a couple times, I'll just call it trial and error.Plan A: Initially we only had the rods to 80" and had one long curtain, so no bracket in the middle so the curtain could be fully opened and closed. There was some sagging in the middle and quite a bit of light on either side of the curtain. That setup didn't work. Change of plans.Plan B: I ordered  Solid Grommet Top Thermal Insulated Blackout Curtain 95" Length 1 Pair-BLACK - GT  that measured 104" across (52" each) so I could have about a foot of curtain overlap on each side, giving me a much better blackout effect. My husband re-installed the rod in about 10 minutes with the two outer rods and the inner rod. The inner rod has about 14 inches exposed with a bracket in the middle. Now there is no sagging, but when I open and close the curtains they do catch on the step up between the inner and outer rod. The curtains and rod look nice and the rod is holding up well, I have no concerns about the strength of the rod. The only change I would make is if the outer rod was a little tapered so when you're opening the curtains they could more easily glide over the bump of the larger, outer rod.