Tension rods may be a seemingly boring DIY tool, but don’t underestimate their power! There are so many interesting home hacks and decor tricks that can be accomplished using tension rods – and at a nice, low cost! Check out these 24 surprisingly useful ways to use tension rods in your home.
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Bookshelf Covers
As great as bookshelves are, they tend to become a place where clutter lives. For the next time you’ve shoved some random objects onto your shelves right before company arrives, try these pull-down curtains on tension rods to hide the mess.
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Hanging Plants
Bring a little life to your home with a hanging garden in your window! Supported by the one, the only, the tension rod.
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Kid’s Stage Area
For all those plays and concerts your kids love to put on for you, make an DIY curtain so they have their very own stage!
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Chord Coverage
An antique wooden desk? So cute! A million chords and cables running underneath it? Not so cute. Use tension rods to make an impromptu curtain to hide your technology.
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Litter Box
Give your little guy some privacy. Put up a curtain around the litter box area to fancy-up something…not-so-fancy.
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Jewelry Organizer
For a no-tangle way to hang your bracelets and necklaces, try a tension rod in your room.
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DIY Kitchen Awning
To get that French country feel in your kitchen, tension rods can help you create a lovely awning for your window on a dime.
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Scarf Holder
No more tossing your scarves in a bin – show them off with this DIY tension rod holder.
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Portable Drying Rod
Delicates? Don’t machine dry! Save your clothes by hanging them to dry on a rod.
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Dust Ruffle
Make your very own dust ruffle! Use whatever fabric tickles your fancy and tension rods for this amazingly easy DIY.
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Organize Tupperware
Tupperware can get SO MESSY. Containers and lids are just everywhere, all of a sudden! Not any more with some clever organizing by your tension rod.
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Pet Gates
For an inexpensive pet (or even baby) gate, a few tension rods stacked to the right height will do the trick.
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Vertical Storage
A unique storage option to display or organize anything in your home!
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DIY Canopy Bed
Always wanted a canopy bed? Make your own with some tension rods! Your partner may or may not thank you for it though.
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Holiday Decorations
For decorations that come down in a flash, hang your decor with tension rods from now on!
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Pot and Pan Organizer
Make your kitchen a more efficient place to be with some pot and pan organization. Hang them on the door to free up extra cabinet space.
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House Cleaner Storage
Under-the-sink storage keeps things (like cleaners) neat and out of the way. Make it happen faster with a quick tension rod in your cabinet.
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Extend Your Closet
Need more room but out of closet space? Use the empty spaces to create extra hanging room for your clothes!
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Cutting Board Organizer
Keep your cookie sheets and cutting boards in line with some well-placed tension rods in the kitchen.
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Filing Cabinet
A few tension rods in a regular desk drawer instantly turns it into a handy filing cabinet.
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DIY Curtain Door
Do you have a space that could act as an office, but there’s no privacy? Instead of going through the process of installing a door, put up a curtain with a tension rod for a quick DIY door.
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Papertowel Holder
This could work great for garbage bags as well! Create some under-counter organization.
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Craft Organizer
For the crafty among us, hang and display your materials and tools with tension rods. Also works great for ribbons and wrapping papers, like a gift wrapping station!
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Shoe Organizer
SHOES. You can never have enough of them, so why limit yourself with storage space? Tension rods make a great, expandable place to hold your most prized possessions.
Do you use tension rods like an evil genius? Share your secrets in the comments section below!