Review on Decopolitan Urn Telescoping Double Drapery Rod Set, 72-144", Antique Bronze by Alicia Aftanas

This rod set provides a fairly sturdy option for medium weight curtains and draperies. Unless excessive force is used when opening the window treatments, they are durable enough to last many years. The finish appears to be resilient and the look is pleasing. Approximately 2 inches in diameter at their greatest width, the finials are not large. They are just as pictured in the illustration. Keep in mind that the rod diameter is half that at 1 inch. If something dramatic is required, this may not be the best option. The price is a little high for the look in my opinion, hence I rated it at 4 stars, however it's less than offerings I've seen in brick and mortar stores, though the look they afford may be a bit more impressive. Since I wanted something that had a sleek look without being pretentious, this options works well for me and the price is somewhat more agreeable. Installation is quite straightforward as long as there is something solid behind the wall to hold the screws securely, or insert the enclosed plastic hangers into oversized drill holes. Also, if you need to install over windows in a corner of your room, just remove the finials from the apposing ends making certain that you place the hangers close enough to the corner taking care to properly appose one rod end to the other rod while leveling the horizontal positioning of the rods respective to each other and you don't need to purchase a rod assembly that curves around the corner, which are usually very expensive. Just bring the draperies close to each other and the rod ends will be obscured by the fabric. Because of the width of my windows and two situations in which the windows oppose each appose each other at corners of the room, I was able to order one 72-144-inch and two each 36-72-inch rod assemblies for installation over one 90-inch windows and three 54-inch windows - that's 3 rod assemblies for 4 windows. I just cut the various rod segments to traverse the length of the windows involved being conservative to allow for slightly more than what I felt would be minimally required for unit strength and then I used the finials removed for the apposing corners to provide for the additional rod assemblies, thus saving myself the cost of one additional 36-72-inch rod unit. Each rod assembly comes with 3 support brackets, however a 54-inch run does not require a middle support, so that freed up the middle support from the two smaller rod units with which to provide for the additional 54-inch run. There was enough telescoping rod material to accommodate up to around a 100-inch run and three 60-inch runs if your windows are slightly larger. If you run out, the worst case scenario is simply that you'll have to order another rod assembly of your chosen length - not such a terrible outcome. I would order this product again.