Look, I admit there's nothin' revolutionary about making a curtain rod out of a dowel, for sure.  Making a modern version"  Mmm, maybe"  So that's what I'm here with today, a modern dowel curtain rod.
Creating a curtain rod with dowels is super easy to do, especially as dowels are affordable, coming in oodles of diameters and lengths.  
FYI, when you're at the ol' home improvement store, you may have to wander to find the longer than four foot ones.  No biggie; you can envision more projects while there!
But I know.  Dowels.  Hey, they are darn cool, uber versatile, and little sticks of fun.
This curtain rod I assembled is for a narrower, single window on our stair landing.  The landing, ahhh yes, I must finish that project sometime in my lifetime then do a big fancy stair reveal. Close.  I'm close.
Aw, my sweet Hailey there.  *sniffle*See, in general, I'm not a big window-covering person, as in, covering windows over.  I like the light and seeing out.  But ya know, I get it, privacy is kinda important sometimes.
Too, despite everything you've seen in this house to date to the contrary, I'm a minimalist at heart.  And have a rampant dust allergy.  Thank goodness for allergy shots.  Sooo, more things that collect dust are not high on my priority list.
I know, I know, decorative, layers, texture, finishing touches, frames windows, yep, gotcha.  Still.  Not really a curtai...