What Is The Cheapest Way To Make A Window Awning?
An awning sounds pretty expensive. Why not get some fabric, a wooden dowel, and a few screws, and make yourself a slightly ghetto style curtain? Dowels tend to be less than a dollar per foot, and the thinner the material the thinner, and cheaper the dowel that you need to support it. Cloth likewise is about $2.5 per yard in most styles. Add in a little sewing time (especially if you’ve got the machine) a little dowel cutting (a vice is reccomended) and you can throw in some decorative rod holders if you’ve got the extra cash, instead of using those screws. Now just screw it into the wall. Awnings could be made in a more or less rectangular form, with wooden supports, but the supports would be on the outside, and would need to be treated against termites. Making it of metal supports may also be possible, but would require a litle more effort. The shading part of the awning could then be made from aluminum, fiberglass, waterproof cloth, plastic mesh, or bamboo slats. If you plan on cover
