I ordered two of these curtain rods to update the two windows in the living room. Sadly, though they look just as pretty in person, they are completely unusable. Installing the brackets went pretty quickly…however, once I removed the rods from the packaging, things went downhill. I spent frustratingly ridiculous amount of time trying to get these to work. I’m honestly baffled by all the positive reviews. There is absolutely nothing keeping the two halves of the rods together so there’s no way to hang it. This was an issue with BOTH rods I ordered. Additionally you can only screw one finial in. The opposite end has the threaded part so deep into the rod the it’s impossible to screw on. Again, BOTH rods had the same issue so it seems unlikely to be a one off…however, though I bought two individual rods…they both came in the same package which was weird. I’m honestly too exhausted and irritated to take the brackets back down and had to walk away from it