Abstract: A wide pocket curtain rod assembly comprising first and second rod members, each rod member having a first end and a second end, the rod members being slidably engageable via their second ends to form a telescoping curtain rod, each of the rod members having a crimp adjacent their first end which allows each of the members to be hand-bent into an L-shaped member with a facial section and a lateral section, first and second brackets, the brackets attachable to the lateral sections of the rod members for mounting the curtain rod, stiffening ridges, the stiffening ridges connected to the rod members, and an adjustable bracket having a mounting plate having a mounting face and an insert section, an elongated longitudinal aperture and a hand-operable fastener insertable in the aperture for fastening the mounting plate to the rod, wherein the mounting plate is fastened to the rod by inserting the fastener through a fastener hole in the rod and into the aperture.