Or a post also know as the story of a girl who takes five+ trips…
Curtain Updates
Grrr!
You can kind of see it in this photos {which is what 84 inch panels look like in my house, too short by a lot} the middle fabric is sewn wrong and it doesn’t hang right or line up.
Pure white too. That was hard enough to find.
Do you know what it’s like to drill into 112 year old wood under plaster? I don’t have the guns for that! I mean muscles, you know, it’s hard! I’m up on the ladder trying to hold up the drill. I’m about to swear at the wall. It is not pretty let me tell you.
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Ugggh I can totally empathize with your curtain problems. At least your plaster looks to be in better shape than ours!
We have THE same house! 🙂
I’ve been on the same frustrating curtain hunt for a year. We finally lucked out at Boscovs…
http://www.boscovs.com/StoreFrontWeb/Product.bos?type=Product&itemNumber=105809
We got these curtains- they are white/faux silk and 95inches. They look great on ring/clips instead of using the pocket.
Drilling into the plaster- that was another story! It took super glue and a lot of creativity to keep the rods in the wall. 🙂
Good luck! Thank you for your great blog- I love comparing our similar homes and learning from you!
-Kate
When I saw the first picture, I spent about a minute thinking how gorgeous that window is and how I’d like to do that to a couple of my windows. So I was quite surprised to scroll down and see that you want to cover it up– and with sheer curtains, no less. Why do you need curtains if you’re not even trying to block out light? I get the sense you have your heart set on curtains but, wow, it’s a huge step back. I really think you should reconsider and either replace the current sheers on the bottom of the window with a cool fabric or with blinds, perhaps wood blinds stained the same color as the moulding.– Jen
Hey you know Target has 95” off the shelf. Some of them are backtabbed. I just used some for a client that didn’t have a lot of money to spend in a condo at the Parkway. I think it was $39/panel, which is cheap considering.
Oh my gosh, I feel your pain! Yes, I know the struggles of drilling into old wood/horse hair plaster/lathe. UGH! I can only get through it with a few (read: many) curse words as well. So a HUGE congrats on the awesome looking rod. And best of luck on the curtain front. 🙂
Bummer – I feel your pain, too! I ended up adding length to my panels with panel inserts in two colours that complimented the rest of our bedroom decor. But I wasn’t fighting improperly sewn panels to start with, just discontinued stock, so I guess I was lucky they worked out okay. Have you ever checked Jysk online? They sell 95″ panels as well, and at a good price… Looking forward to the continued part!!!
Oh man, I would be super bummed too! Although we’re no strangers to curtain frustration either. 😉 Good work getting that super long rod hung!
We have the same tall windows in our 1889 house. Unfortunately one of the previous owners ripped out all but one (the little square window at the bottom of the stairway) of the original windows in our house and replaced them with WHITE VINYL (ugh!). This completely ruined the character of the windows themselves, but I still have the beautiful unpainted trim. What I did was purchase real wood blinds in the color that matched my trim. I still get the beauty of the trim, but no white windows. A world of difference.