Leave it to me to get a new living room rug just after I show…
Tall Dark and Handsome
Of course you know I’m referring to the windows in my house right? Sometimes tall, other times dark, maybe handsome?
Let’s talk windows today. Who has all of their windows in their house decorated just exactly how you want them to be? Anyone yet to put up curtains at their place? Got some curtains you love but can’t seem to hang them?
Oh the dilemmas of windows. We’ve been in our house a year and a half ago and I only have two sets of real curtains hung up in the entire house. I am clearly a curtain slacker.
One of my home goals this year is to address our nekked windows. Take the living room for example.
We have a set of three large windows with very large molding around them. I’m talking 118 inches from end to end. Good luck finding a curtain rod long enough to fit right? {That’s not $125, yikes!}
On these I have sheers that I cut to fit onto the rods that are screwed to the window itself. An old house thing I guess.
But there are no other curtains on there at all so I’m thinking of what to put up to bring some warmth and depth to the wall.Sorry for the dark photos, I have to practice taking some of the windows.
We have these amazing stained glass panes on the top.
Here is a close up of the pattern. I’d love to find it in a fabric so I can kind of match perhaps a bottom part of a panel to this. Ever see anything like this of a circle with a square in it in a grey and white?
For now my plan is to find an affordable 130+ inch rod, get some panels for the sides (two? four?) and make my own trim on the bottom because of course the height to the top of the molding {let alone the extra 4 or so inches for the rod placement} is 88 inches. Told you they were large!
It’s a blessing and a curse 🙂
And I need to find something maybe with some texture that goes with but doesn’t clash with the panels to replace the sheers, or keep them?
I know IKEA sells long panels, and I saw Target does too. I am officially on the hunt for window treatments. Any advice?What have you put on your windows?
oooh we have a similar large windo in our living room…and i want to add curtains as well, but didn’t even think of the rod issue! We have a big window in our bedroom but just painted a wooden rod white (that was left with the house)…good luck with that! Let me know if you find a good source for cheap (but nice) rods!
Wow, that window is GORGEOUS. It almost seems sad to cover up that beautiful wood with curtains? What about a fun pattern/texture instead of the white you have now? With that said, we have a HUGE window in our living room and I used ikea curtains and love them.
Just stumbled on your blog from the re-paint of laminate re-do and had to share. I have tall ceilings (10′) and wide windows (one 17′ wall is almost all window) and after searching high and low for an affordable option on the curtain rod, I found several tutorials to make them out of electrical conduit (EMT). With some spray paint and a connector you can make them as long as you need to for a fraction of the cost of buying them. That is what I spent this morning doing.
Those stained glass details are amazing! I am having major window envy. 🙂
While I’m maybe a bit in the don’t-cover-such-gorgeous-windows camp, I understand that you want to warm up the room with curtains. We installed an Ikea curtain track system in our yellow guest room, and that’s infinitely extendable. They also sell a wire curtain “rod,” though either of those options might look more modern than you want to go in a house with older character like yours.
I agree with the comment about making the rods. However, if you’re not up for that look then scope out Joann’s with one of their 40% off coupons. I found some really long rods there for a sliding glass door in our old house. For gray & white panels look at West Elm and Target online. Look at curtains, sheets and table cloths (my preferred cheap curtain!) Or maybe go for the plain white or gray panel and then check out fabric.com for a contrast fabric to sew onto the bottom couple feet of the panels. Or you could make panels, but that can end up costing an arm and a leg.
I found an idea for your curtain rods in someone else’s blog. She used a piece of pvc pipe (yeah, the hard plastic ones) cut to fit and added finials on the ends. You could spray it if you don’t like white. Here’s the link http://alittleofthis—alittleofthat.blogspot.com/2010/03/pvc-pipe-curtain-rods.html