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I think that sheers add a nice touch of softness to your room.
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I agree, sheers look great and add lovely softness to the room!

Yes to the sheers and you could even add panel drapes on the ends to enhance them and to widen the look of the room.

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I had considered adding some panel drapes just for show not function.

I do think they look very nice only I would raise the rod and get longer curtains.

I like the sheers, and would add a narrow drapery panel on each side to frame the sheers as well as adding color to get away from the monochromatic look of the white sheers and white paint. If you like the mono look, I wouldn't bother with drapery panels to frame out the window. In the event you want to add drapery panels on either side, you may need to use a longer rod to accommodate the additional material. The current rod doesn't appear long enough to add drapery to the sheers IYKWIM?

Not a fan of drapery hung very very high. I see some doing it, but very few windows do I think really make a positive statement. Drapery hung ceiling to floor, to me, looks like you're covering a wall. Also, without much wall on either side of your windows, I believe this is another reason to not raise the rod. From your pic it looks like you are working with a long narrow room. Hopefully someone will jump in with an opinion of whether hanging the window treatment higher would make the room appear even longer, or alternatively, make the room appear wider?

I do like the red you've used on the far wall.

The sheers look great! I love the idea of panels hung on each side. I agree with WIP about not raising the rod. I don't see the point of trying to make the windows look higher than they are. Particularly with the sheers allowing light through, if the entire rod hung higher, wouldn't there be "dead space" at the top where the wall is, instead of light shining through?

I like the mirror!! is it an antique? The sheers really make this room lovely.

I also like the sheers, and agree, don't raise the rod. There's not point in doing so.

The sheers look great! Adds a lot of softness. Amazing how a simple thing changes the look of a room.

I'm sorry I was thinking that your pictures were hosted on Photobucket rather than Tinypic. (I use both) With Tinypic copy the HTML for websites and paste it into your post.

Thanks for all the replies! I am going to try and find some panels to hang on each side. Now I have to figure out what color. I am thinking a beige or tan color that I can pull out of the chair.

The rod can go wider so I will probably try moving the bracket over. The room isn't as narrow as it looks in the pictures. It's 11Wx15L.
The mirror looking thing is actually a picture with a reflection. It is antique and contains a pencil drawing of my GGGG Grandfather.
I will post some more pictures when I get some panels.
Thanks again

I just felt as though the dark red wall seemed to dwarf the window and raisin the rod a little would make it seem more substantial

I love the sheers which soften the room.

The sheers look great. I have a similar looking window but it is in my dining room/living room and I just ordered scarf valances from overstock, the quality is suppose to be good and this way the window treatment you have won't be blocked. Just another idea.
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I think having curtains up adds a lot to your lovely room!

I may the lone voice on this point, but IMHO sheers belong either behind more solid drapes...think of the really nice hotels you've stayed in for example... or just completely alone as an airy curtain as you have them now. If mounted with more solid panels, both sets (panels and sheers) could move independently of the other and are on separate rods (though they might be sometimes mounted as one unit, but with the more solid drape in front of the sheers. Perhaps that's what everyone meant when they suggested adding panels at the ends. But occasionally I've seen panels added on the ends of the same rod as sheers, and that to me just looks strange. IMHO if you're putting up panels, it's nice to put up panels with enough width to actually cover the window (or at least not look too skimpy if you plan to never close them). Like I said earlier--maybe this is my own personal hangup and isn't a decorating no-no...just sharing a thought on it...

Love the sheers!

Sujafr brings up a good point. If I add panels on each side do I need to do a double rod or just add them onto the existing rod. My plan would be for the panels to not be functional but I don't want it to look strange.
I have sheers with panels in another room but those are meant to be functional so I needed the double rod.

I would like to see some of the red from the accent wall carried over to the window wall. Side panels would really help, like this:

These panels are from JCPenney

Here is a link that might be useful: JCPenney drapery panels

Thanks for doing the mock-up. I am going to go look for some panels tomorrow.
Any thoughts on the rod? Should it be a double or single?

Well I think I finally am done. Here is before, the window with just sheers and the window with drape panels.

Very nice, you did a good job and room looks very nice now. I am not liking the tie backs but you do and that is all that matters. Your sheers do not look as full as they did....did you take some of them off the window? I like them full like they were.

It looks as if you took down one panel of sheers - i prefer a fuller look with side panels hung straight, too. But if you like the tiebacks, it is your place to do as you choose. Would love to see the sheers doubled as in the earlier pictures, though! It really softens the looks of the room nicely.

I agree with nanny. Fabulous choice on the curtain panels!! What a difference the make!! :-)

You all are so observant. I had removed a couple of the sheers. This is why I ask for opinions. Here it is now with all four sheers and the curtains down rather than tied back.

Very nice

I like the last picture--looks much better than with without and straight rather than tied back. If you ever do tiebacks, IMHO you need to fasten the ends of the tieback to the wall so they're at the outer edge of the panel, rather than just let them get squeezed in the middle. This will allow the inner edge of the panel to drape while the outer edge stays almost straight down vertically. Hope this makes sense....hard to describe.

One thing you might do is to "train" your panels to hang. If you push them into the shape they should go where they "pleat" and wrap a couple strips of paper around them to hold them in the correct shape, in a couple days, you can remove the bands of paper and the panels will hang automatically in the correct shape.

Thanks sujafr I will try the pleat trick!

I like the effect of the sheers. But I would rather see a valance or cornice added above them, instead of the panels on the sides. It will bring color to the wall and take they eye upward, so that the whole space has more visual room and that wall balances the red wall and the angle of the stairs to the left.

JC Penney has a number of them that would work well, imo. I looked at the American Living Belsami, the American Living Pleated Scalloped, and Marissa, as well as the Charlotte that I am linking here. All of them come in burgundy/red patterns, some in other prints that contain a red if you would prefer that.

I would hang the valance on the decorative rod that now holds the sheers, as high above the window as you can but still completely cover the tops of the sheers well. Then get a plain rod on which to hang the sheers underneath.

Here's the Charlotte. This one comes in a couple of prints that would work, I think:

charlotte valance