Asleep, lol. Ohh, poor plants. I've come to the conclusion Mother Nature is Wicked. :) Spiders are not my friend...lol. Especially thick-bodied-legged types and Recluse. Yikes!!! I have no idea what these creatures are eating. Christmas/Halloween decorations are kept in a basement closet. There's some nasty-looking spiders residing in the boxes/floors. What could they possibly eat? BTW, I haven't decorated because of these creepy-crawlers. lol. So far, I've exterminated two, thick-bodied spiders and a 4" millipede. Death by fly-swatter. Too bad Iguana's dislike spiders... If, in a future life, I'm reincarnated as a spider, I'll stay out of your bed. Heck, if I was a spider, I'd commit suicide.

Jjam, thank you very much for confirming what I thought, that it does come in a deeper, duller burgundy. You're right, if I want it I should request a sample first, rather than risking wasting about $50. Jejvtr, congratulations on your hemming and on your first Roman shade! I never did one but I've read the directions and it looks quite involved and time consuming. How sad you don't like the fabric. Would you like it if you dyed it? That would spoil the lining, though. Will you sell it or use it? I wonder if it would be perfect for anyone here? You should at least post it and brag about your accomplishments. I've thought about doing one some time, and maybe several here have too. Here is a pic of the window after I took the old valance down but before I got the new table, chairs and chandy. I did the math and I think if I want to do the topper as discussed I need about 4.5 yards. If I want to make the bottom of the curtain a contrast, I need 5 yards. I have one other thought, and that is putting border band on the bottom and inside edge of 2 panels. These are my fave curtains I saved a picture of. Horchow used to carry them... I think I'll go to Joanns and see what they have in the way of decorative stripes, or whatever in their Home Dec department.

Thanks for all your suggestions! I guess I should have mentioned that I wasn't complete with the rest of the room. We have pictures to hang and a corner cabinet to place in the corner near the sliders. I plan to bring alot more color in with accessories. We chose the white blinds only because I wanted the light from the outside to come in, but needed the privacy. I was at my wits end trying to figure out what I really wnated, but thought simplicity. As for the curtains on the sliders, I agree the may be too stark, maybe a sheer with texture would look better, but again we need the privacy, so I went with the thicker curtains. The good thing is they are curtains, not too expensive so I can change them whenever. The rugs - a temporary fix until I find something I really love with alot more color. The gold rug by the doors was in our bedroom that I brought to bring it down. I guess its a work in progress. I'm hoping to find pieces "with color" to bring into the room. I'll keep posted updated pictures. Thanks again!

The windows /doors in the great room of the house we're building won't be too different from yours, and I know exactly how I'm going to handle this situation -- I decided it when we were staying in a hotel room last summer: We're going to get heavy-duty, hotel-type, ceiling-mounted tracks and cover the entire wall with a curtain and a sheer underneath. These tracks aren't terribly expensive, and they're easier to use than the wall-mounted curtain rods used in most houses. The long, straight track will be free to slide allllll the way to the left (or the right), or it can be split in the middle, depending upon what you want right now. The negative: I'm going to have to sew the window curtains myself because I have no idea where I could buy floor-to-ceiling curtains with ceiling-mounted hardware.