I did it in the master at the old house. I really liked the look, but DH hated it!

LOL ... of course....

They ARE pretty thin I see as I hang them.

And of course my camera phone isn't working and the digi is dead as usual...

But do you think it's ok to have an off white but grey-beigey wall and the drapes to be off white but a little more yellowish...It's going to be impossible to match a solid which is what I want....

ARGH!

You don't ever need to be sorry about starting a new thread on a new subject. I generally do one thread per room/area at any given time (says the queen of big threads), and that's usually what we see here. This place gets a LOT of traffic. I think if we're getting a lot of threads on the same room it might be time for a sleepytime tea and a bubble bath, and next time reach around to page two and resurrect your thread rather than starting new. But that's just MHO based on observing this place for months, and you know what opinions are worth. ;o)

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. But for my slider I've decided (when I get a round tuit) to make two panels and try them one to each side, but if my dogs are bumping the panel on the left where they go out the door, then I'm going to move both panels to the right as if they are only one curtain. I was just going to do one, but with this heavy upholstery fabric, I decided against it. Too huge, too heavy.

I have seen lots of pics where the left window has one curtain pulled to the left with a tie-back, and the right window (the same and close) mirrors it. It looks great. Is that what you're asking? Of course, you can always try it with one panel and if you don't like the look, quick like a bunny rabbit buy or sew more.

Thanks :)

I was actually thinking like this..There is one other window on the other side of the tv unit....didn't want to hang to one side since that will block too much light....

My photo editing skills are mad crazy! LOL

Or maybe my original cornice idea is the way to go e/t I'm going back to the 80s a bit!

I did this in my old house and the window set up was similar to yours. FYI, ignore the placement of the tieback and the rings, both were done incorrectly when I first snapped the picture.
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moremoremore, a picture truly is worth a thousand words. I never could have envisioned your windows and idea if you hadn't posted the picture and mock up of the drape idea.

I think you could get away with it if it weren't for the single window on the left wall. I hate to say it, but that kills the idea for me. I think for this to work the drapes still need to look like the are full enough for the window width, like deboras', otherwise it's going to look like you ran out of fabric or are trying to use drapes from another house.

I did it that way in the master bedroom, mostly because I have 3 windows and could find only 2 sets of panels.

Sometimes the architecture, or lack of, in my case, of our homes leave us with less than ideal solutions.

I will be doing the treatment you're asking about, but will use one longer rod instead of two and adding woven blinds with an inside mount. Strange?...maybe, but I really feel the need for some useable flat surface in this area.

I remember your room and like it very much. Have you given up on your idea of woven blinds?

My thought was the same as what Parma is planning-- one rod and one panel on the outside of each window (that wasn't clear but you know what i mean). I would then do one rod, one panel on each window that flanks the fireplace.

And Parma-- I think that's a great way to reclaim wallspace and to frame whatever artwork you put between the windows.

Thanks so much guys!!! I really think the tie back drapes you posted are really pretty, but that's taking it a little too traditional for me and will block the light in my case...I do appreciate and love your rooms though!

Artlover, there actually is a fourth window that matches that left window on the opposite side of the TV....so that there are actually two "pairs"...Does that change things? I just can't get it in the photo...

Parma- I don't think that's strange...I love it...I would totally do that...the only thing is- that still leaves me with the other two windows on the other wall...there is one on each side of the TV...do they make 20 foot rods? LOL

Hey guys...OK, here goes...I should not post bc of the mess, but hey, you don't know who I am :)

Keep in mind that these are just PROPPED up, not hung high and spread out....Don't mind the painters tape

I think this is telling me that it won't look good...and tht 8 sets of drapes in this space is too much bc the space isn't that large but has 4 windows. Maybe a top treatment is going to be the way to go. Doing this also makes the space between the window and TV look empty and the whole thing out of scale...?

Do you think it's cheezy to have these cut down (really like them) to valances and hang them at the very top. I really am trying not to go old fashioned here....

THANKS!!!!!

The thing which is "off" about your most recent photo is the height at which you've hung the panels: they need to be above your casing. (more like deborahnj's) Based on what I've seen of your home I think you are right on the money about tiebacks (being a no-no for you), and as I wrote in your other thread what would make the most visual sense in that room is a v. tailored panel -- think of '40s Hollywood glamour.

Based on the photo (which is hard because of the bright backlighting), I think the drapes seem, I don't know, too dorm-room and way too warm in tone (your home's decor seems to run on the cool side) for your home. If you had the right white (let's say which matches your trim) and then had an inset appliqued border across the bottom and top, and maybe along one side, that would fit better. (Not quite it, but something like this.)

Or, a silver / grey dupioni or heavy linen (burlap?) panel. Do you sew? Even if you don't sew, if you can iron or even glue you can make some handsome, tailored panels to go there. (Based on the quickest perusal of the first online fabric store which popped into my head, here are some ideas for drapery fabric: here's one, another and one more. None is perfect but it's an idea of what I'm thinking.)

I am supposedly working on making tailored panels to go in our living room, and I am not a master sewer. I'll be using pleating tape and, of course, lining (and interlining) to give my fabric (Thai silk) some more body.

I also think having a rod which extends the whole way, for either of your windows, doesn't make sense in your space -- in parma's room the proportions are completely different and I think the rod will both make sense but look terrific there. But her home is not yours.

Off to my work on my own projects!

I made drapes for my family room in that style -mostly because I didn't want to block the light any more than necessary. They've been up 6-7 years I'd say, and I like them.
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Just an opinion here :)

I've done the one drape thing many times, and will do so again in my master when I'm finished, but I think there is a couple of key issues with one drape that you're not going to have.

First, you don't see one drape hung straight as you'd like. It's just not done. You see the top spread over the window area and then the soft drape to a tie back. Either a tie back or a softer treatment using a loop on the bottom corner of the drape and hooking it up on the wall about half way (sounds funny but basically it is like when you pull the comforter back half way at a hotel so you can see the bedding and the comforter). I can take a pic later since this is what I have in my master bath.

The second look is more modern, but needs to be done only on a square window. The long windows give too much drape for the clean look.

In your case, given your preference for modern clean lines, I honestly wouldn't do one drape on those windows surrounding the TV. You need a drape on both sides of the window and the span is too far for one rod. It will look odd, hung at the right height or not.

But on the far wall where your windows are closer I would give the one rod idea a try. I think if you do a nice clean lined drape on each side of those windows it will have the feel of a finished single window treatment. I'd hang some art in between myself, but that's for you to decide obviously :) But on the TV....you need two drapes on each side. I don't see any way around this.

You didn't ask, (in this thread) but I didn't get a chance to reply about the cornices. I LOVED those fabric covered boxes with the nail heads. In your room I could easily see those over your windows done in either a chocolate dupioni or a gorgeous texturous linen.

Honestly I think your room is able to take the softer look of a single draped curtain if they're the right ones. Your style isn't "that" modern. It's clean lined, and lovely (i love the room) but it's rather transitional. I think gorgeous chocolate dupoini's draped to each side of the windows with a simple tie back would be fab. Something like a heavy cord, but no tassels, or big soft gold chain (ie lamp chain) on a nice hook (antique gold in color) etc.

And that's my opinion for what it's worth :oP

You guys have really helped me here. MUCH thanks.

As for you bestyears, that looks SICK...good sick, not bad sick LOL...but I think it works in your space bc of the columns you have. What you've done there is genious if you ask me.

As for you RM, you've confirmed what I thought and they are definitely going back. The color seemed off. Too yellow and you're right. (Although they are super cool in person bc of the chrome grommets..I may have to use them upstairs for sure. BTW, they were just propped up there but would have been mounted high)...I would love white, but with the kitty cats, bad move. Especially as I look at them now- they've turned green from the pollen on our porch :0 I'll check out your links! My issue is also that I think 8 sets of drapes might overpower the room? or even 6 of two of the windows had one rod...I did think of a silver and will look into it....I am a master of stitch witchery LOL so I could always make some hanging ones and bust out the Singer as well...What do you think of cornices???

Igloo- you're right on the money....I'm very transitional...I just want to keep it that way and am really wanted a clean look here or I'm off to traditional world...I would really not want to drape it across...just don't love it. As for the cornices, THANKS. Something in my gutt says that's the way to go and I'm fighting it (afraid bc they are not returnable and I'm NOT that handy!!! I think I would have to mount them as high as possible to keep it from being 80s, right?

I am loving silver or chocolate brown with chrome nail heads???? I didn't want to do chocolate drapes bc of all the drapery in that small space (and low ceilings)...On the other hand, chocolate cornices sound good to me...Where is that hershey bar.

OK, so the drapes are going back unless I use them in upstairs bc they are too warm. Dratt! Now must cry and pout for cornice money :)

I have only one drape hung on each of the two windows flanking my bed in the master bedroom - they're straight down, not pulled off to the side, just like in betsyear's house. They're pretty small windows, and the bed is pretty big - it's a king and takes up all the space between the windows. Contrary to the opinions of some who say that you "can't" :-) do this, I think it works great in my situation because it doesn't block the light, but visually softens and unifies the entire area - the curtains end up essentially "framing" the bed area. I'm not sure that it works as well in your situation, though, because you have a lot of dead space between the edge of your windows and the cabinet sides - it might look more like a mistake than a solution to a challenge! Anyhow, lovely room and I know you'll come up with something wonderful.

Thanks to all! Most appreciated...

WELL, cornices it is!

If it works for this ultra modern space without being at all traditional, I can make it work for mine without going to the 80s.......

NOW...what color? Silver, brown or match the wall...with chrome nailheads?