I think the biggest problem is that I am doing 3 rooms at once. The decorator and I have spent hours upon hours looking at fabrics. I've actually been pretty quick when you consider it's 3 rooms at once. I'm not very good at articulating my thoughts but I do know what I like when I see it. For instance, my living room drapes were picked out in a matter of minutes. It worked, I loved it and we moved on. The family room and dining room have been much harder. My decorator is talented, well recommended and reasonably priced, so I don't want to get another consultation. She's decorator number 2. The problem is decorators flip through a book, look at 5 fabrics and conclude that two of them will work. Which they do but my brain just doesn't process things like that. I need to hem and haw and agonize for months. Annoying but true. The decorator listened to what I had to say, picked a fabric that worked great with the room and for whatever reason, I didn't like it. She has since sent me dozens of samples that meet my specifications and I was unmoved by them all. I have since gone back to her original recommendation and decided that it does indeed work best for the room. It's a floral (not my first choice) but I am confident that it will work in the room. My family room we wanted a stripe but I just didn't like what she had to show me. On my own, I decided to use a paisley that was meant for a different room. It's not what the decorator would have recommended but she is trying to please her client. I hope that she would have tried harder to discourage me if it was that wrong for the room but I am kind of out there on my own. It's scary because if it doesn't work there is no one to blame but myself! Oh, I know I shouldn't be doing all the rooms at once but I can't help it. I did my whole first floor at the same time too! I'm actually restraining myself from adding my kitchen to the mix - probably because I don't want to look at more fabrics!

I wouldn't do two short rods. I think those always look a little odd, but that's just my thoughts. If it were my room, I'd find a rod with a very small bracket. I'd install the bracket so when hung, the top edge of the drapes was even with the bottom of the crown. You will need to put your bracket on the crown unfortunately. I'd do 1 rod that extended 18-24 inches beyond the window so only the side window trim is covered by the drape. Unfortunately, your crown is getting in the way of hanging a rod! But, if you get the right bracket/rod I think it will work out nice. My only other suggestion is to do a roman or balloon shade in a fabric pattern and let the crown be the picture frame around your window. It is very lovely on it own.

it will look perfectly fine on the corner windows... for the single side window, it would look better with 2 unless you really have the curtain right up against the wall in the corner. in our basement, we have a french door (double where only one side opens) leading outside and it looked so plain with no window treatment on it. but, there is a 'soffit' like piece that makes the door sortof recessed so that i couldn't hang a rod above the door. i ended up hanging a short rod only on the left(nonopening)side 'door' and used a finial only on one end and had the rod go right up to the wall on the other---the panel goes right up to the wall and i think it looks fine! (if you can understand that!)

I hope you do not take my comments out of context as (1) I paid $1,000 each (ouch!) for my rods from Calico Corners and (2) I have clearance behind my sofa where I could've walked to open/close. My fling rods are on some relatively inexpensive stock drapes from JC Pennies. So I have expensive custom drapes and rods in the LR/DR and inexpensive drapes and rod in my bedroom. I don't know that I would've put the inexpensive rod on the custom drapes since they are much heavier--just meant perhaps I'd gone overboard in the LR/DR and could've done a less expensive solution using the cheaper rod as well as the made-to-measure type drapes from JC Pennies. I do notice some pulling on the fabric, but the fabric weight and lining is much less sturdy than my custom drapes. I'd discuss it with the drapery designer you are working with to come up with a good solution. One other thing about my fake rings that is VERY annoying since now you know what I paid for them is that sometimes the fake rings pop off when opening closing. In fact I have about 8 of the "rings" I need to get my step stool out and attach back on. The installer just said that if I found it to be a problem not to use the rings, but sheesh when you pay the $$, you expect perfection. DH thinks I need to discuss with Calico Corners the problem, but I've had the drapes for about 9-10 months now--a bit late to complain or is it?