zip I just adore your lovely kitchen! Love the ones dilly posted and rjin gave me great ideas for what to wear when I hit the slopes! thanks;) here are some ideas oops sorry about the large image http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/3469165516_d400132f06.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/70093476%40N00/3469165516/&usg=__j_Al_kDx941D0zCDyWom3aRXx9I=&h=375&w=500&sz=142&hl=en&start=54&sig2=tZrKnu4d7tV4h0BaNfC0wg&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=IpCqCn7Gyck-hM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvintage%2Bgreen%2Bcafe%2Bcurtains%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26start%3D36%26um%3D1&ei=8pNxS42tL4O0NuH90YEL Yummy fabrics here http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.trueup.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/superbuzzy-cafecurtain.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.trueup.net/%3Ftag%3Dnew-releases&usg=__g4W0hsS4u8K5RjJpkkLMrmdaNAM=&h=330&w=330&sz=17&hl=en&start=91&sig2=pgbXDERYLT5TRuSbjnvzrA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=2XS8nPyr7YR1xM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvintage%2Bgreen%2Bcafe%2Bcurtains%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26start%3D90%26um%3D1&ei=fpRxS-XzOKDMNODspIkL http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/362750108_1d7d7fdeab.jpg good luck

Do you mean something like this for each window? I wonder if three separate cafe panels, even if open, would block your view out of your windows. Maybe if you used tiebacks on the L and R sides and also joined the panels in the center and L and R panel together with tiebacks, that would help get the curtains from blocking the window so much. But tiebacks might not work with cafe panels. On the other hand, if you used a sheer fabric (silk weight) in a single panel, it probably wouldn't make your rod bow.

You can hand mount the rings on trad'l pinch pleats down low enough so that the gap between curtain and rod disappears. [Traditional Dining Room design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-dining-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_722~s_2107) by Boston Architect Siemasko + Verbridge you can also do a valance to hide a shade from the top for the night with sheers for daytime this version with the grommeted cafe curtain yields a more modern take... [Traditional Family Room design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-family-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_720~s_2107) by Philadelphia Interior Designer Robinson Interiors

I'm sorry... I should of ask the width and posted it with the question.. The width of the two windows is 70". I did find a blog where a woman made her's out of Electrical Conduit, she spray painted it and put pottery barn finials on the ends and it looks really nice. So that is a possibility. I will definately check into the command hooks, thanks for that idea, I would of never thought of that. Still open for other ideas and or suggestions. I do know she would never close these curtains so center weight would not be a problem as long as the rod itself did not sag. Just another project she has come up with for me... I am just about to get to the end of refinishing quite a bit of furniture she bought off of Craig's list and I have refinished it a piece at a time with black paint and a rub off or chippy finish. Next is a china cabinet I'm going to paint with a buttery cream color of chalk paint, distress it then glaze it with a grey glaze and put a light in it. It goes in her bedroom to put her high heels in... a project she found on Craig's list.... Thanks to all for your suggestions..Debbie