Unobtrusive privacy sheer for 12'h x 12w + 12' x 9'w wall
Originally I wanted to do the partial "fake curtain" window dressings on these doors up to ceiling height - 12' - to add drama - (This type is just a panel as decoration on ether side with a hold back and no actual rod...)
But we just moved in and I'm feeling like I would like to be able to pull some kind of drape for privacy at night and in the early AM. Ideally it would be just one run for the whole wall - 12'H and 24'L - but AKAIK there's no way to get that on one continuous rod. - and I don't want to hang a track.
The LH glass is 12'W and 8' high for the lower. The RH glass is 9'W. But I'd like full height (12') to ceiling I think....
The glass faces north so no need to block sun. Our decor is leaning towards British Colonial so light materials with texture are preferred. Any ideas? Not just drape - but how would we do the run? Even 12'L need to be suspended in the middle - or how do you get it to be continuous without middle support or sagging? :-(
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palimpsest
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
Yayagal
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Comments (103)sorry, didn't read all, but I would just move the bed over a foot!!! it would drive me crazy to have it a foot (18"??) off the wall for a foot of view! the left sided person would still enjoy it and the r side would just have to scooch over to see it-- wake up, love it and hop out of bed to the window seat to better enjoy it!! if I was staying in the room, I would probably take the liberty and move the bed over so that it sat fully on the wall myself! I would leave the brass alone, tho would be pretty shined up too! either looks good! love everything else!! what an awesome guest room!!!!!...See MoreHelp! Need new WTs in the MBR!
Comments (18)mleaving_Marji: Thanks for the detailed specs for the measurements. I do prefer a center draw as they are presently. Here is a better picture from before when they still looked good: Overall I have decided I'd like to keep the same orientation, dimensions on the wall and similar color (other possibility I am considering would be a ivory/tan linen). After getting a quote for custom window treatments (WTs) from JC Penney's I am back to debating the grommet top drapes with sheers layered below. I now realize my inner rod can be placed closer to the wall, esp. if I do not require a traverse rod, and so the outermost rod need not extend so far. Are grommet drapes really not practical for daily opening and closing? I could do that for about 1/4 the price of the JC Penney's draperies and I don't think I'll find a much better price elsewhere. These are the ones I am considering which is similar to what I have now (the sage/moss green color): I could get similar fabric in custom, which I like now, but would then feel locked into using for many years; then I wonder if it'd be safer to get an ivory color - but does it really make sense to spend so much on something that I don't really love? With the grommet top ones, I could always change them 3-4 years from now if I feel the need for a change. It must seem like I am very indecisive. I just don't want to make another expensive decorating mistake as even without custom these is a sizable expense once you factor in the rod(s), sheers and outer drapes....See Moreliving room help
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Comments (69)The only curtain guaranteed to survive washing is a decent sheer. You can't expect lined panels to survive washing. You need fabric.........so I will suggest you find a friend who sews. Or you learn to stitch a straight line, which is all that curtains will require, as will pillows. You also need these full enough to look good. SHEETS. Yes, sheets. Two KING sheets. Which will mean two sheet sets, and use the bottoms to make a couple pillows, or use them on your bed.. For these? You need 250.00 bucks, and some elbow grease labor, yours, or someone else's. Want them lined? Then you buy flat white king at the local discount joint, and I would pre wash BOTH in cold, before sewing. But a king flat sheet will give you about 110 inches length and width for each panel. A QUEEN will give you same length, a bit less width of course. But the queen below is on sale Company store. Four flats, 40.99 in queen gives you a lot of fabric for under 200.00 bucks. . Even a single sheet is going to be 90 wide and 108 long,.. Rare is the patterned sheet sold individually. This is. Bottom line is, your wish list keeps exceeding your pocket book. Money, time. energy. If you don't have the first, you need much more of the second two. For anything..........and everything. https://www.thecompanystore.com/manchester-wrinkle-free-cotton-sateen-sheets-bedding-set/50379-ps-f19.html https://www.macys.com/shop/product/destinations-by-stavros-thera-sheet-set-king?ID=8178761&CategoryID=9915&isDlp=true Your other choice is to DRY CLEAN Above is pottery Barn, and four panels/lined.........179.00 x 4. https://www.potterybarn.com/products/ikat-print-drape/?catalogId=84&sku=6134679&cm_ven=PLA&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Windows%20%3E%20All%20Curtains&cm_ite=6134679&gclid=Cj0KCQiAv8PyBRDMARIsAFo4wK09jSrB3khZAh7ZdUTOjnn5uxG8ulcrugymY1kLLG10vNz9EU_H4aMaAj6zEALw_wcB...See MoreIllhhi
7 years agokaryn
7 years agoThanks for the replies! I've also found something called "traverse rods" - which looks like a curtain rod - but on a track. Interesting but they use clips which other than hanging from the top of the curtain, I'm not sure how those would attach. :-( The max length I've found is 13'W - so it would take two - but here's a diagram - would this work?
Luminette look interesting - but insanely expensive from what I've read.
palimpsest
7 years agokaryn
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoJust posting back with a followup. The traverse rods arrived today! Here's how it turned out. I think it's pretty nice - you can't tell but the panels are a muted shimmery gold.
Right now I can't decide if I want to 50/50 L/R hold back the panels equally (per window) or pull them far left and far right to appear as one unit. (as shown)
I think I prefer the way it is in the photo. (both doors open from the center area where the light switches are)
BUT, a mass of 6 panels doesn't play well with a standard size hold back. :-/ I have to work on ideas for that. There are 6 panels on the LH window and 4 on the RH one and they barely make it across due to them being pleated. I could add one - or two more per window more but it just makes for even more material to hold back. hmmmm
90% of the time they will be open. This is for privacy at night, room darkening for movie time, and security when we are away. I still have to iron all of these. Blah...
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