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Help! What would you do with this wall and windows!?

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

We are currently in a home that we will be renting for the next year. I’d love to paint the dark brown wall a lighter color but for now I am stuck with it. I’ve tried hanging a long rod across the top with beige curtains and for some reason it seemed to make the room look small. I can’t figure out what to do to make this wall look better! The off center peak of the vaulted ceiling is driving me mad. It is the first thing you see when you walk through the front door. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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jck910

6 years ago

Move the clock and because it is a rental and you can't do much, don't stress over it

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Snaggy
6 years ago
Will the landlord let you make changes ?..I wouldn't spend a lot of money as you are only there for a year .
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Rina
6 years ago
Move the clock to a lighter room, pull the sectional away from the windows a bit more, and place a wide, low table or cabinet beneath the windows. Decorate it with a few striking items -- something metallic (a tall silver vase?) would help, in particular, to draw attention down from the irritating roofline. Keep the shapes bold and simple to show well against big white squares.

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Jen K (7b, 8a)
6 years ago
I feel that if you place curtains they'll cut off the wall at it's knees...make it look shorter than it is. if you place beige curtains directly over just the windows, you'll have two colored boxes, different than what you have already.

However if you want curtains, do the same color as the wall, perhaps with a textured pattern. Don't fight a wall you have no investment in. Work with it.
gnu36
6 years ago
Move grandfather clock to another place, remove window shades and put stained-glass window film in the windows.
tqtqtbw
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Move the clock, Hang the curtain rods high, with full drapes on the ends and in the middle, sort of disguising the edges of the windows. Maybe a color similar to the sectional. Can you rotate the sectional so that one arm of it is backed to the windows?
groveraxle
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I wouldn't invest much in a place where I was only staying a year. The clock needs to go from that wall, though. You could make some simple drop cloth curtains--cheap and easy; there's even a no-sew version--and hang them about this high to finish off the wall.

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Tiffani
6 years ago
Definitely move the clock. The fact that it’s there, only makes the eye go to that area even more. I’d also add long curtains, hung higher than the top of the windows.
grapefruit1_ar
6 years ago
Remove the shades or at least open them all the way. Then add curtains as Grover suggested.
Rina
6 years ago
Grover, I'd love to know how you manage to pick up a Houzz image to work on it. But I'm not asking you to tell me. Trade secrets are trade secrets. Dee yam.
Whit
Original Author
6 years ago
Awesome, thanks everyone! I’ll move the clock and try the drop cloth curtains idea!! Thanks!
groveraxle
6 years ago
Rina, it's no trade secret. I have a little program called Grab that allows me to select a photo or a portion of it and save it in several different formats. But I imagine you could do the same thing with a screenshot.

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