Curtains too high? Add roman shades? Accent wall? Looking For Advice.
Hello, I am working on decorating the living room of my house, and could use some advice. This is where I am at currently: (please excuse the mess!)
Everywhere I read said to hang the curtains as high as possible so that is what I did. Its 9 feet at that wall, and the vaulted ceiling peaks at 12 feet. I think the right side looks good, but the left side has that empty space above the sliding glass door, and I feel I can do better here. Should I put in a roman/bamboo shade in that area to cover the empty space?
Someone else had mentioned that I should swap out the blue curtains and go with a burlap/tan color, get rid of the translucent curtains behind the curtains, and then add in color to the room by other means (such as accessories and decorations, pillows, etc.).
The plan for that wall was also to do this as an accent wall:
But its starting to seem that the curtains, and along with roman shades, that a lot of the wall would just end up getting covered up?
So I'm a bit stuck on how I should do this room. Any help/advice on this is greatly appreciated!
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Judy Mishkin
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Rina
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoEvery rule about decor or any other creative activity is a useful guideline, no more. There will always be exceptions, and in the case of your room, I think it will look a lot better with the curtains hung lower. I'm also not sure why you have hung them in two different styles -- I suggest you go for straight-hanging curtains on both sides, and no shades needed.
I don't think there is any logical reason to make that an accent wall. The only wall -- from what I can see -- that might work as an accent is the one to the right, and with the limited impression of the room your picture gives, I'm none too sure about that.
The advice to change the dark blue for a lighter neutral sounds good to me. Again, hard to say without seeing the rest of the room more clearly.
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5 years agoMatt, I think this is a common problem; one way to achieve that nice tall , grand look with your drapes is to add a faux Roman shade under them to take up the area between the top of the door molding and the curtain rod. This will give the illusion of a much taller door. I would probably use a larger rod that extends a bit further and slightly fuller drapes too!
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5 years agohowever Im not sold on you needing them at all, honestly lower the rods and change the drapes, then decide.
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