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Curtain Dilemma - Windows at Different Heights

5 years ago

Hello,

Our new home has 9 ft ceilings and wide living room windows and dining room patio doors. They are beautiful, but are placed at different heights which is making it a challenge to decorate. I am not sure the distance between the two but I would guess they are roughly 6-8 inches apart. I want to hang curtains but I am not sure where to place the rods. Please help!

Thank you!

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PRO

Fairway Style Living

5 years ago

You'll want your curtains to be able to 'stack off' the openings to either side so as not to obstruct your view. If you're concerned about dark hardware highlighting any space over the patio door, I'd suggest a brushed nickel finish that complements your darker lighting touches but doesn't repeat them here, on all the openings. It's also closer to the saturation of your wall color, so a matte, midtone metal (neither black or white hardware) won't draw they eye as a statement feature. Cheers!

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Geneviève
5 years ago
Same for both
Geneviève
5 years ago
look at this idea photo
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Fairway Style Living
5 years ago
No dilemma here - as Geneviève indicates - high and wide placements for both unify the space, even though the openings terminate at different heights. Cheers!
Judy Mishkin
5 years ago
single height, and id choose the single height to be half way between the casing and the ceiling on the windows on the right.
Elaine Steinke
5 years ago
I like the idea photo above but only if your wall color and drapery are very similar as in the picture. You may also consider a set of bamboo blinds above your patio doors because it is a different room and a door not a window you could have a slightly different window treatment above but use the same drapes and keep the top Rod at the same height
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5 years ago
Thank you for the suggestions! How high and wide should the curtains be hung? Also, we were planning on having dark oil rubbed bronze thick rods with rings attached to the curtains. The curtains we want are a dark slate grey textured linen.

My concern is that the blank space above the patio door will be highlighted too much. Thoughts?
ccincalifornia
3 years ago
I’d use shades mounted at the same height and lowered just enough to hide the top of the slider. Both will appear to be the same height. Did that with two windows in my bedroom. Used flat fold Roman shades. The window on the left is about 12” shorter than the large window on the right

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