Thanks again I found them (low stock) by searching for the item number off the old order form. JCP's "window Designer" is saying for window over 100" need two 216" long scarves, shows them overlapping over center window so tails hang down in between? Think I should order the same striped fabric and do scarves (I need to find/make medallions!) over all three "windows" in the room (bay, double window and slider), with the slider one hung at the same height as the others? Since this is FR (casual) should I look for old doorknobs (love that look), so should I just try to find plain medallions in satin nickel to match light fixture and my "cheap cleats" (drawer knob on a hanger bolt)? See the pic of the slider for finish on the knob. I also have 6 birdcage holdbacks that are kind of "U" shaped that I don't think I'll use in LR - so I can do the bay and the window with those, and slider with a matching (extra) rod if you think that will work. It would mean 1 big swag over the double window though - these have been discontinued too (at least I couldn't find them in the store again, and I never saw them online). Does anybody kno how you hang a swag from a "U" shaped holdback without the screws showing? Here is a link that might be useful: U shaped holdback

VERY OT for Florantha & Bmorepanic Florantha, I knew zip about Tomtes....never even heard the word. Thank you so much for that very interesting link! My Great Grandma would tell us about her favorite Gremlin....they were best pals. If we left a little candy in the package before we went to bed, the darn candy was gone in the morning! Darn Favorite Gremlin went around our beds specifically looking for left\-over candy...ate it. Favorite Gremlin also did other strange things: Put Christmas tree up after we all went to bed, made cookies with our names on them for our birthdays, etc. But if we were bad to Great\-Grandma, look out! Favorite Gremlin didn't like us going against her and would find a way to get us back. LOL Again, really enjoyed reading link! Bmorepanic, I've seen you mention bondo before. I bought what I thought was Bondo.....it was in a tube, rolled. To activiate it you cut a piece off and kneaded it with your fingers. After prepping the area well, I thinly applied it to the very deep gouge left in our fridge by the pro restorers after the water damage in our kitchen. So the Bondo got put on, thinly and I thought all was going to work out perfectly as once I sanded it I would cover it with the matching appliance paint. Not so. That stuff can not be sanded! I got so tired (arms ached & hand cramped up) the first day trying to sand the bondo to a somewhat smooth finish that I gave up. Tried a couple hours the next day, gave up. Now I just leave all the sanding discs/blocks on the corner of the counter and if I walk by with nothing else to do, I'll give the area some sanding....not that it's doing any good. What's the best way/what tool? to sand this stuff once it's sets? I've got lumps and bumps on the door of a fridge where a gouge used to be. At this point, I'd rather have the gouge!

These are replacement windows for an old rowhouse (1880s). The company who did the installation does only custom windows, so they built the windows to measurements that they took onsite. How they take those measurements, and what bearing our old walls and previous window installations might have had on them (if anything), I don't know. These are not the first double-hung windows to go in. I didn't think to measure the old trim or take any pictures that are going to be very helpful. We had this same company put in a custom door and resize a window a few years ago, and it all went perfectly, so I just counted on things rolling out the same way this time. That was a mistake; if I'd tried to understand something about windows before now and mapped out what needed to happen, this all would have gone a lot better. I do have this old real estate listing photo of the same room from 6 years ago. The original trim was quite wide, at least 3"; I notice that the old casing in the photo is about as close to the ceiling as that new 4.5" casing is. So the 4.5" might not be quite as excessive at it sounds. So the large casing is OK, I think, unless I'm missing something. I think where the issue came in is that the gentleman who measured with us for the current redo [there was a previous attempt that went badly] ordered larger casing than they had previously installed, but didn't order any replacement of stool. He thought that the casing to be ordered would be less wide than the stool that they had already installed. But that assumed the casing would go up with a small reveal. It didn't, and with a reveal 3/4" and 1", the outer edge of the casing falls about where the stool ends (and are a little past it in one case). The installation team had no instruction to replace the stool as needed. Meanwhile, my husband didn't see the problem - he saw that the more egregious errors from an earlier try were gone [there had been some trim narrower than the original put up, which left even larger reveals than what we have now, plus a gap between the wall and window] and rejoiced. At least, this is what I have pieced together from what I know. If I ask the window company to replace just the stool, is that a relatively simple fix that everyone will like to hear? Can they just remove the apron and stool? Or would they have to take most of the casing off and start over?

Love everything! Sorry if you already shared this info, but what color are your uppers and are the glass cabinet inserts clear glass or ? I’m trying to finalize choices. Sure wish I could get mine done for $40K. Thanks for any input and enjoy your beautiful kitchen!