Where do I hang a curtain rod?
mistya
3 years ago
Hello! Sorry about the poor quality of the photo, but it was the best I could get with the lighting.... My question is, where should I hang the curtains from? The ceiling is 10 feet, so do I hang the curtain rod above the molding, or below the transom window, or.....??? Help!! Thank you for any advice given!
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mistya
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Where do I hang the rod for drapes with these windows?
Comments (18)I wouldn't do two short rods. I think those always look a little odd, but that's just my thoughts. If it were my room, I'd find a rod with a very small bracket. I'd install the bracket so when hung, the top edge of the drapes was even with the bottom of the crown. You will need to put your bracket on the crown unfortunately. I'd do 1 rod that extended 18-24 inches beyond the window so only the side window trim is covered by the drape. Unfortunately, your crown is getting in the way of hanging a rod! But, if you get the right bracket/rod I think it will work out nice. My only other suggestion is to do a roman or balloon shade in a fabric pattern and let the crown be the picture frame around your window. It is very lovely on it own....See Moredrapes with outside mount blinds - help!
Comments (5)I have the same setup, with custom made and hung drapes from JCP. They are pinch-pleat, hung on a circle hook on a fluted wood rod. I asked them to hang them so the bottom of the pleat is in line with the top of the wood blind. They measured and mounted them on brackets that extend past the blind. I'm very pleased with them. I know there are some issues with the hardware on my blinds...long story, don't care, they are what they are. Anyway, here are pics....See MoreWhere to hang curtain rods? *pic*
Comments (17)My particular objection to filling in the space over one opening and not the other is that again it Emphasizes the Difference between the openings that is not particularly emphasized by just putting the treatment on the opening at the opening height. If you are balancing out opening heights the treatments have to be hung at such a level that both can get the same treatment and the discrepancy is actually compensated for visually, which usually means the compensating blind or whatever the treatment is has to be tall enough that a difference between the two is less noticeable. If you didn't Tell me that these windows were at two different heights I don't know that I would pay attention to it: they aren't on the same wall, on the same plane or even in the same part of the room. Having a treatment higher over one window visually than over the door visually (from the frame UP) is only going to point this out. Likewise, I don't think a blind that comes down from the top is a particularly "natural" or functional treatment for a sliding door. A blind can be pulled down over a window to provide shade, and the window can still operate and let in some light. A blind over a slider must be pulled up almost fully off the door for the door to be used. A blind halfway down over a door makes it a non functional door. It's not a treatment that makes much sense on a door since it must essentially be "removed" from the thing it is covering for the thing it is covering to function....See MoreOpinion needed on where should I hang my curtain rod.
Comments (2)Hard to say without a picture....See Morebtydrvn
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