Mojotay, since you are looking to add color to the room I would do stationary drapes on either side of the windows leaving the main window exposed. I would mount the drapes as close to the ceiling as possible and probably would do tab tops. Which you then could use finials instead of rods to hang the drapes. What are your ideas?

You could remodel that hearth and do away with the part near the window :) I like the idea of hanging the panel on the left side of the window and just living with the weird drape over the mantel when they are closed. But I think I would put up a ceiling height valence and do wood blinds. You can change the fabric of the valence as you wish to change the look and the wood blinds are gorgeous and give a room a nice feeling.if you are worried about the height of the blinds then do the top up/down honeycomb ones in a similar color to the walls to make them visually smaller. The window will still be the star of the show and the valence will be the supporting cast that draws the eye.

Is your house oriented exactly the same way? Does it get direct sun in those windows like this house?

Houssaon I have actually! And potentially going with vertical instead of horizontal (something other than the vinyl siding). We just had some significant water damage inside from a rolled roof (if you’ve heard of that). We had no idea how terrible that roof material was. Anyway, we’ve since put about $60,000 of insurance and our own money into this house so we’re probably going to wait another year before we hop on any new exterior projects. We live in NW Florida so the yard keeps us very busy. But that is the goal to change the white vinyl siding along with a pretty rough looking driveway that’s an eye sore.