shadylady2u - Thank you. I am trying to learn more about sewing with every project that comes up! It's helpful for me to hear from all of you sewers who have experience and are willing to share. I am going to make sure the first edge of fabric is square/straight before I do any measuring for cutting that first panel. I will follow what you and the others said and cut 126" so I will have room for adjustments of the pattern. I am glad you brought up the header size. I was wondering about that (as well as the hem size). I bought a book from JoAnn's Fabric store several years ago. It's called "Windows with Ease". In the section on Flat Panel Curtains, there's a chart for hem depths. It includes method of hanging (clip on rings in my case) and curtain length (brushing floor in my case). For bottom hem allowance it says 8", upper hem allowance 3". In the directions, it says to "Press under a double-fold hem in the upper edge...." I also read & looked carefully at the pictures in the book describing How to Stitch a Double-Fold Hem. Their pictures & descriptions shows a 3" hem allowance ending up with a 1-1/2" hem. A 8" allowance ends up being a 4" hem. I followed their directions a few years ago when I made my DR & LR flat panel floor length drapes (using clip rings). They look fine, except I felt that the finished top hem (where the clip rings attach) looks too skimpy (only 1-1/2"). The finished bottom hem is 4" and looks good to me, but I could see that an inch or two greater may look better. BTW, my home is not formal...more on the casual side. For a finished header (not "allowance") and a finished bottom hem, what would you suggest? Happy Memorial Day to all! Laurie

I would really appreciate if some of you can help with my dilemma. We are looking into flooring options for our new home. We live in Arizona. I was looking in to wood look porcelain tile because I really like the look of wood, but I want something where I can have the same kind of flooring in the entire main floor, so hard wood tile combo is out. We have hardwood in our current house in both our floors except kitchen and stairs as much as I love the look of it, I don’t like the upkeep that comes with it. A couple of our friends got LVP done in their homes and they really like it. I love how it looks but just can’t get over the vinyl part and how will it effect the value of the house? I spoke to a couple of local suppliers and contractors and they said I can’t go wrong with either it just comes down to personal choice. And with regard to the value they said only hard wood increases the value and carpet may decrease the value because buyers would like to change the carpet but vinyl or tile don’t add or delete anything in our are. it most likely will be our forever home till we downsize but just in case. Our home will be around 700k. I understand that vinyl costs less in labor charges but a 20mil wear layer vinyl is not cheap in material and I don’t mind to spend more on the labor of tile and prefer to compromise somewhere else which I can change easily later . I know some of the same things were discussed in this thread but most of them are over a year old was wondering if everyone is still on the same page. For everyone who has wood look porcelain tile or LVP do you still like it after a couple of years? What are the pros and cons. For me one big con with the tile is grout. And LVP’s pro is it’s looks. Do you have problems with footprints being seen on LVP like how a few mentioned in an other thread? any pro’s please give your input on what you think? Thanks a lot if you read till now. I will greatly appreciate any help you can provide.

I love the transition @alexandra! Can I ask what the height difference was between the cement tile and the lvp? I’m considering doing the same for cletile Belgian terracotta for my pantry and think it may be close to a 1/2 inch transition. I could live with the cleanly don’t transition of yours for the tile I am obsessed with! Nice job

Kristin Windhorst, if you will look at a thread here on Houzz, Adura Max vs Cortec, you will find many photos of actual installs of SuperCore. I had SuperCore Krypton installed in a home I sold in 2020 and it turned out great. I had moved before the install, but do know that it’s easy upkeep. My new construction home has SuperCore Elkhorn floors, and I love them. The planks are 7” wide and 60” long. My flooring has a micro bevel that I can’t even see. Both of my choices would be too rustic for you, but I love them. There are many choices of color and style in SuperCore. Oak Natural is a pretty hardwood look with little contrast between planks, Gunstock is a darker choice, and there are many others. WeShipFloors.com has a great website with good info on SuperCore. Barbara and Zoe were so helpful to me with both floors. They sent numerous samples and answered my many questions. The phone number is on the website if you have questions. Good luck on your flooring search. If you decide on SuperCore I don’t think you will be sorry.