I've been eyeing these on West Elm lately, currently on sale for 49.00/pair. They're linen, 96" long. Also on sale Plus a bunch of others, including patterned or solid, e.g. burlap. I can't quite make out your colors (more beige, greige, or gray?)

Thank you for your comments ---- I can't believe I didn't think of the things you pointed out... they make so much sense. Our style is what I call "casual eclectic Hispanic", LOL. The walls are EK's Light Terracotta, medium-dark hardwood floors, stained wood trim around windows, dark blue leather sofas, red/blue area rug, etc. I'll try to take a picture. Because our look is casual, I want the tab-top curtains. We stayed two nights in a motel in Santa Fe that was decorated throughout with terracotta tile and had tabbed curtains. Anyway, the reason we want to add non-sheer curtains is because we want some privacy at night while we are watching TV in the living room which has a large window that faces the street. The sheers let in a lot of light during the day ---- which I LOVE -- but I would like to add some non-sheers to pull when we want privacy. I also considered --- I know this sounds weird, but stay with me ---- replacing these sheers with tab-top sheers, and adding tab-top curtains on the same rods, putting the sheers in the middle so when they are closed some light still comes in but they still offer privacy. I'll take pictures later and post them for help.

I like drapes to look like they are operational. And it will be possible to close my drapes, but I don't think they will be easy to move and I don't have any reason to ever close them. I currently have four inside mounted mini-blinds on the window. I have to be able to keep out very strong sun in the summer and I prefer to have something right up against the glass as opposed to using curtains, which trap the heat between the windows and the curtains. This window creates many problems for me, lol. I plan to hang the drapes just below the ceiling and the stack back will probably be 1.5 - 2 feet on either side. Since I've got plenty of room to do so, I want to hang plenty of panels to help absorb sound in the room. I dragged my 38 x 58 gold mirror into the room to see how it was going to look with the yellow walls. It does not look good! Now I think I have to paint the frame of the mirror. Any suggestions on colors for that? The photo of the window was taken when the walls only had primer on them. Then I painted the room with Behr's (I will NEVER EVER depart from my previous policy of using only BM again) Gold Buttercup. I took the photo of the mirror tonight. The walls are much darker yellow than they look in the photo.

Thanks for the replies. It seems insonsistent to have the smaller window have a header while the larger window does not. That is what got me wondering which hem went in the rod. Thanks again everyone.