Window Treatment Help in a tricky upstairs bedroom?
We would be very grateful for any suggestions on window treatments for a bedroom. ie. Where to install curtain rod and where to end curtains and any other thoughts. Wall colour will be Benjamin Moore ”white down”. Carpet, will be a light creamy beige. Ceiling is cloud white.
There will be hydronic heat baseboards (not electric, no fire risk) below the window (the top of baseboard will be about 6” off ground). So we cannot extend the drapes to the ground or we will block the heat flowing out.
My thoughts are to end bottom of curtains right above the radiator -white curtains, same colour as radiator to try to help them blend in...but my husband thinks that will look silly and that the curtains should end a few inches below bottom of window sill. I think that may make the baseboards ”pop” and make the ceiling appear lower. Due to some tricky structural issues (addition onto existing 90 year old home), this was the design we had to settle on that, that gave us the most functional space and view.
We are not fans of blinds that take away from view, or look too cold/modern. I’m afraid I’m also like a rooster - awake with the sun (4 a.m. here in July!), and cannot seem to find a comfy sleeping mask that actually blocks out the light - so I need good blackout window treatment options. But as you can see from the photo, we are going to have challenges, and welcome any creative ideas!
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kandrewspa
last yearWith baseboard heating I would suggest roman shades. They are supposed to stop at the sill, so won't look odd that length. DH is right, stopping them above the baseboard heating will look strange. There is a lot of variety in roman shades, they don't have to look cold and modern. Hang them as high as you can (based on the window on the far left) so when they're open you get a full window view. I have some pictures saved of living rooms with less modern looking shades. You haven't said what you have chosen for bed linens - start there and don't be afraid to use some pattern in the window treatments if everything else is plain.
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Maureen
last yearI can’t see a rod and drapery panels working, given the right window’s proximity to wall and I believe a slant on other side. Blinds don’t have to feel cold and there are so many to choose from.
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Rawketgrl
last yeari like the layered look especially in bedrooms. If you did a roman shade with curtains on a return rod and had some furniture in front of the window you would not even look down at the high water curtains and if they were the same color as the radiator it would blend in pretty well. besides this is your bedroom, its not a freeway of people going in there and pointing at your shorter curtains and shaming you! lol
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