Thank you, holiday-ers! That metal leaf I robbed from my bedroom wall...I learned that trick from you "Enablers R Us" here on the forum! The luggage looking table has 3drawers & a lift up top...the design is fluttering butterflies on it..>I fell in love with it when a Tues Mornings opened in our area ...but closed in about a yr...loved that store! karen, candy, punk & nana...you'd all have to join me on the porch cause those nasty "no-see" little black dots of a bug are here now & BITING...plus the Asian Beetles (lady-bug like things) arrived yesterday, too! So not pleasant to sit out there in the sunshine right now...got to keep moving! A frost will help....80 yesterday & frost coming tomorrow night. Jane, frou, calico, lynn & luvs...thank you...glad you enjoyed the "outdoor Fall" pics, too. I am pleased with that potting table...DH & I made it a few yrs bk, an old door, old enamel table from a machine shed on a farm & added the shelf boards to it & a wood window box on the bk of the door. Paint didn't hold up after 2 yrs & so I wanted to make sure it didn't rot already! Is a sad time of the yr when everything dies off (like frou said), but cooler weather for PM is on the way! Yay! If she's got rooms for rent, I'm joining you, jane! LOL! And, punk, The Boston Fern is coming bk to porch...duh to me on my wording above! Lynn...will post to link to some more pics soon. Thanks, everyone. Jeanne S. (gee, I've rambled on too long here!)

I had roller shades in one place that I lived in San Francisco, and they had fringe at the bottom, which added a decorative detail that you could see from outside. You can attach fringe or some other decorative element to the bottom of the shade, and you can even attach it to the back side (if you want) to make it more visible from outside. Or you could replace them with Roman shades.

The bottom part of your window frame is the sill, This the part you see when the window is open and runs to the exterior. When water gets by your sashes you want it drain to the exterior as it is designedto do. The interior horizonta part of your trim at the bottom that meets the lower sash would be the stool, if it has one. Idealy this is slightly tilted so it drains water to the inside and prevent water from sitting on it.The idea is to prevent as much water from entering the sill and to drain water out that does enter it. Tilting the inside sill may not be needed but it is a nice touch.

Do you really need sheers and blinds? I’d keep the blinds and add blackout panels, but you might prefer keeping the sheers. I don’t think you’ll get all that much oomph from raising the rods to the ceiling. For me, I would want something a bit dramatic to off-set your lovely new tufted bed. I don’t know what your climate is, so I don’t know if solid dark velvet-y drapes would feel oppressive, but that is what I would go for. If I was someplace in the sunbelt, I might go for something linen (backed with blackout) with a subtle embrodiery design