one of the things that bothered me when i first walked into the great room of my new rental house
was how small the windows were on either side of the fireplace. not only that, but the switch for
the fireplace was located right next to the window on the left....talk about an eye sore!
i knew that i would easily be able to fix the problem (at least visually) by hanging the curtain rod a little
bit higher and off center from the window:
so when the curtain panels were hung, the window appears much wider...and i don't have to look
at the switch on the wall!
i still have to iron, hem and add some trim to the curtains, but overall, i am pretty happy with the way
they look. it really is amazing what warmth window treatments can being to a room...it wasn't until these panels were hung that this great room finally started to feel a little more like home to me!
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I'm all about faking big windows! My hubby thinks I'm crazy every time I make him hang the curtain rod (he just doesn't get it!).
ReplyDeleteClever solution!
ReplyDeleteThat trick works every single time! Looks great. M.
ReplyDeleteI love how you have real life problems too when you look at a room. We are building an addition, but our master bedroom windows turned out smaller and higher than I expected. It is a dormer master bedroom so the roofline from the first floor cuts into the wall where windows can be placed. Anyways, full length curtains may hang too low since the window is kind of high. Oh well I have to think about this and unfortunately I only have a fraction of your design ability.
ReplyDeleteOn another subject...I will take pictures of our master bath as they become available. It is still just drywall. We are modeling it after one that you did for a client on your blog. Instead of the travertine however, I think we are going with a porcelain tile that looks like travertine. And we are trying hard to find emperador marble in a tile mosaic style.
THat looks great. great idea!
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing ;)