That's right: the front room windows. They have been blankly staring into our front room since we moved in, flatly refusing to easily mold to any curtain hardware. Doug has kindly offered to bend a piece of pipe to fit the space, leaving us only to find the hardware. This actually looked like a very attractive option for a long while.
It does require some cash for the pipe, a trip north to visit a metal shop he has access to (sometimes, when his brother is in a good mood), and another trip to the store to get the hardware.
And, after many months of letting the neighbors peep - it's a good thing I like our neighbors - I finally came up with another (cheaper) way of getting it done.
We purchased four Walmart special curtain rods. The smallest rod size is 28", and there are two windows that need 27". If I use the pipes separately, instead of nesting them inside of each other, the rods should fit just fine.
Then I can hang them. Again with the decision on where to hang them! I like curtains at ceiling level (as I have said before), but this ceiling is not going to be cooperative. See that? Argh. I don't want them right above the windows, especially since I eventually want to trim those windows out the wazoo.
So. I am going to split the difference, once again making the need for a custom-length curtain. Digging into my stash, there are enough curtains (84") to take the window to the first level. Then I have another set of curtains in a slightly more opaque fabric, same color, that I can use to band the curtains at the bottom. My, oh my, looks like a lot of sewing for me this week!
See how the ceiling angles away? Not exactly conducive to curtains... |
Wow, you're being quite the curtain lady recently! Can't wait to see the results!
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