This helped our dining room become less of a fishbowl. It also helped filter the light and heat that was coming through that window. It's only single-paned, so there's not a whole lot of help against the western sun in the afternoons.
Doug asked me in spring to please put curtains over the window - to hide the shape, to stop the heat and light, and generally make the room look more cozy. So I bought the material and it sat. Of course!
For Easter, my sister helped me cut out the panels. See, Doug? I'm working on your project! And then it sat. Again.
Eventually, I got the curtain hardware. Doug even offered to put it up, so I let him. Aren't I nice?
He drew marks on the wall, and after my approval, he put the whole thing up.
We looked at the rod in dismay - the rod is level. However, the ceiling is not. This seems to be on par with most of the workmanship in the house. I told Doug to just leave it - no amount of fiddling is going to make that ceiling look right. Eventually (hopefully), we'll add molding that will disguise the ceiling flaws...but it ain't going to be soon.
With the curtain rod up, I went ahead and sewed those curtain panels. I tried my sister's method of sewing the lining to the panel right sides together, and then turning it right-side-out. It worked okay. I think I like just turning back the sides better, especially since I was dealing with thick material and different widths between the lining and the panel.
But all's well that ends well - and there's no more octagon!
That looks lovely!!! And yeah, much better than that crazy window. Too bad about the ceiling, though. what were the builders thinking???? And glad I could help! :D
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