Here’s a post with info for ya: http://www.younghouselove.com/2010/08/our-sunroom-mini-makeover-phase-two/

Hope it helps and good luck!

xo,
s

I am looking for a curtain rod that will span 184″ and can’t seem to find it so I’m wondering if something you did here in this sunroom might work. (My window is 128″ wide, but taking your “high and wide” tip I’m going to go the full expanse of my wall which is 184”.)

I know you say that you got these curtain rods for this sunroom at Ikea but I think you must have done some type of a trick to make them that gigantic. Do they just fit into each other? I can’t believe how nice the two brackets pretty much next to each other look.

Thanks!

They’re called Vivan (we get the extra long ones that are $14 for two). Hope it helps!

xo,
s

Hey Holly,

The best way to describe it would be that John hammered a series of long nails halfway into the wall (so they still stick out about an inch or so) and then used twine threaded through the curtain pocket and tied it at multiple points to those nail “pegs” that he created on the wall. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

We would do exactly the same curtain and blind combo on those doors if you can. It’ll really keep things feeling balanced and cohesive. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

I have a question about window treatments. Last night my husband and I hung our bamboo shades and white curtains and they look AMAZING! (I’ll send pictures as soon as we get our new couch next week!) We have a french door directly across our big window (about 25 feet), so our living/dining room is basically one space. We need to be able to cover our windows so our neighbors can’t see in when we are not home… My question is should we hang the curtains and bamboo shades on the french doors like the window directly across it (of course above the door so we can still open them), or should we do something a little lighter like white, airy, roman shades to hang on the doors? I just don’t want to go overboard with the curtains, but it really needs something! Thanks a bunch and I LOVE LOVE LOVE your website! :)

Thanks again!
Audrey

We’d definitely recommend hunting down one long rod so you can add four panels (two to flank the middle window and two to flank the outside windows so it looks sort of like one big pane of glass once you cover the sliver of wall space between them). We would check out a bunch of places like JC Penney, Ikea and Macy’s to see if they have a curved rod that will work on a bow window (and if not, we know Ikea sells great wire curtain “rods” that can be placed in rounded areas and even mounted onto people’s ceilings). Hope it helps!

xo,
s

I love your home. I have a question about curtains. I have a bow window in my dining room(3 windows-each on a separate wall with molding around each window)without too much room in between. I want to put window treatments up, but am confused about where to hang them. Are curtain rods made that would be 1 rod that is bent and goes over all three windows? Or do you recommend putting cutains just on the outside of the outter 2 windows, or put 3 rods up, and curtains around both sides of ever window?

thanks!!
Anna