Curtain Call
Finally! Our living room window limbo is no more. This weekend we actually got around to picking up some bamboo blinds to bridge the gap between the top of the window and the curtain rod. Gotta love making windows look bigger and taller while introducing some texture in the process.
Here’s the w.b.b. (window before blinds) totally begging for something under that rod:
And the finished product thanks to two wood blinds from Wal-mart (for 25 bucks a pop) and John’s manly muscles (free of course):
We actually have the same exact blinds in the den and above the laundry nook in lieu of pricey cabinet doors. We love that we could tie them into yet another space to keep things consistent and create the illusion height. White Ikea floor length curtains flanking these simple wood blinds is absolutely our favorite combination for big picture windows (and one that we often suggest to everyone who will listen) but what say you lovely readers? Think we did our home’s biggest window proud?
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Comments
ahh, I have the EXACT same problem as joanne! i’ve been racking my brain on how to make it work with our window being so far to the left and the bed being centered. this totally helps!
p.s. love your blog, we’ve used quite a few of y’alls ideas in our houses! (like the hanging lanterns on the front porch! we snagged ours for $1 each at thrift stores!)
Hi – We are looking to do the exact same treatment in our sunroom. How many blinds did you use for your wide window – where is the seam? It looks like one continuos blind from the picture.
Thanks!
Jeff
The seam’s right in the middle but you can’t see it since we hung them flush right next to each other and the texture/pattern in the blinds makes it virtually undetectable. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Nope, all the same color curtains, so they feel lush and thick on both sides and blend together as one panel (you just won’t be able to use one panel to bridge that gap an cheat things over that far, so tossing a few panels up on each side of all the same color will look luxe and cohesive so they can easily cheat things over while no one else is the wiser. Hope it helps!
xo,
s