“How to Dress Problem Windows”
Happy Monday everyone!
Can you believe that it’s already the last day of March?
I am in full-blown garden-planning mode and can’t wait
to get out there and get my soil ready for planting.
I am also putting the final planning touches on a mini
Guest Bath Redo. Cosmetic only, but I can’t wait to get started.
Just hoping the ole’ wrist keeps getting better.
I am so happy to have another Guest Blogger join me today.
You will absolutely love Sondra Lyn. Please make sure you make
her one of your “must follow” bloggers.
Hi Everyone!!
I have the honor and privilege of guest posting today for
Barb at The Everyday Home!
Barb is such a fabulous blogger, and has been quite a mentor
to me as of late. There is so much more to blogging than I had
ever imagined, and, although my blog is nearing its one year
‘blog-iversary’, I still learn something new almost every day!
Thanks, Barbara, for this great opportunity!
If you don’t know me yet, I am Sondra from Sondra Lyn at Home.
I invite you to visit my About Page to learn more about me and
how I came to write my blog. And now, pull up a chair and a cup
of coffee and maybe an online fabric store catalog and
lets talk Window Treatments!
How to Dress Problem Windows
The art of window dressing has changed much through the years!
What began in Europe as mainly a way to keep heavy drafts out of homes,
and of course control light, is now one of the major points of
interior decoration. Some windows are so architecturally beautiful,
and the spaces so private, that treatments are not preferred or
required. While many of us may have a window or two like that,
most of us need and want some kind of window dressing
on our windows.
A client of mine has a ranch-style home that was built in the 60’s,
and over the past few years I have been helping her update it.
The following photo is similar to hers, especially the very high,
short windows. The previous owners added on so it is a much
larger house today.
She has made many improvements and it already looks amazingly
different from the original home. But one thing that had not been
adequately addressed were the windows.
Her eat-in kitchen had one smallish window on the
breakfast area wall. Honestly, it was just plain dinky!
So I designed a curtain to deceive the eye into thinking that the
window was much larger! As you can see in the following photo…
I think we succeeded!
She had put up plantation shutters, which certainly helped, but it
didn’t address the scale problem.We chose an Ikat fabric and
had our drapery lady make them about twice the width of the window
and hung them almost to the ceiling. This is one of the best tips I
could give you when doing your windows…
HINT: In almost ALL instances, window treatments should be
taken to the ceiling or crown mold.
Your window will look much more finished and grand
if you do this one simple trick!
Of course, we re-did the walls as well! Got rid of the chair rail and
the dated wallpaper, and painted the room a nice fresh greige.
The master bedroom presented us with a different problem!
The two sets of windows in that room were thin and horizontal.
And they weren’t centered on the walls. Again, there seemed to be
no rhyme or reason to the design!
My solution for this was to connect the two windows somehow.
I went with a design that joins in the corner, with equal widths
of curtain on each wall. Again, we came out some from the far
ends of the windows. What do you think of the result?
Here are the before and after photos of the
Master Bedroom windows:
Again, I took the rod up to the crown mold. We had the room
painted and have a new upholstered bed coming (this poster bed
is just too short). Choosing the fabric was fun, and we have the
bedding designed as well!
I certainly hope you have seen something here today that will
help you in dressing your windows! Just remember…
wherever there is a problem window, there is a solution!
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Wishing you a wonderful day,
Thanks Sondra.
Fabulous info and I am pretty sure we all have some
problem windows somewhere in your home.
I know I do!
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Yvonne @ StoneGable says
Great tips! I love how you almost hid those small high windows with long drapes. Very clever!
View Commentkirby carespodi says
Hey Sondra! These look great! (I actually know why the windows are so high…part of my grad school included architecture of the vernacular through history–not as difficult as it sounds. The reasons were (1) because houses were being built closer together, and (2) folks wanted more wall space.)
View CommentBecca says
Thanks, Sondra … great tips, indeed !! Thanks for featuring her, Barb !!
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