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My wife and I are having a design issue, so I thought I would shoot you a quick email for some help. We have a large window in our living room (actually 3 windos together) that was covered with individual blinds. We recently replaced the 3 separate blinds with one large silhouette-style covering. We want to now add a curtain.
Here is the problem: On either side of the window is I guess you would say a soffit, though running floor to ceiling, not across the ceiling, but they are not even. The left side of the window is about flush to the soffit (maybe 1 in), while the right side has more like 6-8 inches of clearance. Do we do run the curtain rod soffit to soffit, or the length of the window?
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So, when you hang the hardware, go outside the window and ideally, as high as you can. I generally advise hanging drapes right below the ceiling line if possible to increase the visual height in a room. Obviously, if you've got 15 ft. ceilings, this may not work. Just go about 1ft above the window. Another idea would be to hang the drapes ceiling mounted--like from a track. This works best with more contemporary styles.
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