My friend Elizabeth is requesting some design help. She is not loving her two windows below.
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To be fair, they're wonderful windows; but they need to be dressed up a bit don't they? First let's take the window on the left. Things to love: great shape, great scale, nice wood work. Things that aren't working; no contrast between the roller blind and the molding, being dwarfed by a brick wall, appear haphazard. What I'd like to do is add some presence to this big lovely window by toping it with a pelmet box. What's a pelmet box you say?
In the image above the pelmet box is only the piece up above the window, it is not the drapes. I like this idea as it will really highlight the window and draw your eye up and away from the brick. This room runs unimpeded into the kitchen which is a very warm and inviting room. To connect the two rooms I would use something like the fabric below and wrap it around a pelmet box. (There are a few DIYs for making your own inexpensive pelmet boxes).
I'm not convinced that there is room for an entire pelmet box, but you could certainly make the front piece and mount it to look like a pelmet. Clearly this would be a very tailored look, so I think it would be best to replace the flowy panels currently being used with roller blinds.
Next up, Elizabeth's 2nd window! Elizabeth told me that she likes the shears that are currently hanging, and they do a great job of diffusing light and adding privacy. I think this one will be a relatively easy fix, it could be inexpensive too! Like this inspiration image below? !
Next up, Elizabeth's 2nd window! Elizabeth told me that she likes the shears that are currently hanging, and they do a great job of diffusing light and adding privacy. I think this one will be a relatively easy fix, it could be inexpensive too! Like this inspiration image below? !
This DIY can be found here. Thick curtain rods, especially one that could span Elizabeth's huge window, can cost a lot. I would recommend that the rod should be hung so that demi panels could hang on either end of the rod, not blocking any light coming into the room. You would only need a pair of panels as they wouldn't be used to actually cover the window, just flank it on either side.
I really enjoyed working on Elizabeth's space, thanks for sharing your home with us!
