My preference is a high rod with drapes barely kissing the floor. Your long drapes look stiff in the photo so I don't like how they look touching the floor. Perhaps the photo is deceiving. If they pooled softly I would vote for your choice.

Sorry, I'm with your husband. Not a fan of the high rods interfering with the look of the walls. I like it to be part of the windown.

I like the left one. The right on top of the window just make it look so "squatty"

Neither looks right to me. A little higher than the low one or bring the high one down to 1/3 above (or just below the half way point if 1/3 is about the same as the low one is now).

My vote is for the higher rod, but with no pooling. I like draperies to just brush the floor.

I would use the 95" panels, but raise the rods another couple of inches so that the bottom of the longer panels barely touches the floor.

I think the shorter panels look 'squatty' (thanks lyfia for the new term!)

I'm not a fan of pooling although our dining room windows do... or will until I can get them hemmed.

I would prefer them to barely brush the floor. DH just moved them up a bit which I think is better. I think he might actually be won over at this point. He seems to be liking the higher ones too.

I don,t like either in this case something about the way the curtain is hanging on the rod just doesn,t look right.

I just told him I think they need to come down half an inch and he started to twitch, made clenching motions with his hands and told me I'd have to look really hard for the rods. Lol.

I think they'll stay where they are right now. ; )

I like the 95" panels, but imo the top portion needs to be spread out a bit.
They look too narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.
If you don't want any of the window covered, maybe you should consider wider rods.

Hobokenkitchen you can get hemming tape that you just iron on to hem your panels. I like it because if I need to I can undo it easily if I decide to move rods. Works well if it isn't a huge length difference ie not too much fabric to fold.

The ones on the right with the lower rod are very short. Is that their finished length as they'd be hung? I couldn't live with that, but could probably go with either if the panels ended up about 1/8" above the floor. Agree with above posters that the fabric appears too heavy to 'pool'.

Higher rod, curtains a half inch above the floor. Pooling is a look for full, lush drapery like silk or of fabric with a similar hand. It is part of a look of abundance--- completely unsuited to tailored fabrics like twill, cotton duck, and anything else that breaks stiffly on a floor. Pooling or "puddling" also is u suitable for the type of tailored rod you have.

This post was edited by kswl on Sun, Mar 24, 13 at 9:20

I'm for higher rod, no pooling but a wider curtain rod...the panels don't seem to have room to stack properly without either hiding part of the window or being squished.

Raise the higher one so the drapes just skim the floor and then finesse....spread the grommets on the rod so the folds in the fabric hang straight and it covers the side woodwork on the windows.

I prefer the longer curtains but would hem them or raise the rods, so they just skim the floor with no break or puddle. It looks like you may need a longer rod. I don't really care for how they're narrower at the top than on the bottom.

Don't care for the look of either. I would raise the one on the right slightly and they should be longer -- just to the floor. I think you're trying to show your window frame, whereas they would hang nicer if you just covered the frame so that top and bottom hang in a straight line.

You had me spewing my coffee . I remember the twitching husband syndrum myself;)

I like the long one, but needs to be raised to just 1/8-1/2" off floor. Also think you need a wider rod, if you can find it!
Had to read that one twice to figure out where it was going! I don't think husbands should be allowed to hang curtain rods, handymen seem to have more patience!