Is there space between the crown and the window trim to place a rod?

aktillery9, the space is about two inches high.

I typed in Curtains and molding in pictures on the Houzz search and saw some windows very similar to yours and various ways of hanging. Check it out and you can get some ideas.

Your room is gorgeous btw!

Thanks - will go search through Houzz now. :)

This one is almost the same set up as your window.

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I like the way that looks - I didn't think I'd like the rod up inside the moulding, but it seems to be right in that space. I also like the ones where they ran more moulding in front, like a cornice. Might have to figure out if I can do that. Thank you!

Glad I could help!

I would put blinds on your windows like the other ones in the room.

erinsean, there are blinds; they're just pulled up on the front windows so my dogs don't get caught up in them. :) Thanks.

Pretty room!

You can hang the rod up near the ceiling like this:

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Or you can hang them at the transom letting the light and the molding above show through...it's up to you.

I don't see enough wall space at the top or on the sides, to hang a rod. I wouldn't hang it on the trim either. If you really want panels, I think your only option is to mount it on the ceiling or the wall that bumps out, under the transom (altho not sure I'd like that). Also, since there's not enough wall space next to the window, you'll be covering up much of the window.

Whatever you do to the big window, you'd need to put it in the same place for the smaller window.

The other possibility is, replacing the blinds with fabric shades.

If you are never going to close the curtains, but just want the soft folds of fabric, why not hang drapery panels between the columns and the wall? Your window is beautiful, but there really isn't room on the sides for drapery panels, without cutting off a large portion of the two side windows.

Given the distance across the window and given that the window itself already has blinds, I can see hanging the drapes on the walls that are proud of the big window on shorty rods. To me it would be a better look than the bold horizontal line of a large rod going all the way across.

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Especially if the drape style is intended to be stationary.

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Love the idea of hanging them right below the transom on a white rod. That is my favorite of the posted looks so far.

I am a little not in favor of short rods because it just makes it so clear it's form over function. Which it is...but I like to have that illusion of function.

I also like the idea of a fairly skinny (1" ish) black rod spanning the little space above transom with no finials. It would be worth investing in one strong enough to forgo a centre support if that's possible.

Finally, you could do a fairly invisible white ceiling track.

I'd put the rod right below the crown moulding.

Will you be putting drapes/curtains on the other window in your living room so that they are matching?. Pretty room, by the way.

Erinsean, yes, I'm planning to do both windows. Thanks!

Beautiful room. A slender metal rod with French returns could possibly work. However, you'd need a center support on the long window. I just used one in my bedroom that is ivory with a gold washed finish.

Here's a rough sketch of using shorty rods on the outside near the molding.

Lovely room! I would do the rod between the window and transom in white to help the rod disappear and let the transom show. Like the second picture Annie posted first. No to shorties.

I might not drape the side window, in that case. If you must do both windows use a narrow dark rod in that little space between transom trim and crown. I do not care for the drapes hung on the walls outside of the inset.

What a beautuful room! I don't see the point in using a rod which is across the complete window, unless the drapes are going to be closed. When I helped DD with her dapes, we used the inexpensive, simple, plain white rods, one per panel. Their LR/DR areas are very formal yet the simple treatment doesn't detract from that. Please don't use draperies with those ugly huge grommets, but the sheer-on-rod style. You could either sheer them on or use the little clips on the panels. Imo, the panels with grommets are best used in a room with less formality, such as a family room.

Here is quick mock up. Let me know if you would like me to do another.

Darn no attachment!

I think I like the drapes inside the window alcove area, because the things on the left wall are very special to me: a tray painted by my grandmother, my mom's sewing chest, and Chinese gongs that have been in my family for several generations. I need that wall exposed; there's nowhere else to put them. lol

Thanks to everyone who shared their ideas. I was worried about how a dark rod would look in that space, and I'm finding that I really like it. I'll post pictures when I'm done making them. I love the fabric I found; I just hope it looks as nice when it's finished as it does in my imagination. :)

I had a very similar dilemma where my sliders went all the way up to ceiling. Honeycomb shades were up there from previous owner and we decided they were too expensive to take down. We finally decided to hang from ceiling (FYI - check with high-rise administration if applicable due to tension straps in cement ceiling). Only other option was to extend the crown across to the other side crown, which was just a little too formal a look for me. the shorties worked!

Just for fun I added some goldish curtains inside the window.

Mizsusan, you have a lovely room. What a view! Where do you live? You must love waking up to that every morning!

Bonita Springs, FL