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brendan_keyport

need help with replacing curtains....

8 years ago

Somewhere between listing photos and purchase of my condo, the curtains, rod systems and every other window treatment were removed. I started out with a living room as shown. I now have an ugly shade covering the window, but nothing covering the sliding door. The seam you see at the top of the window and door is actually a wide hidden rod area for curtains (4-6 inches deep, 2-3 inches wide)


It's a rather long run (Not exactly sure how long) - This is not my unit, but same design and layout with a couple of changes - The heater (redish box on far wall) is further left in my unit, so it's clear from curtains, and I have my breaker box in far corner on yellow wall (I want to hide). there's only 3" between window and door.


How would you set up curtains here? (I'm not asking for design, just how would you rebuild the curtain rod/track? You have a light switch to contend with on the right. I'm not sure what would work better as far as look vs. function.


Any suggestions welcome.



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  • 8 years ago

    Grover - I'd love to have that balcony - my unit doesn't have nearly as wonderful of view (I overlook the pool, and look across at that unit actually) What I'm trying to figure out is how to set up a set of rods or track or something, that allows me to reinstall curtains in the nook (my sister will sew up the curtains for me). Track that mounts to the top of the nook seem to be able to pull down rather easily, and the only rods I can find extend out like 8" or something ugly and horrible with hooks that hang the curtain over the top.

    As far as the contract went, it was silent on the issue, and the selling agent disappeared deep into the swamp he came from upon sale (bank foreclose).

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