There is no rule of thumb. It's a preference thing. There's those who like it up to the ceiling because they feel it makes the room look taller and there's those, like myself, who don't like all that wall space between the rod and the top of the window.

I would put it about 2/3rd of the way down, but you can put it a couple inches above the window, under the ceiling, or anywhere in between.

I agree with previous post. I don’t care for lots of bare space in between. If your going to do a shade of some sort post it higher than window and then hang your rod close to ceiling to coordinate. If no shade, then 2/3 per her suggestion seems good.

Yep, drapes from ceiling to floor look always better.

Thanks for the advice all! Here’s the final result

Hi! Can you tell me what is the ceiling height in this photo and what length of curtain you used. I have 9 foot ceilings and like this placement of the rod...is it about midway from window edge to ceiling?

Where did you find your curtains?