Some other shots after swapping the rug.

The cornices look nice, I would not add side panels at this point because there is not enough room on the side for the panels without covering the window and making them look smaller. In the future if you plan on side panels, make the cornice wider.

Agree, there isn't room for panels since the cornice is sized to the window opening. I believe your rug under the table is too small. Four feet wider and longer than your table top allows for chair scoot and sit space. Since you have pattern in the cornices, you might try a solid rug in one of the colors from it - maybe the golden one.

I like just cornices in this room. Pretty! My dining area is a "morning room" with patio doors off of it and 4 windows - some day I will be doing some type of window topper also. It's a clean look. Bye the way you have beautiful flooring.

Thanks all for your help! Btw the flooring is Brazilian Koa laminate from Lumber Liquidators. I love it too. It's a fantastic quality 12mm. I wanted hardwood or engineered but with digs and cats this was more practical for my home. Again, thanks for your comments and advice!

Dogs. Not digs :)

NO to curtains, DO get rid of the awful blinds and replace with roman shades that will compliment your new cornices...

Next time you get a rug go for a larger size. Yours are too small but the room is lovely and roman shades would look nice as wood sheers.

Since my dining area is open to my living area I may try to match up to my living area sheers. (From JCP) And definitely yes on the larger rug. I'm thinking a light sage color to make both rooms blend.

And yes. I'm not keen on the white slat blinds either. I have a house full of them.

In your dining I would consider investing in new blinds; I like Roman shades but they create a solid surface that can't be light adjusted like blinds. Roll up matchsticks or neutral wood slats will make the space much more important looking and unique. I could see curtains or accent panels on each side of that window that are just for looks as I don't think you have enough room on each side of the window to store a full width set of curtains. Good luck
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Roman shades would be nice - I would also move the sideboard to the left on the shorter wall rather than in front of the window and add the two chairs around the table.

I personally love light but also like privacy, keeping the look unified with the design between areas is always a good idea. For a large door personally and to match the window I would go with a draw curtain.. again allowing light and privacy. If possible I would move the furniture piece away from the window.

Roman shades or solid color sheers but nothing heavy.

Changing the rug helped. As for the cornices:
I would add one red panel to each side simply for looks.
I think the red wants to touch the green and meet the floor. It would soften the hard lines of the woodwork and hide the mid-room high, material change 90˚ angles.
It would cozy up the corner, pop out the red accessories, define the blacks and cause the whites to appear brighter.

Very nice cornices. Did you buy a kit or did you create a wood form yourself?

Just for future consideration...treat both windows in a room the same. Treatments should be identical unless there is an architectural difference that prohibits same.

The cornices are beautiful and the pattern and color really compliment the room nicely. Unless you have chosen the blinds to hide the view, roman shades would be beautiful. The second carpet is much better! Great Job!

I would add a solid red panels on each side and change the carpet to a larger one.

Get rod of the blinds.

I would add sheer roman shades or roller shades. They would give you privacy but still allow light in. They come in colors too, so red would look good with those cornices. The sheer roller shades in the first photo I attached work well over a patio door too.

Nodeerhere, I made the cornices with wood, L brackets, batting, material and staples. No sewing. I changed the fabric layout when I made the second one over the slider. I may be regretting that.

Larger rug under the table or no rug...Change the colors to something more updated....Remove the cornices and white mini-blinds, replace with a more up to date window treatment, soft shades made of fabric or natural materials with drape panels on each side

If you're keeping the cornices then yes, add curtains. I love the room by the way. The side board would be better else where. But, if there is no where else then there is fine, just pull it out a bit, away from the window.

I like the fabrics you chose and I like that you used a contrasting fabric. I wish both windows had been treated the same, with the same fabric placement.

I would love to see panels added, but I think your cornices are too short for panels now. I would have made the cornices go all the way up to the ceiling and possible a couple more inches longer. If you add panels now, it will only emphasize the short cornices.

Shades, not drapes or curtains.

I've noticed that when window treatments are mounted all the way to the ceiling, they can appear heavier, especially if they don't have full length draperies to visually (not physically) support them. So bringing your cornices down a little is not a problem, and also helps you have a lighter proportion to the cornices, and still have them just above the glass and view, so that when you look under them you would see outside. The other plus to having the window treatments down just a little is that the wall color wraps around the room. So I would give you an "attagirl" on proportion.
The challenge to putting draperies or Roman shades or any layer beneath them is that you need a greater depth from the front back to the wall, then when the cornices are just up by themselves. Usually Draperies or Romans take a depth of 3 1/2", so the cornice would need an inside clearance of 5 1/2" to go over them.
The difficulty of having designed two different style cornices, at least in how you trimmed them out, is that our eyes want to move horizontally on the left cornice, and vertically on the the cornice over the sliding door. Is the trim glued down, or just stapled at the top and bottom? Perhaps you can get more trim and remove the vertical pieces, and add another long horizontal piece at the hem?

You did a very nice job with the cornices. I wonder if you can make them more similar. They should be the same style in the same room and any other windows in the same room are best when they are all alike in design. You could add the vertical and horizontal banding to both, that would look very nice or .... Can you remove the vertical red bands on one or remove the horizontal red band on one and configure them the same. It would be a little less confusing to the eye. So sorry, but a nice job :)

For adding panels, maybe you could add separate cornices over the top of your existing cornices and make them to accommmodate white sheers to add some more dimension to the wall. They need to be the same height to not see the original cornices.They could fit over the outside edges of the original cornices. I would use a solid red fabric.

Yikes ... It will be out of the box for most (actually inside the box lol) but I think It would work. Place the panels in those cornices. You can use PVC pipe for rods and closet pole brackets to mount. To cover the side extention of the cornice with drapes, maybe staple some fabric to that depth. I went out on a long long limb with this one :)) If it were me, I just might try it. The windows would look nice with some drapery. You can all call me crazy, I don't mind :) It may not even work... not sure! I would make them at least 14-16" wide. Overlap the original cornice at 4" beyond the window trim :))

I am inspired and my suggestion is if you like what you have done, that's what's important. Take comments under advisement.

I really like LB Interiors solution for this project. Kook that she took the time to create a diagram for you : )

Thanks D'Earth Designs, Lori and apple pie.

Wow! Thank you LB Interiors! I love your solution and really appreciate the work you did to present it. Thanks again so much!

You're Welcome Lori. Thanks, it will be more work for you but I think it's a more finished design, I hope it helped :) If you add the cornices, you will have to move the artwork, hope there's room.

That is exactly what I had in mind for the windows LB Interiors
this one is mine

Cornices are great, no need for panels, room to small for that, however, I would replace your rug with a larger size and a pretty solid terra cotta color. Your cornices will marry your rug.