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Are long curtains always the best for high ceilings? Any alternatives?

2 years ago

Our living room is high ceiling but it is not as big and I'm thinking if curtains would be best? What if I just put curtains the height of the breakfast table area? Is that going to be bad? Our 4 windows at the top have shades in them that we can open to let natural light in, but we can put rods and long curtains all the way down? Is this the best design approach?

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tracefloyd
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago

The same thing.... same curtain rod and same curtains/sheers to the floor, and same height as the adjoining room. The uppers are fine as is.
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chispa
2 years ago
You don't really have room on the sides for stacking stationary panels, unless you are willing to block at least a 1/3 of the outer windows.
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arcy_gw
2 years ago
Your upper windows should be left as is.
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Carolyn W
2 years ago
I would put matching shades on the bottom windows.
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joyceudy
Original Author
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Thank you all for your insights! I will proceed to match the curtains on the breakfast area onto the living room -- the same height and color! I appreciate your help!

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