you can also get a rod that hangs off the ceiling.

Curtains can be hung from a ceiling rod, too. That might be easiest for these windows. Were you planning to use rod pocket, pleated, grommet, or some other kind of header? Pull fully off the window since you have room on either side of the windows? How long?

I was planning to use rod pocket, and have them be length.

Thank you for the idea of the ceiling rod!

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With such beautiful window trim, why not Roman shades?

I would not cover up that trim

^ Agree - we had an old bungalow that had trim like this and we had roman shades on the windows so as not to hide the chunky trim

I agree no curtains on those windows. Such nice trim, maybe paint it in a darker color to highlight it and use Roman shades. Also, the room seems too small for long curtain panels.

Here's the look with a dark window frame and french door.

I love big beautiful woodwork. I had a 1880s house and painted the woodwork white. The corners had squares with circles (I can't think of the name). I hung long curtains on a rod that sat just under the top wood frame so that no matter what my curtains were doing, I could see the beautiful woodwork. The small ruffle on top of the rod pocket basically just tickled the bottom of that wood area.

Those are rosettes, Nova. It sounds like you had shirred curtains on a rod set inside the molding. that is a nice look as well, but not used so much anymore in favor of Roman shades. I think you could also do cafe curtains.

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Lowes has blinds, shades that fit into frame with no drilling.

@Diana Bier Interiors, LLC yes rosettes, thank you! I actually had patterned sheer curtains mounted at the height l I described, but the decorative rod was mounted with the brackets just outside the wide window trim on the sides.