Tips for Window Treatments

I would like to post a couple of tricks for hanging window treatments, because I have seen some very bad window treatments in the past.

1. Hang your curtain rod as high as possible. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people hang their curtain rod on the window trim- why?! If you hang the rod in the space between the top of the window and the ceiling (closest to ceiling as possible OR centered in this space), your windows will appear to be much taller.

2. Buy a curtain rod that's much wider than your window. Your window will appear to be much larger.

3. The power of layers. Add depth to your window treatments by adding window panels on either side of your blinds or roman shades. I really like this trick with bamboo shades- talk about texture, and then add a pop of color on either side with drapery/window panels.