A Curving Resolution, Continued.
So, y’all know this by now:
If Ross does not get something right out of the gate, he will ponder ponder ponder, and fuss fuss fuss, until brilliance is acheived.
This is one of the west curved windows to the parlor. The drapes look good. Ross happy.
But…Ross less than happy with the new drapes in the Receiving Room.
So, Ross pondered and pondered and pondered and realized two things:
1): The drapes need to hang higher.
2): There needs to be more drape. The parlor windows are much narrower than the Receiving Room windows. So, the 2 drape panels for the Parlor were not enough to offer fullness for the wider Receiving windows. Oh dear!
The center window pre-pondering.
Post-pondering. Drapes raised up! Better! And much better than what I had for a decade:
A flat sheet. I grew to hate this fucking sheet.
What was in 1894. I love this.
But…damn..I hate when love is mitigated by reality. A few years ago I priced having Austrian shades made. $500 for one window. And I need 5 (3 for receiving room, and 2 for Round bedroom above). So, $2,500. This is soooooooo never gonna happen.
Inside. Pre-pondering.
Post-pondering. I never liked how the sofa covered the FABULOUS curved radiator. So, I did this. MUCH better! Even though I plan to move the sofa to the Carriage House. Note the raised drapery left and middle. Note, too, how there are now drapes to each side of the sconces.
There are now 6 drape panels. I will order 6 more. Thus doubling the amount of lushness.
And doubling lushness is something we should all strive for, right?
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Do you know anyone that sews? They’re not that hard to make. There is now gathering tape that makes it much easier. There are also curved rods. Casing on the top, hems on both sides and the bottom, gathering tape. Maybe some drapery weights so they hang nicely. The only fussy part is measuring and I’ll bet there is a chart out there to help with that. I think used one when I was making my pleated bedroom drapes so I didn’t have to do the math for how much fabric for the number of pleats and size of hem. There is pleat tape to and special hooks, although I did end up hand pleating mine because I liked the look better.
I know a little about you, Ross. You want what you want and you will find a way. You can have those Austrian sheers under those drapes. Even if you have to buy a thrift show sewing machine and learn to use it yourself. (It’s not that hard. Easier than driving a car.)
If you don’t need them to raise and lower, you can use Velcro to attach them between the top of the window and the bottom of the stained glass. They’ll just hang and be pretty.
Watch this to see how the gathering tape works. There are a few other videos too. If you want them to go up and down you’re talking rings and a lot of string but didn’t you used to sail boats? This is like rigging, only on a much smaller scale.
Awesome! looks kind of fun!
Guessing at measurements I think cost for materials to be under $300. Ross just needs to find someone close by to give do it. it just takes being able to sew a straight line and do a little math.
It’s always fun watching your thought process evolve — and educational, too. I’ve learned a lot from reading your blog. My main takeaway is that I should have put more thought into decorating my home years ago, and I wouldn’t be living with a mish-mash now.
Tiny typo alert: “acheived” should be “achieved.”
I like the drape color and the motivation to not cover the stained glass and trim…. but I have to say the chain hanging is not working for me. Nevertheless, I have faith that Ross will incrementally improve on the plan until fabulousness is achieved.
Lush is good!
Agree with Chris on the chains and mlaiuppa regarding the curved rod.