How do I decorate a bay window that already has white blinds?
HiI have a large bay window in my breakfast area that has individual white blinds in the windows. I want to decorate or use some type of valance but not cover up the majority of the blinds so we can view the patio and back yard. I do sew some but can't figure it out or how to hang anything.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :)ThanksDeb
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You could hang your curtain rod, that you'll be hanging your valance on, higher than your window trim where you normally would hang the rod. Depending on the length of the valance, you could even hang the rod on the wall all the way up where it meets the ceiling, leaving the whole window area wide open. When attaching the curtain rod to the wall, remember to add a block of wood behind where you'll be nailing the curtain rod. The wood block only has to be as wide as your rods hardware but the depth is what matters. The depth of the wood block should at least match the depth of the windows existing wood trim, where you'd normally hang a rod from. You want to be sure your valance fabric falls freely OVER the top of your window's existing wood trim.
All good advice.
Would it work better if you hung a rod from the ceiling? You could even use hanging planter hooks. And wire instead of rods.
You could treat each window separately.
Or just do long panels at the ends.
You need to buy or make Swing out hinged Curtain Rods.
These are nice to have everywhere.