Window Treatments

Having two story rooms in your home, complete with two story widows makes for a very dramatic effect, but having 18 vertical feet of windows can cause a huge dilemma when it comes to dressing them. Having custom window treatments made for your window is usually the most obvious option. Of course, it can be cost prohibitive. Here are some ideas you can use to make window treatments for these awesome windows on your own.

You can purchase window scarves in 6-yard lengths and instead of using these as window scarves, you can hang them on a pole and use this as your window treatments instead. These panels are available in sheer, silks, and velvets among other fabrics.

If you cannot find the right scarves to use as your window treatments to convert into your window panels, you can purchase fabric and sew them yourself. You will need six yards and a few inches for each window panel, and you will want to add lining to many fabrics to prevent fading.

In hanging your two story window treatments, you can choose to have them cover the windows or you can hang the panels between the window treatments to accent them. If you need curtains you can open and close, you best option is to make full window treatments and use tiebacks at the bottom because you will not be able to reach the pole to adjust the treatment.

In making toppers for these window treatments, cornice boards should be close to the window or you will be able to see the underside when looking up. Fabric window toppers with very large tassels (because they are so far.

away) work nicely as well.