How do you dress a bay window?

**~Sherry~** · 02-07-2003, 04:42 PM

I have a very nice bay window above my kitchen sink... I love it. But how do you hang curtains on it??
I plan to make some type of quilted curtains for it (frogs... lol)....
Any ideas?

PS I would love to take a picture to show you it... but my digital camera is on the fritz today.

**~Sherry~** · 02-07-2003, 05:45 PM

I'm doing frogs in the kitchen. I got this Fat Quarter in a trade that I just love with little frogs all over it... I plan to work it in with some other greens and beiges and quilt a valance type of thingy. But how do I hang it up?

**~Sherry~** · 02-07-2003, 06:25 PM

I guess I would have to do it in 3 parts.... maybe do the PVC idea. I could paint the PVC green and then make the curtains with the tab kind of hangers. Or I could just make regular curtains and hide the PVC. Or I could use regular rods. Blah blah blah! lol
My head is spinning lookin at this place... so much to do. Its literally a blank canvas. I wish I had money and ideas to just do it up fancy! I wish you girls were here to help me too!

**mrscornbread** · 02-07-2003, 06:29 PM

When I had one, I used a mini blind...cheap. Then you can cut frogs out of fabric, glue them on the mini blind and cut the slits so it will open...just a thought.

**~Sherry~** · 02-07-2003, 06:31 PM

Thats a cute idea too.

**~Sherry~** · 02-07-2003, 06:40 PM

LOL
I will try to post a pic, but I can't get my digital camera to work today for some reason. Grr!
Dave is on his way here with my machine and all of my fabric.

Keep brainstorming.

I like mini blinds... but I'm thinking I want to keep this window open. I like to look out it when I'm cooking and doing dishes... I plan to put some bird feeders and such out there too.

**~Sherry~** · 02-07-2003, 06:47 PM

You know... now that I read your posts and look at this window... maybe it isn't a bay window. The panes are real skinny and there are 4 of them... the outside 2 are angled.
I don't think they make a curtain rod or a mini blind this skinny. At least to my knowledge.

**Jerseygirl** · 02-08-2003, 02:58 PM

I always did sheers with a regular valance on my bay window, needed the privacy since it was in the dining room. I had a 6 ft rod for each. I usually had mine "merchandised" seasonally since it was easily visible from the street.

**mrscornbread** · 02-08-2003, 07:30 PM

how skinny is it??? and Lori, what is merchandising??? I know I'm illiterate or something I guess...

**~Sherry~** · 02-08-2003, 10:10 PM

Each section is about 12 inches wide... and there are 4 of them. They are all 4 angled, but the end 2 angle a little more than the middle 2.
The whole window is about 5-6 feet with the other trim and such.
Man, I wish this dang camera wasn't on the fritz!

**frugalmel** · 02-09-2003, 12:20 PM

Do you have sections of wall in between the windows or are all the windows touching. Trying to get a "picture" in my head. We have a bay window (3 sections) in the eat in part of the kitchen. When we moved in the lady had homemade Roman shades. They were very nice but not the colors I wanted. I put mini blinds up and plan on putting a swag over those.

Here are some directions I found. They sound easy enough for me to do. I am not very experienced in making things. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_windows_...380130,00.html

**~Sherry~** · 02-09-2003, 02:27 PM

They are all touching.... the trim on them, not the actual glass. No wall between.

Edited to add.... I like those blinds as well. I am wanting to keep the windows open though. More of a valance/topper only thing.

**~Sherry~** · 02-10-2003, 10:32 AM

I found this on another forum just now... I think it could work.

"An low cost alternative to curtain rods is to sew tabs or ribbon loops to the top of your valance, then screw simple cup hooks every 6 inches or so into the ceiling or wall, and hang the curtain from the hooks with the loops. "

**SewCrafty** · 02-10-2003, 10:43 AM

That sounds like it will work. Don't forget to take pics once your camera is working again!

**mylittle4** · 02-10-2003, 11:19 AM

Is there a glass pane at the top? What I am featuring in my head is a garden window. But I could be all wrong. I used the dowel rods for curtain raods and painted them with the spray paint that makes things look like wrouht iron.