I thought I'd see if we have any interior design-minded people in here. In my master bedroom, I have the window pictured below. I'm trying to figure out a nice way to cover it without spending a ton of cash. The half-moon thing at the top is giving me a lot of grief. Currently I have white faux-wood blinds over the rectangular windows, but don't know what to do about covering the top part, and I don't know how I should hang curtains so that they can cover all parts of the window. I want to get my room darker so I can actually sleep in occasionally!

Anyway, here's what the window looks like (before I installed the faux-wood blinds):



Ideas? Links to pics or drawings for similar examples would be awesome!

 

I work for a company that makes components for the window covering industry. Please look at one of my customer's web sites. This is a great product for arched windows.

http://moonshadeblinds.com/dynamicpa...p?PageID=00001

 

There are a lot of options out there. An alternative to the wood blind route in the Palladian is a celluar fan. They stack together tightly, and about vanish when closed. Here is a link to a picture for reference.

Being in the business, I get a nice wholesale rate but for my top-down bottom-up shades in my bedroom I got a better price through blinds.com when I was looking around.

Another alternate would be to template the palladian and build a wood cornice out of plywood and 1x2's. You can then bat it and wrap it with a textile. You'd need basic handtools, and a staple gun. It's an easy way to go, especially if you can find some sub $20/yard fabric. You'd be in for less than $100 total investment if you did it yourself.

Do you rent or own this place?

 

Own.


Thanks for the ideas. That would work, but most cellular shades are translucent, so they wouldn't give the room darkening effect that I'd like. I actually found a faux-wood fan-style covering that could be opened and closed, and I really liked it, but it was well over $200. I was a little turned off by that price.


I'm also looking for ideas on how to hang curtains for an extra layer of light blocking. Even with the blinds that I have now on the rectangular windows, some light gets around/through them when they're closed.

 

If you own, I wouldn't hesistate to spend a little extra to get what you need. Also, cellular treatments can be had in black-out. They are foil lined inside the cell, white on the outside and whatever color/texture you want on the inside that faces the room.

$200 is not bad IMO

I always tell clients, prior to starting a large scale project, expect to spend 1/3 of your total budget on window treatments. I often quote $850-1000 per standard window (36 x 72) for a hard & soft treatment.