Can't do floor-length panels. Options?

BellaKelsey

I made some beautiful ikat floor-length panel curtains for our family room but my 18-month-old and 3-year-old boys pulled them down (along with the curtain rod). I think that for the next few years I need an alternative style curtain but I'm struggling to figure out something stylish. Ideas? It's a bank of three windows that are about 95 inches wide, and the ceilings are 10 feet. 

  

cakergirl

Could you do a plantation blind/shutter on each of the 3 windows with either a white cornice box or a valance spanning across the top of them.  More expensive but is an idea at least.   A cheaper option would be mini blinds for each window instead with the cornice or valance across the top to spice it up.  You could just convert one of your curtains into a valance and use that by itself but then you wouldn't have any privacy or shade.

Sweet Sadie Mae

Roman shades. You can DIY them very easily.

GildedIcon

If this room faces the street, plantation shutters are the way to go.  Companies with come out and do all the measurements for a guaranteed fit.

If this room faces the back where no one else has to look at it, you may want to try the roman shades.

P.S. - have curtain rod anchors checked for whenever you decide to re-hang window treatments the rods should not come down.  I had 2 playful dogs recently destroyed my custom drapes by pulling them so hard the fabric tore!    Auuugggghhh! The rods are in place but the one panel is destroyed and the fabric has been discontinued.