Neon curtains trend

Neon is a trend we are seeing not only in clothing and accessories, but also at home with window treatments.
Bright pink curtains and some art highlight this room.

NYC's Gansevoort Park (Photo Credit: Magda Biernat)

These neon green curtains add a huge pop of color.

from everythingsimple.com

Bright yellow curtains in a room with lots of yellow.

from Honey and Fitz

I love this bright turquoise couch and curtains.

from Houzz

How about some tangerine curtains?

from Hayneedle.com

Chevron pattern curtains

I have seen a lot of Chevron patterned items lately, including curtains.  Use our curtain rods to hang these beautiful curtains.
Here's a wide-striped black and white curtain.

from HGTV.com

These neutrally colored curtains are in a nursery.

from Midwest Magnolia

You can find some custom Chevron curtains on Etsy:

Learn how to make your own at Mixmatchfashion.com:

More from Etsy:

Pretty in pink from m-a-belle.blogspot.com:

Love the brown and white stripe against the brown wall from Elisabeth Michael:

Curtains inspiration

Whether you are looking for formal curtains for your dining room or girly curtains for your daughter's room, Pinterest is a great place to look for inspiration.  Take a look at my boards, including one of curtain rod inspirations and one of curtains.

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Extra long curtain rods

Long curtain rods are hard to fine.  Especially if you want something sturdy.  We offer curtain rods as long as you need them!  On our website, you can order up to 22'.  However, if you need it longer, you can order the sections and let us know that you will be connecting them.  For example, if you need a 30' rod, you can order a 20' rod and a 10' rod.  Then, simply type in the "notes" section that you will be connecting them.  We will include a connector for you to put them together.
How do our rods go together?  If your curtain rod is longer than 104", we must split it in order to ship it.  We will put set screws in the ends of the curtain rods.  We also include a connector.  When hanging your rods, you will insert the connector into both ends of the rods and tighten down the set screws onto the connector.  Then, you can turn the screws to face the back of the wall so they don't show.  The thin line where the rods meet will be covered up with a bracket.  So nobody will ever know that the rod is not one piece.

This enables you to connect as many rods as you need to achieve your look.  Hanging curtains across several windows or a set of windows using one curtain rod looks great in larger rooms.



Hang your curtains high

I love the look of hanging curtain rods at the ceiling so that the windows look even taller.  It makes the whole room look larger.

Matching curtains and walls?

This bedroom has dark, rich blue walls with the same color curtains with a subtle pattern.  They added white accents and the contrast is really nice.

This living room has white curtains on white walls with black accents.  This might be great in a home with no kids! 

Again, here is white curtains on white walls.  The effect is very light and airy.

This room has all white everything except for a black decorative band around the base of the curtains.  So cool!



Tan and blue is one of my favorite color combos for the home.  I love the tan curtains on the same color tan walls.

I love this monochrome look with a few colors thrown in with accent pillows.

How to measure for curtain rods

We talk about this often, but the length of your curtain rod really is a personal choice.  And it is based on your curtains and windows.  A lot of people measure the width of their window(s) and add 6-8".  That leaves about 3-4" on each side for your curtains to hang.  Remember that the bracket uses 3/4" and the finials go on the end of the rod.

You can add a lot more to the length if your curtains are thick or you want the curtains to pull all the way to the right and left of the window.  But make sure you have enough room for the rod between walls (or in a corner) and for finials in you want them.

If you are trying to frame a window, you probably don't want to add too many inches.

If you are going to draw the curtains only one way, you probably need to add more inches to have enough room on that one side for the curtains.