Large Window Treatments

When it comes to large window treatments it can be hard to know what is best way to dress these windows.

You obviously want something that looks attractive. However you still want it to be practical.

Then you also worry about how much it will cost to install window coverings on such large windows. My own personal feeling is to stick with simple window treatments.

To often I see very large windows with to much going on with them. Take a look below here at some window treatments I have hung and get some large window treatment ideas for your home.

Cornice window treatment

This large window treatments picture on the left was a bit of a challenge. Hanging drapes on this tall window required some long ladders. This window was very overlooked. and was in need of some privacy. So it was felt a single curtain dressed back in to a curtain tieback would work best.

This still allowed enough light in to the room and the use of the door out on to the balcony. The curtain is left permanently pulled across the window. Then to close it is let out of the curtain tieback to fall back over the window.

The top treatment is a fabric covered cornice window treatment. This was made deeper than usual to keep everything in proprtion to the height of this window treatment.

This was a very easy window treatment to install other than being careful not to fall off my ladder. The ceiling sloped so I fitted shelf brackets to the window frame. Then installed a cornice top board on to the brackets. Then I fitted a traverse curtain rod to the underside of the top board for hanging curtains. The window treatment cornice was fixed in place using velcro tape.

Curved curtain rods

I hung pinch pleat curtains on this curved curtain rod. These curtains have a double pleat curtain heading.

This works well in helping to make the curtain fall in to regular pleats. Simply put your curtains fall more naturally into their pleats meaning you don't have to spend much time dressing the curtains in place each time you use them.

Personally i don't like using these curved curtain rods. This style of window curtain hardware uses special curtain rod rings. These have a gap in the back to allow them to pass over the special curtain rod brackets (passing brackets).

The only problem is that they never seem to work very well. no matter how careful you are the curtain rod rings still catch on the curtain rod brackets.

Super wide cornice window treatment

This is one of the widest cornice window treatments I have ever made and installed. I came in at just over 21 feet long. A real monster of a window treatment, I definately needed an extra pair of hands installing this window treatment.

The pelmet was made with two folds so it could be transported to it fitting location and so we could get it in to the building.

the drapes at either side are just show curtains used to decorate the sides. The curtains are hanging from short curtain rods on both sides.

Wide bay window treatment

With this large window treatment it was decided to have the curtains closing across the front of the bay window. Rather than use a flexible bendable curtain track and have the curtains follow the window shape inside the bay.

nstalling these curtains across the bay window allowed the curtains to hang from a little higher up. I think this gives a better overall look on this window.

Also it allowed us to fit this chunky wooden curtain rod. These extra long curtain rods really make this window treatment look special.

Show curtains and window treatments
roman shades

This is really one large window treatment that covers two windows linking them together. I think it really makes the most of these windows.

It has two working roman shades fitted in the window recesses. Then a pair of show curtains hanging from short curtain rod.

Then to top it all off the window treatment hardware was covered over with this very wide window treatment cornice.

Curtains for bay windows

With these bay window curtains they hang from under this flexible bendable curtain rod. The gliders that support the curtain fit in a small groove in the bottom.

With the pinch pleat curtains hanging from under the curtain rod. The curtains glide open and closed easily. No curtain rod rings to get stuck trying to pass the curtain rod brackets.

Working curtains and show curtains

With this Large window treatment I installed a corded traverse curtain rod following the shape of the bay window. This allowed me to hang working curtains that hung to the window sill in the bay.

Then on the front of the bay I installed a long curtain rod. From this I hung a pair of show curtains to just dress the front of the bay window.

This allowed the space in the bay window to still be used even when the curtains are closed.

Corner window treatment

This is really two window treatments that meet in the corner of a room. They were so close together that it would have been awkward to treat them as seperate windows.

So back to an old favorite of mine the fabric covered window treatment cornice. This allowed me to install the window treatment hardware for not only the drapes but also for two large roller shades.

The drapes on these window are fully working but we also had large working roller shades installed as well. This gave the customer the choice of look that they wanted .

Bay window treatment ideas

This was a very deep bay window compared to usual. We decided to install working window treatment roman shades to the three sides of the bay window. Then to install a decorative curtain rod over and across the front of the bay window.

This allowed us to hang show curtains from the curtain rod. So leaving all the space open in this deep bay window. We decided it would make the room feel too small to close off the bay with working drapes across the front.

I personally really like the look of this large window treatment, I hope you do too.

Large window treatment for bay window cornice

This is a five sided bay window treatment fitted with long curtain rods to allow for using only one pair of curtains. This allows this large window treatment to have an uncluttered look to it.

Again it need a flexible bendable curtain rod to be installed to allow each of these wide curtains to move to the center to close.

More window treatments for large windows

This large bay window treatment is not unlike the one above. It has three seperate windows in the bay. This time however we decided to hang four seperate curtains.

I really think it works well with the georgian window frames and tall ceilings. along with the window treatment cornice it gives this large window the designer window treatments look.

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