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rosalie66 Yes drapes and no you only go to the top of the double hung to floor. Keep the Palladian window exposed. Are those mini blinds? If yes . Buy some Faux white wood. Much nicer....

Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design If I chose to add draperies, I would take them to the ceiling with stationary side panels, leaving as much of the window exposed as possible. I would never stop them short of the arch. However, I would be just as happy with arched top shutters, and NOT the kind that have a fan type top, but instead shutters where the louvers go as far up as possible. They would look pretty closed, or opened.
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID

houssaon Most of the time, panel are hung to the top of Palladian windows: 13 Summer Island, Blount Design and Great Room. I would hang the panels a couple inches above the highest point of the window, not to the ceiling for an elegant look.

Julie Thome Draperies, Inc. I would hang the panels midway between the ceiling and the top of the arch. I would never cut a window in two either.

tawanda6329 What's a good color for the drapes based off my current furniture?

Julie Thome Draperies, Inc. Not sure what you have going on in the rooms adjacent but I'd be taking the warm reds/oranges out of the rug.

Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design I think you gals are right about hanging the rod midway or so between the top of the arch and the ceiling.

lynettefrancois Avoid halfway, try about 1/3 or 2/3 of the way. I would go about 40% of the way above the window at most in this room.

lynettefrancois You could also skip the drapes and do plantation shutters with a nice width casing around them- would be pretty pricey, but a nice architectural feature.

Anish Motwani Associates hello

surely the drapes will enhance the look - go upto the ceiling, it will be better

go for silk ones

regards

Yvonne Johnson I like the pics ' houssan' showed,ESP. The 2nd ..BUT, your wall is very small.I would use Roman shades or white plantation shutters.

tawanda6329 I like the idea of the shutters & the drapes. I found this picture on here. I think I may try this out.

Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design It's a great look. Best of luck!

decoenthusiaste See how easy that was! You got inspired and found your way to a solution! Hope it works out and please post your results.

tawanda6329 Wow! I didn't know shutters were this expensive. I think I'll get the drapes using the holeback ties for now ($1,350). I got two estimates on the shutters. One was $900 & and the other is $950. See attached proposal.

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Here's an image from this site that shows an option using your existing blinds, not expensive but impressive and warm.