San Francisco Bay Area - Any ideas for A-frame?

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Any ideas for A-frame?

This is an A-frame house. There are 2 eight foot sliders on the east side and 2 windows on the south side. The west side is mirrored sliding closet doors. The north side is the stairs. The walls and ceiling in the room are white. I need to paint and get new window coverings. Painting involves putting up scaffolding so the color has to be something I can live with for a long time. I am thinking of putting a cornice high above the windows and up-lighting it and hanging drapes under it. Anything I do will be very expensive. I need help with color and fabric choices. Also what do I do with the large blank wall above the sliders? (The lump in the couch stays)

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Karen Brooker I would make and hang a beautiful quilt above the windows

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Linda Stewart_Ryder A somewhat easy fix would be to "beef" up the fabric, add lengthened drapes....reset your drapery rods up another foot or so. Select a heavier, perhaps custom rod with finials. Another suggestion would be to select a less decorative rods, run the length of both sliders and add a valance. Either way gather the draperies in the center section where the mirror is. You can still place your table infront of the drapes. Depending on your style, fabric will be the interest/accent on this large wall. Another method would be to paint the wall with a complimentary/accent color. The combination of the fabric and color should help.

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decoenthusiaste Looks like you have a beautiful wooded view and maybe no neighbors. For myself, I'd prefer to install UV blocking window film (it's not your grandma's window film today) and for softness and a decor statement put stationary fabric roman shades or valance that is a "mock" roman shade. They wouldn't open or close but would soften and add a great look to your windows and to the sliders.
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Barnhart Gallery For me, color would come from the things you love and know you will want to keep around for a long time. Which would send me shopping for a huge antique sign to fill your peak. I selected this as an example, since your "lump on the couch" (LOL) seems to be watching car racing, but I think even it is too small and you'd want to find something larger, and that you want to look at too, but you get the idea:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Night-of-Fire-Drag-racing-HUGE-metal-sign-/190582445828?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5f995704

Once you find that thing, it will tell you what color and drapery to choose.

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Mary Poulos Interior and Exterior Design About three or four feet above the sliding doors I would have beams. You do not have to put many, It will soften the pointed feeling of the "A" peak and create visual architectural interest in the center of the vast empty volume above one's head at this point. You could even hang rugs, if you are inclined to do that type of accessorizing.

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carole ;-)he fitts there nicely!!! i think put in a-frames,this is a picture of our room,we build the new roof ouside the frame and kept the old one on show,but you could put in 3 or 5 new ones!!

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Mary Poulos Interior and Exterior Design I like the look of these beams - perhaps a knotty alder that my client introduced me to - spanning the opening would look beautiful. They have just the right amount of rustic look. (pretend the ceiling above beams are open up to an "A" peak