ShanaMama
07-22-2008, 10:39 PM
I am feeling very stupid today. I bought some nice drapes for the dining room and DH even agreed to hang them tonight. :bighand:
So here's the question: I bought a few sheer panels and two thick drapes. The look I had in mind was loose sheers during the day with the drapes pulled back. Then unhooking the drapes at night to cover the sheers so the neighbors don't get a full view of my dining room.
Question is, how do I get the drapes to slide in front of the sheers? Do they need to be on two separate rods? Right now all the panels are on one rod in the following sequence: drape-sheer-sheer-drape. But the drapes aren't draping, and certainly won't slide in front of the sheers. I feel like I am missing something pretty basic here and I'm kinda annoyed that the salespeople didn't mention anything to this obvious rookie who asked for their help. So please clue me in, I really want to hang these up already! Thanks.
ETA: Here's a picture in case my description wasn't clear. This isn't the look I am going for, but the idea is the same. How did they get the valance to hang over the drape? I guess there must be another rod hiding inside?
http://www.marburn.com/images/fashions/sarita_lg.jpg
So here's the question: I bought a few sheer panels and two thick drapes. The look I had in mind was loose sheers during the day with the drapes pulled back. Then unhooking the drapes at night to cover the sheers so the neighbors don't get a full view of my dining room.
Question is, how do I get the drapes to slide in front of the sheers? Do they need to be on two separate rods? Right now all the panels are on one rod in the following sequence: drape-sheer-sheer-drape. But the drapes aren't draping, and certainly won't slide in front of the sheers. I feel like I am missing something pretty basic here and I'm kinda annoyed that the salespeople didn't mention anything to this obvious rookie who asked for their help. So please clue me in, I really want to hang these up already! Thanks.
ETA: Here's a picture in case my description wasn't clear. This isn't the look I am going for, but the idea is the same. How did they get the valance to hang over the drape? I guess there must be another rod hiding inside?
http://www.marburn.com/images/fashions/sarita_lg.jpg