The to-do list for finishing the front room is getting shorter and shorter. After the
walls were painted
and the
window trims done, it was time for curtains. For this, I wanted to use two quilt-look
bedspreads. I
had them on the windows previously, but discovered that, being one piece, they are a bit inconvenient when it
came to opening them for light. That was because standard curtain rods have a
center support bracket, so I could only push the two edges of the quilt to the
center. That just didn't work well for me.
Dan suggested "the kind that open with a pulley cord." I remembered my mother
had those when I was a kid with pinch pleat draperies, but I couldn't remember
what they were called. A quick search with that description and
Brave browser AI told me
these are traverse rods. (And that's noteworthy because it's the extent
of my AI usage. I like Brave AI because it documents its information
sources).
Traverse rods are quite updated compared to the ones my mother had. There's no
longer a pull cord, rather the curtains are either opened by hand or with a
"wand" (which looks like a mini blind wand). Of the wand models, one can
choose left, right, or center draw. Hanging choices are ceiling mount or wall
mount. Here's the link to the ones I bought for a close up view.
We went with the wall mount option to suit the size of the quilts.
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| side window |
I can easily push the quilt to either side to let in the light.
Now it's very easy to let in plenty of light for weaving.
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| front window |
My next step ought to be putting the furniture back in place, except we ran
into an unexpected problem! More on that next time.
