Make A Window Look Larger, step by step

At last! Our living room window limbo is no more. This weekend we in fact got around to picking up some bamboo blinds to bridge the gap between the top of the window and the curtain rod. Gotta enjoy making windows look bigger and taller while introducing some texture in the process.

Here is the w.b.b. (window before blinds) totally begging for something under that rod:

And the wrapped up product thanks to two wood blinds from Wal-mart (for 25 bucks a pop) and John’s manly muscles (free of course):

We in fact have the same exact blinds in the den and above the laundry nook in lieu of pricey cabinet doors. We enjoy that we could tie them into yet another space to keep things consistent and create the illusion height. White Ikea floor length curtains flanking these plain wood blinds is absolutely our go-to combination for big picture windows (and one that we frequently suggest to everyone who will listen) but what say you lovely readers? Think we did our home’s biggest window proud?

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