Shades in the Great Room

Because we have such a beautiful view out our great room windows, I wasn't planning on ever having any window treatments on them. However, they are west facing windows, and in the Summer you can feel all the heat coming in during the afternoon. So, to save on air conditioning costs I decided to put some roman shades up.

 That way we can still pull them almost all the way up (see below) most of the day. :-)

 They have a little more of a pronounced pattern than I had in mind, but they were the closest I could find to what I wanted in the price range I was looking for. They were fairly inexpensive from the JcPenney's catalog. The fabric is very nice, but the construction leaves somewhat to be desired.

Ben had quite a bit of trouble installing them, and he is very good at these things. I would have failed altogether. Ha Also, you have to use something pointed, like a pen, to get the string mechanism things into the right place to hold the curtain up. Other than that, they are great. ;-)