also, hanging curtain height? 84" vs 96"

[sjh722]

I have 84" panels in the bedrooms and 96" in the living room and dining room. (Semi-open to each other). We have 8' ceilings. I am ordering curtains for my office, which is semi-open to the living room. Would you also get 96" curtains for there? The window is the same shape as the living room window (picture window), just not as wide.  The living room and office windows are on the same front wall of the house.

[prazenjc]

i always buy the longest i can and hang curtains high/wide.

[sierramist03]

If you are ordering I would. Mine are only 84" because I bought them before I knew better.

[sjh722]

Well, now my sister talked me out of the ones I was looking at and I have a bunch of fabric on order. She has volunteered to talk my mom into making panels for me.

We'll see how this goes.

[Susie]

I think it depends on how you're going to hang them. Rod pocket or grommet, I might do 96". But if you're doing rings with clips, that adds a couple inches, and with 8' ceilings, you'd end up with pooling. I don't like pooling.

84" with rings is enough for me and my 8' ceilings:

[prazenjc]

Jun 28, 2013 10:28:01 GMT -5 Susie said:

I think it depends on how you're going to hang them. Rod pocket or grommet, I might do 96". But if you're doing rings with clips, that adds a couple inches, and with 8' ceilings, you'd end up with pooling. I don't like pooling.

84" with rings is enough for me and my 8' ceilings:

did you get those curtains from world market? I have some just like them, i think. even though i said longer/better and high/wide, i did as you did and got 84" ones for my dining room and hung them with rings.

[Susie]

Jun 28, 2013 10:32:22 GMT -5 prazenjc said:

did you get those curtains from world market? I have some just like them, i think. even though i said longer/better and high/wide, i did as you did and got 84" ones for my dining room and hung them with rings.

No, mine are from Country Curtains.

[sjh722]

Jun 28, 2013 10:28:01 GMT -5 Susie said:

I think it depends on how you're going to hang them. Rod pocket or grommet, I might do 96". But if you're doing rings with clips, that adds a couple inches, and with 8' ceilings, you'd end up with pooling. I don't like pooling.

84" with rings is enough for me and my 8' ceilings:

This is what I have in my bedroom and I agree, 96" with rings might be too much.

If I can get my mom to sew them for me, I guess we can hem them to 94" if I use rings. (I don't mind the look of pooling, but we have a dog that sheds. I clean up enough dog hair without having it collect in pooled curtains too!)