Not sure if you may have posted elsewhere on this site. I realize you were looking for pictures but not as many people seem to look here.

Ooooooh! Ahhhhhhhh!! I was so busy looking at the gorgeous color on the walls I almost forgot the question! Looks amazing!!! What color did you end up using? I would think that hanging the drapes closer to the windows near the fireplace makes sense. Hanging them closer together would create a more vertical line which would make the ceilings look taller. You also have less wall space there. Your house is going to have such a smart look, yet comfortable and cozy at the same time. Can't wait to see more!

I tend to agree with your friends........if no privacy concerns, I'd go with as few curtains as I could possibly manage. But then I do not like curtains and haven't had any in any residence I lived in for at least 30 years!! Shades for privacy when necessary but curtains - no way!! If that was my place, I'd definitely skip any window covering on the east windows and rather than curtains of the south facing french doors, I'd opt for some sort of very light screen that would be virtually invisible when not in use but would block the glare as necessary. Something like these but without the decorative valence - keep it simple to go with the rustic character!!

I'm not a puddler either. It's just a way for the bottom of the drapes to get dirtier IMO. So I just skim the floor with the ones I have. My lace curtains are a bit shorter -- probably an inch off the floor but that is the way they came and I don't want to hang them lower.