Cornice width help?


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Old 05-06-11, 05:45 PM
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Cornice width help?

I need some help determining the stackback for drapes I'm making for a window that outer frame to outer frame is 75" wide. Glass to glass width of window is 68". When the drapes are open, I only want an inch or two covered. My questions are:
1) How long should the traverse rod be (I'm planning on pinch pleat drapes) so that when the drapes are fully open and stacked on either side of the window, they only cover an inch or 2 of the glass?

2)How wide and how deep should the inside of the straight padded cornice be?
Thank you very much.
Ken
 
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Old 05-06-11, 06:09 PM
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Hi and welcome to the forum!
To figure stackback, you multiply the window width by 1.3, so that would make your rod width 98".
You need about 2" between layers for clearance, so if your rod projection will be 4", you'd need a 1 x 6 for the cornice. At the sides you want the cornice to be 1 1/2" to 2" wider at each side.
 
 

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