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penchant?
i like the curtain- good idea! it would be kind of cool in front of a big vent- far enough away to not inhibit airflow, but close enough to conceal the vent and maybe even wave in the breeze

did you mean 'penchant'

Wait.

Are we talking about covering up the little box that you use to change the temperature? I mean the solution is really lovely, but are we doing this now?

I think I could live with the tiny little box.

EP, I was wondering the same thing! I once "hid" my little box by using already-existing holes in that wall and hanging a whole bunch of old pictures and paintings to make an eclectic display, and everyone loved it and probably never even noticed the little control box.

Didn't AT do a post on some lighted window shade to simulate a window where there wasn't one? I think this idea is a lot cuter than that one.

Yeah...I'm with you two - this seems ridiculous. Plus, I think it draws WAY more attention to the corner than that teeny little inconspicuous box.

My first instinct is to ask, "What's behind that curtain?"

I agree with mcb...the fabric doesn't go to the floor and the gap is so large that everyone is just going to poke around it.
Plus, something tells me you can see that lamp through the curtain.

I once had that control unit on the wall you saw when you first entered my place. My solution was to get those cube shadow box things and place one around the box and then use the object in the box to cover the control unit.

LOL. I'm wondering if I can use those curtains in my bedroom. Gorgeous.

I'm with others on this one... hanging a drape that size away from that box doesn't seem to be helping the aesthetic of the space.

I get it.. Hide the box. I just think there are much better ways of accomplishing this.

thumbs down on this one.

This is a really awkward looking "solution." We had something like this a month or so ago, where someone had mismatched IKEA curtains thrown up to hide a small tv and tv stand or small dresser. I rather prefer this curtain, but it misses the point of dressing up an eyesore. It looks like they went to a lot of trouble to go 3/4 of the way.

Perhaps this would work to hide a portable closet/garment rack? I'm getting ready to move into a room with no closet & am dyyying for ideas.

Enamorada, I love your shadowbox solution! GREAT idea.