Wow, your room really reminds of our house. When we moved in, they also had left some short linen type draw curtains similar in looks to yours. I'm on a tight budget so I actually used white bedsheets as curtains (they are the perfect length for celing to floor @ 8ft ceilings).

If you like the pinch pleat look, you can accomplish something similar with a sheet and a few packages of ring clips. Here's a link to what I did in our master bedroom...you can see that I raised the curtain rod to the ceiling, too. I will never be able to go back to curtain-rod-right-above-the-window :)

I know to some it's strange to use bedsheets (too thrifty?) but I was inspired by PB curtains I fell in love with...and it's just a thought.

I really like the paint color in this room, mind sharing the color??

-Stephanie

Here is a link that might be useful: Ceiling to Floor Curtains in Our Master Bedroom

That's an interesting and cheap solution that I never thought of. I can sew pretty well, and had looked at fabrics to make my own pinch pleated, but am afraid I'd screw up the pleats and regret the expense. Maybe with some pretty hefty sheets, I could take the risk. I'd have to line them with blackout fabric. It's a thought! Yours look lovely!
The walls are Valspar Granite Dust, and the ceiling in the second photo (wasn't done yet in the first) is Valspar Comet Dust. I LOVE these grays! Oh, and yes, our homes are similar. We're working on a 50's ranch. I'm constantly arguing with myself about what to replace and what to just update a bit to retain the original 50's ranch appeal.

Here's a link with more pics on the area we're working on!

Here is a link that might be useful: Original thread with more pics

Get pleater tape and pleater hooks, and you can make pinch pleat draperies without error. I did it, and I don't sew. You sew (or, in my case, use fusible webbing) to attach the pleater tape to the sheet. Then you insert the pleater hooks into the tape for perfect pinch pleats.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to make drapes with pleater hooks

If you are going to make them yourself, you might consider using a painter's drop cloth for the fabric. Nice texture, cheap.

If you are going to buy, Country Curtains makes a nice pinch pleat in weaver's cloth. Here's the link, but the length as photographed makes me want to SCREAM. You would still need a blackout lining.

Here is a link that might be useful: Country Curtains weaver's cloth

Suero, thanks for the link. It might be enough to light a fire under me to try making drapes again.

Thanks, Suero, for the link. If I can't buy what I want, that's the way I'll make the drapes.
Painter's cloth is a great idea!!! I will have to check that out.
I'm hoping I won't have to make them, that someone will know a place to find some nice drapes pre-made, but these are great ideas.

I think BBB sells blackout liners meant to be a "retrofit" for existing curtains...

I need to find 2 clips for my skandia panel track header.
skandia no longer carrys clips for this track header.

Help to replace header is $700.00.

Sandy