How to make a basement bedroom look like a master!

My very good friend Cathy and her hubby Hallywal (Hal) took the plunge and sold their huge family home and downsized to a condo type duplex.  Knowing that she is a workaholic (in spite of the fact she is retired) she did a fantastic job and took only what she LOVED from the new home and purchased a few pieces to fill in the blanks.

The basement bedroom is HUGE and accommodated a king size bed with a full size dresser and a wardrobe (no closet). 

She wanted drapes to span the entire width of the room and I had to agree.  The window was tiny and making it look more oppulant a wall of drapes was in order.

I measured the wall and on the way home stopped at Fabricland to peruse the already made ones first (occasionally you can get a bargain and I was not disappointed).  I found one that I thought was FANTASTIC but now to find 5 panels (because that's what I needed to span the width of the room) and because I am uber persistent and can't stop until I've exhausted all bases I found five . . . regular $80/panel on sale for $20/panel . . . fits right in the budget and I can't make lined drapes for that price and they just needed hemming!

As in some cases it's a bit less expensive to make your own but this deal was more than fantastic.  Can you say BARGOON!

Here is the before/after!

 

We had some issues with the rods (mostly the plugs for the screws) but I think they turned out beautifully.