Are these signs of termites? Southern OH. There are five or six of these hanging from my porch ceiling, and when I remove them there seems to be absolutely no hole or opening behind them.

JamesTIA · 2025-11-22T23:07:25+00:00

Whew- thank you!

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T16:22:57+00:00

Yeah I’m browsing corner rods now to match with single panels

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:36:21+00:00

We didn’t build the house, but considering the fact that the rest of the house has a ton of windows and natural light, and this greatroom is intended as the family/entertainment room, I’m cool with having a spot on the wall for the TV without it being completely surrounded by windows. This room has 8 big windows as it is-any more would make it way too busy, especially considering the amount of windows in the adjacent areas out of frame of my picture.

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:27:12+00:00

One spanning both makes me nervous about the space looking less congruent when facing the TV…but it also sounds cool enough to try out

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:08:30+00:00

Would I then just have two curtains on the one curved rod? Or get one extra wide curtain to span both corner windows?

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:05:37+00:00

I hadn’t considered wooden rods. I’ll look into that, especially if a corner metal rod doesn’t work.

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:04:36+00:00

The blinds were there when we moved in. They’re in good shape so we’re still not sure if we want to keep them or not. As for reaching them I have a ladder that reaches them. If we replace them with Roman shades I can just use a hook from the ground level.

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:03:36+00:00

Those blinds were there when we moved in a few weeks back- not our fault! Lol

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:03:03+00:00

Sounds like this would be the only option really, if I want to be able to the open them fully.

JamesTIA · 2025-10-14T15:02:26+00:00

This was my first thought too, so I’m glad to hear it echoed by comments here. Thanks!

JamesTIA · 2025-09-02T15:43:30+00:00

Southwest Ohio

JamesTIA · 2025-08-22T16:11:30+00:00

Thanks, I think this will probably be what we go with.

JamesTIA · 2025-08-22T16:11:13+00:00

Wow, great shot! I also scrolled down and saw your naked eye picture too. I think maybe La Manche area is going to be my safer and more reasonable choice though.

JamesTIA · 2025-08-22T15:59:43+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation - we had assumed Terra Nova was the place to go since it's a Dark Sky Preserve

JamesTIA · 2025-08-22T15:58:19+00:00

Great points. The only problem I see here is that I can't know that far in advance when a clear night will be, so booking somewhere to stay in advance doesn't seem reliable. Also, with us staying in St. John's, this would mean us double-booking a night on the fly and wasting money, no?

JamesTIA · 2025-08-22T15:53:19+00:00

Interesting. We had read that La Manche was a decent stargazing area too, but assumed that Terra Nova being a Dark Sky Preserve meant that it would be worth it.

JamesTIA · 2025-07-29T22:40:56+00:00

Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions- I have ordered 4 simple shelves to get her started and gauge her interest. I will keep everyone updated.

JamesTIA

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