silverfaye's Profile

@ lindseyh84: My husband tosses and turns a lot at night. It got so bad when he got a promotion last year (he worries too much) that I was really only sleeping after he left in the morning. I would spend hours each night being kept awake by the transferred movement in our queen-size el cheapo spring bed, occasionally waking him by yelling because he had woken me AGAIN just as I was drifting off. Every time I brought up how horrible I felt from lack of sleep, he would get upset because he couldn't imagine having separate beds. Eventually, though, I told him that we HAD to do something. No questions, I deserve to sleep too. I convinced him that he was clinging to the superstition that separate beds meant we had no intimacy. So we traded our queen for two twins pushed together a few months ago, and it saved my sanity. I now realize that being so close to him and his furnace-like body heat was also disturbing me. When we first moved in together some of our sleeping habits changed, but I'll always be a light sleeper. Clearly our marriage hasn't dissolved, so he's happy too. The only issue we have is that extracurricular...activities tend to result in the beds separating lol.

Curtains could be much cheaper than custom blinds or shades, if that's a consideration for you.
I like to sketch out my ideas to see if they'll work.
For the window I'd use a simple track rail or wire (no finials to worry about) with one panel, and swag the curtain to the left to show off the frame and keep the edges away from the AC.
For the door, use the same kind of rod/rail/wire and one panel. You could mount it just above the frame, or on either side (level with the top of the door frame under the AC unit). Just keep the panel pushed to the right when the door's in use (using clip rings as opposed to a rod pocket panel will help it stay off to the side). HTH and good luck!