{"id":71,"date":"2010-09-20T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.33.10\/blog\/2010\/09\/20\/determining-size-for-header-and-rod\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T01:21:46","slug":"determining-size-for-header-and-rod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/determining-size-for-header-and-rod\/","title":{"rendered":"Determining Size for Header and Rod Pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When ordering <a href=\"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/products\/drapery-curtains.html\">rod pocket curtains<\/a> you will need to decide on the size you want for the header and rod pocket. The rod pocket size should be made so that when you put your rod into the pocket the panel is fairly snug fitting.<\/p>\n<p>You definitely do not want to use a standard 1\u201d rod with a 3\u201d rod pocket, the curtain will not stay shirred properly and will look flat.<br \/>\nA 1 \u00bd\u201d rod pocket should be used on a standard 1\u201d curtain rod or with a decorative rod 13\/16\u201d diameter or smaller.<\/p>\n<p>A 3\u201d rod pocket should be used on a standard 2 \u00bd\u201d continental or dauphine rod or on a decorative rod 1 3\/8\u201d &#8211; 1 \u00bd \u201d diameter.<\/p>\n<p>We suggest using a 3\u201d rod pocket when you have full length drapes and have no intention of using a valance over your curtain panels and use a 1 \u00bd\u201d rod pocket when you intend on using a top treatment over your drapes.<\/p>\n<p>The header size is usually determined if you are intending is using a top treatment or not. If using a top treatment we suggest ordering panels with out a header. If the panels are to stand alone panels then the header size can range from no header (for a more contemporary look) to either a 1\u201d or 2\u201d header based on personal preference.<\/p>\n<p>The header is the ruffling part of the panel that sits above the rod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When ordering rod pocket curtains you will need to decide on the size you want for the header and rod pocket. The rod pocket size should be made so that when you put your rod into the pocket the panel is fairly snug fitting. You definitely do not want to use a standard 1\u201d rod [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[107,36,145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionwindowtreatments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}