It's not!  Once we moved the furniture in and I figured this out, I momentarily had a bit of a panic attack. Once I recovered, I went into problem solving mode.  I thought, what are our options?  We can't move the window and we can't move the walls.  Ah ha, we can play a trick on the eye and move the hardware over five inches.  So that's just what we did.  Hey, whatever it takes to keep me sane!



Can't even tell, can you?  Another great tip is to hang your hardware all the way up the ceiling.  It gives the impression of having higher ceilings.


We had this issue in our dining room and our family room and we used a version of this trick in both of those places as well.  No one would ever know the difference, except now I've exposed our secret to the whole world.

What about you, do you like symmetry too, or are you okay with things being a little "off"?