Perhaps you are like me and own an older home that has yet to receive the blessing of central air. And, if you are even more like me, you have a clunker of a window air conditioner in one of your living room windows. The year round kind because it takes up the entire window cavity. So ugly in the seasonable months, but oh so refreshing in the hot summer months right? (It's still ugly in the summer months, let's be honest, but that cool air feels so good you find yourself noticing it's hideousness less and less). What to do, what to do?! Lets take the first word of the product name, window. What do we use to cover a window? Curtains! Yes! Use some curtains (buy, make, borrow) and a curtain rod to cover the ugliness that is your window air conditioner. Hang the rod several inches above your AC unit; to the ceiling if you like. Be sure the rod brackets are set out several inches to the side so you can push the curtains open and away from the AC when need be. Depending on how far the AC sticks out into the room, you may need to get adjustable brackets. Otherwise, the curtian will "bump" over the AC.
I happen to have another identical window next to the one my AC is in. If you have this as well, use one long rod* to cover both windows, and use 4-5 curtain panels. You can slide the panels open on the window while leaving the panels shut over the AC.
Have fun with the fabric. By doing so you can add a lot of color / texture / softness / richness / etc to your space. You can even extend the fabric further down the wall if you like for a designer look.
*You can link several smaller rods together to make a long rod by taking the end pieces off and sliding them over and into eachother.
If you want something a little more modern -- Ikea has panel curtains that hang and move on a track system. Go to
http://www.ikea.com/ and search "window panel". There are several different colors, patterns, and styles. They all use the KVARTAL hanging system.
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