I'm making some screen porch curtains which will stay up all year, thru a Wisconsin winter. The old ones got whipped to schreds. Short of taking them down in the winter and accepting the bare look, would like any suggestions on how to leave them up and protect them a little and keep them from blowing around in a blizzard.
I'm thinking of installing a thin muslin or outdoor fabric on the outside of the screens for winter; like my grandpa did years ago, using tack strips. Or maybe placing some small grommets on the hems of the curtains themselves and string them together with elastic to keep them from billowing out and whipping. I'll put some brass chain in the hems to weight them a little for the gentler summer breezes. I'm doing 12 windows, surrounding the entire porch.
Any ideas are appreciated. TIA JPBill