I disregarded the suggestion to use an accordion fold when tying the curtain up because I found it too difficult to style evenly. Instead, I just rolled it up and tucked the long ends into the recessed part of the window, and I love the way it turned out.I took a star off because like other reviews mention, the patterns do not align across multiple panels, so this curtain is best for narrower windows that you only want one curtain across. In my opinion, the pattern looks nicer when you can see tSee full review