I purchased these, along with some beautiful sage green panels with grommets, for my front dining room window. I ended up receiving a different order of panels and and valances from another place, and I combined the panels from that order with this valence, the shears, and green panels from Wayfair! I had hoped to have the flat look, but, unfortunately, the width of these panels didn't really match my 106-in window. The picture here is with three valances. I simply cut a small notch in the middle one to fit over the hanging rod mount in the middle. I'm really in love with the look! All of that said, these are very, very well made. The material is thick enough with not being overly heavy. They seem to be backed which helps diminish some of the bright light in the morning. The stitching is absolutely perfect and does appear that it will hold up for a very long time!