Commitment Phobic?

I am finally getting around to trying to decide on window treatments in the living room. I'm not sure why I have such trepidation for the living room. I originally thought this might be the most fun room to pick window options. Well, there are so many options that I am rendered helpless. For instance, we can do just blinds (which is currently what we have for the three bedrooms), just curtains (which is what I'm trying out now), or we can do both. We can do one panel (they are small, long-ish windows), or we can try to do two small panels (which is what I'm leaning towards).

I finally decided to try to do just curtains because I would like some natural light in the living room even when they are closed. To make sure, though, I bought some very cheap tension rods to try out the look. If I end up liking the panels, I'll have Kevin install pretty outside-mount rods for the curtains (that's how we'll be able to actually have two per window). So, imagine a nice curtain rod with two panels per window. What do you think?

Here's the first window:
Here's window #2:Hmmm...I know it's probably the inside mount that I'm not liking about this, but I'm just not sure. Oh, and stay tuned as Kevin and I venture into the world of paint! :)