Curtains - yeah or nay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have drapes in every room with plantation blinds. All fine well and good to open them during the day but a word of caution, I ride my bike at night in my neighborhood and it's shocking how many people either don't know or don't care that they can be seen with the blinds closed. It's like a thief's dream. 2nd story doesn't matter but ground windows are screaming ROB ME.

Another thing, I know you love your, not you but the neighbors, beautiful beveled glass on your front doors. I can see ALL inside your homes. It's crazy scary how some people live. But maybe I'm just hyper security alert.

Can you please clarify? How can people see in with the blinds closed?

I'm curious too. We have cellular blinds no curtains

[Anonymous]

I prefer curtains, especially the easily removable and washable ones. Like that i can easily remove them, throw them in washing machine and hang them back to dry. It makes the room so fresh.

I have 2 curtains on each window, a white light translucent one that I keep closed during the day and a heavier one that I close at night that is not see through.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 curtains on each window, a white light translucent one that I keep closed during the day and a heavier one that I close at night that is not see through.

Aren't those light ones called sheers?

Not my style. I prefer the light filtering shades that let some light through instead of sheers. Sheers look old fashioned to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have drapes in every room with plantation blinds. All fine well and good to open them during the day but a word of caution, I ride my bike at night in my neighborhood and it's shocking how many people either don't know or don't care that they can be seen with the blinds closed. It's like a thief's dream. 2nd story doesn't matter but ground windows are screaming ROB ME.

Another thing, I know you love your, not you but the neighbors, beautiful beveled glass on your front doors. I can see ALL inside your homes. It's crazy scary how some people live. But maybe I'm just hyper security alert.

Can you please clarify? How can people see in with the blinds closed?

I'm curious too. We have cellular blinds no curtains

I assumed it was a typo and she meant "without the blinds closed"?

[Anonymous]

Maybe The PP meant that the blinds were down but that the slats weren't fully closed. Many people keep blinds angled down so if it's basement level you can see down into a home. If you angle them up you can't see in.

[Anonymous]

It depends. I have beautiful, original woodwork around my windows. I have some rooms with custom blinds and valances in order to best show the woodwork.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curtains are so old fashioned and dated. Best in a stuffy overdone decor not really conducive to light or airy. Minimalism is a much better approach. Less is more.

Nah, curtains work pretty much everywhere.

agree. I'm a minimalist and lean toward the modern and have full height floor to ceiling curtains in my family room. They are actually just decorative and we never close them as we have a shade on the window for privacy, but they add a pop of color (West Elm zig zag curtain in maize) and because they are full height they make the ceiling feel taller and frame the window.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curtains are so old fashioned and dated. Best in a stuffy overdone decor not really conducive to light or airy. Minimalism is a much better approach. Less is more.

+1

[Anonymous]

Curtains are timeless.

[Anonymous]

Curtains or some sort of fabric element to windows, absolutely! Windows without them simply look bare, unless you're talking about giant windows that span a wall (often in city apartments). Those can do without any fabric, but most homes look better with them.

One example:
http://familyhouse.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/drapes-or-blinds-and-curtains-drapery-panels-decorative-hardware-from-3-day-blinds.jpg

If you don't want to do curtains some modern cornice boxes look good as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curtains are so old fashioned and dated. Best in a stuffy overdone decor not really conducive to light or airy. Minimalism is a much better approach. Less is more.

Nah, curtains work pretty much everywhere.

agree. I'm a minimalist and lean toward the modern and have full height floor to ceiling curtains in my family room. They are actually just decorative and we never close them as we have a shade on the window for privacy, but they add a pop of color (West Elm zig zag curtain in maize) and because they are full height they make the ceiling feel taller and frame the window.

What self-proclaimed minimalist would have curtains that aren't even functional? If you have them for purely decorative purposes, that's ornamentalism, not minimalism.

[Anonymous]

we have curtains -- they really pull the room together. we have custom and off-the-rack curtains. custom curtains are well worth the money.