Are curtains out of style?

[Anonymous]

We have nothing on our windows and I love it -- light!

We rent a RH on the Hill and every tenant we have hangs curtains and leaves them closed day and night. I can't imagine that -- like living in a cave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have nothing on our windows and I love it -- light!

We rent a RH on the Hill and every tenant we have hangs curtains and leaves them closed day and night. I can't imagine that -- like living in a cave.

Well, if they're normal, they probably work all day and get home after dark for much of the year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have nothing on our windows and I love it -- light!

We rent a RH on the Hill and every tenant we have hangs curtains and leaves them closed day and night. I can't imagine that -- like living in a cave.

Well, I get that - during the day. But what about at night, when it is not light? I have all different sorts of window coverings - blinds, curtains, etc - which I leave open during the day and close at night, because it feels much more cozy to me not to be staring out into blackness (or in my case, streetlights, car lights, etc) when it is dark. And I'd rather not wake up when the sun rises either. Window coverings don't have to be old fashioned, there are very modern ways to do it.

[Anonymous]

Suggestion for s good place to get curtains? I, thinking of the kind with boxes over them

[Anonymous]

You can get sturdy, washable plain curtains at Ikea for a great price.

Another benefit of curtains, if you like to open your bedroom windows, is that they don't clank like blinds do when there's a breeze.

[Anonymous]

After hearing a serial rapist interview about how he found/chose his victims, I never again had just blinds and a valance. I go heavy drapery. Expensive but worth the money. I never leave my curtains pulled back at night. Before the sun goes down outside lights go on, blinds and drapes are closed, garage door does not open until the next morning.

That particular rapist was a cop. All serial killers were peepers. Not all peepers were serial killers. Jeb's son did okay considering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have nothing on our windows and I love it -- light!

We rent a RH on the Hill and every tenant we have hangs curtains and leaves them closed day and night. I can't imagine that -- like living in a cave.

+1

We have a rowhouse on the Hill and most windows have no window treatment except for bedrooms and bathrooms. The neighbors don't either. We can see each other in the evening in the kitchen, dining rooms, living rooms, and we don't care. It feels kind of neighborly.

[Anonymous]

We have only bamboo roman shades in our big living room and then only plantation shutters in our family room which has a lot of floor to ceiling windows that don't open.

Kids bedrooms have rolled shades and then blackout curtains to maximize sleep Master bedroom has roman shades and breezy thin white curtains that are really just decorative.

I really like low maintenance window dressings. Balances make me cringe a little

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have only bamboo roman shades in our big living room and then only plantation shutters in our family room which has a lot of floor to ceiling windows that don't open.

Kids bedrooms have rolled shades and then blackout curtains to maximize sleep Master bedroom has roman shades and breezy thin white curtains that are really just decorative.

I really like low maintenance window dressings. Balances make me cringe a little

I mean valances!

[Anonymous]

I have belgian linen drapes from Barn and Willow on most of my windows, with an occasional Roman shade here and there. They are very pretty, neutral, functional, and timeless. I hate bare windows at night, even when privacy isn’t an issue, because I don’t like looking at bare glass... too harsh and fish bowl like for me.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know where to find double width curtains? Somehow my google searches keep linking me to regular standard width ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know where to find double width curtains? Somehow my google searches keep linking me to regular standard width ones.

I found some on Wayfair. You can use the filter feature to search different widths.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curtains and heavy window coverings are generally out. Exception is for people who are intentionally including them in a traditional design aesthetic, or alternatively, in a quite modern space with loads of tall windows where they soften the room (and are very simple). Unfortunately, most people I know in DC with curtains are just doing middle of the road pottery barn with their heavy curtains, so yeah, these curtains look dowdy and dated.

When we lived on a very busy street in a row house, we had sheer honeycomb blinds. I've also used roller shades in a home recently. So while some windows definitely need coverage, there is clearly a movement to "less is better".

Eh, honeycomb shades scream "I outfitted my entire house at IKEA."

Not really. We sold that house for $1.5m last year.....

When i think curtains in a downtown DC row houses, i think of an un-updated 4 roommate style house that looks like a college dorm. Anyone who's renovated their expensive rowhomes in the last 10 years with an eye to design has replaced all the dowdy curtains with top down bottom up honeycomb blinds. It's a pretty standard contemporary look that people expect when they're buying a renovated home downtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Suggestion for s good place to get curtains? I, thinking of the kind with boxes over them

1992?

[Anonymous]

Went to an open house today. Realtor said curtsins sre out.

JCP has very nice curtains...and blinds

Country home website has good curtains.