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Honestly, I cannot think of attractive custom window treatments that I have seen in real life in recent memory. My most stylish friends have something very simple like Roman shades or very airy, light drapes that you could get at IKEA. A lot of people just seem to avoid them altogether. |
Not sure where or why the ad hominem is coming from. I guess it’s been a rough Christmas for you? Sorry about that! |
LOL at IKEA being equivalent to custom drapes (which can also be done in a “very airy, light fabric.” Honestly, it sounds like your notions of upscale interior design haven’t progressed past watching the original “Dallas.” |
Who is more likely to have dated decor: the person making a reference to “Dallas” or the person who is too young to have any idea what you are talking about? Let’s ponder on that one a bit... ![]() |
Youth doesn’t mean you have good taste. But please, do keep buying your window treatments at IKEA. For some people, that’s all they can afford. |
Ahem as has been pointed out before, the Aina panels from IKEA are perfectly nice as unlined drapes go and can look lovely if installed well. They have a useful pleating tape across the top that can hold pins and approximate the look of buckram if pleated. |
Ok so here is is the mbr in a very modern house currently in AD where many of the windows are shown bare.
![]() Those are lovely, one width panels that are lined and interlined with a triple euro pleat and probably custom iron hardware. Let’s call it $100/yard fabric (I’m sure in that house it’s more but to get the look with a nice natural fabric). We’ll call it 15 yards of fabric and we’ll say the lining/interlining is $10/yrd. Fabric: $1650 Hardware: $400 Labor (inc installation): $350 Total: $1400 for the two windows. Could you get that look with IKEA curtains? You could get close! The details would be different but the function would be there and a lot of the look. It just depends on what you’re going for. Certainly it’s easier to do in this kind of clean, modern, monochromatic scheme. L mo |
Ok. But in 10 years, this will look outdated. So, what do you do then? Spend another $60k on drapes? |
Ehh...not OP, but I am also a doctor. I have a theee month waiting list to get into my clinic. These are people with chronic illness still seeing their PCP and waiting to get into a specialist. If I have something that needs done, I see those folks and use the money to pay someone else to do the stuff around the house. Yes. I miss out on stuff. But I feel like I have a moral obligation to spend my time this way. |
I hate to break it to you but this room is definitely fusty and dowdy. I guess we can call it a new style, “modern dowdy” |
PP said nothing about $60k, she said $1,400. If you can afford custom to begin with, you can afford to replace them in 10 years. Custom isn’t in everyone’s budget, it’s not the end of the world if it’s not in yours. |
You could get a nearly identical look purchasing panels and rod from pottery barn or similar. |
Girl, you could manage that “look” with Home Depot curtains, you don’t even have to make the trip to Ikea or Pottery Barn! |
This made me laugh! |