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Anonymous wrote:My window treatments for my home cost as much as my kitchen remodel. Holy sticker shock! Granted I'm not going budget blinds here. Doing shutters and custom curtains, but holy guacamole! I'm never moving!

Budget blinds was not actually cheap when we got a quote from them. We are going with Home Depot. I think it's a waste to spend on expensive ones. We currently have $5 temporary ones up and honestly you wouldn't know unless you are paying attention!

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Anonymous wrote:I made my own drapes and they are not ripping you off on the labor. If you’re paying retail for designer fabric that’s an opportunity for savings but I don’t think many places will argue on the markup because they know you can just order it yourself at close to wholesale online.

THIS.

Look at some tutorials for making drapes with lining and pinch pleats. It takes a lot of fabric, a very good sewing machine, and hours of work for just one panel.

Yes, you can go cheap. You could buy semi-custom (like Half-Priced Drapes dot come) or from Pottery Barn or RH. Some people can't tell the difference between basic drapes and custom ones. If that's you, which might be the case since you're posting this, don't spend the money.

Thanks for the advice, but I'm an OBGYN and work crazy unpredictable hours and my DH is a LEO. We don't do any DIY. We pay extra for the easy button.

I've waited years to do this because time is so valuable, I hate to waste it on even a 3hr appointment to choose the window treatments. I still have paper shades up in a few of our rooms and it has been years.

Just simply shocked at the prices. I had an idea in my head of what I thought it would cost, but then it came in at 3x.

The “easy button” costs $$$$. As a highly paid professional you know taking someone’s time costs money.

You’re welcome!

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Anonymous wrote:I hate seeing blinds in a house. The honeycomb ones are the worst. Ew.

This is how I feel about shutters. So big and awkward. Like a prison.

Anonymous wrote:Also did the broke and unemployed poster with the fancy wallpaper in her powder room and ikea curtains in her bedroom find a job?

Did the OB get her 45 windows dressed before the pandemic???

I need updates!

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+1. Where the heck are kids/grandkids supposed to be in a house decorated like this? Of course they're going to go on the bench and put their hands on that big yellow circle? Or crash into a lamp at the bottom of the staircase? Who would put a candle there in the first place? Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:I prefer Roman shades and wood shutters.

Roman shades are also custom draperies.

But they aren’t heavy and dated.

Why a loveseat in the bathroom? Is that where you pumice your feet?

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, it looks like Darryl Carter is going to have meetings in his bedroom. Why would you ever have that many people in your bedroom? Who has to sit on the poufs? Interns, probably.

Anonymous wrote:I know, I was referring to this one.


Photo styling is fine, but you're still showing a house. I said "looks like."

Also obviously, the real trick in that photo is the long exposure because the curtains and the shades are closed and irl it was probably pretty dark in there.