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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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".  [/quote]

Eh, honeycomb shades scream "I outfitted my entire house at IKEA."[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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