We have a '30s colonial. My favorite window coverings are Conrad woven shades. But they are pretty expensive. Next Day Blinds does less expensive versions, I think.

I would go with something simple, OP. You can do simple curtains and blinds or shutters (although I think of shutters as very 18th century, but that's me. They have them in Independence Hall in Philly, and at Mount Vernon, I believe.

But it really doesn't matter, OP. It's your house. What do you like?

I have a combination of roman blinds, floor length curtains and some roller shades and shorter sheer curtains in some windows. It's all very casual looking, fairly simple. My house was built in 1925, brick colonial.

That hasn't been my experience. Our off the shelf blinds fit nicely inside the windowframe. I barely ever see any blinds that don't. I think you may have been taken for a ride with your "investment" PP.

There is no chance you did your whole 1920 house with Home Depot shades and the shades fit all the windows. Some windows, OK. If your house really IS a 1920 house, then you will have to admit that you have at least 5, probably 12, different sized windows. And all 12 of those custom windows from 1920 handmade by some immigrant craftsman do not have corresponding SKUs at Lowes in 2013.


cheers,
Lowes seasonal worker