I have them (similar to the third pic home/style, with two sidelights as well). They’re our only drapes/curtains in the home.

They help delineate the entrance and dampen echoes in a two-story front foyer. In velvet fabric, they look beautiful at night.

I’ve used shirred sheers before (example below), but our entrance is exposed to a lot of street and foot traffic, so I wanted something more substantial. We placed a shade on the door, as well, so they don’t need to be opened/closed as often.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like a waste of money, unless you have an entry door that is mostly see-through glass and you need to cover it up for privacy (which renders the glass entry door pointless—if you need to cover it up then why do you have a glass entry door)

At night, I think it would make sense to cover up a glass entry door. Sometimes I walk downstairs to the kitchen at night with no pants on. Sometimes my toddler runs around naked. There are all sorts of reasons I might want to cover up a glass entry door.....

I have a glass door- it has bubble glass or whatever it’s called that obscures the view.

I think that in a very certain home with a very dramatic design style it’s cool (I’ve never seen this in a home for the record). The other 90% of the time it looks like a dust trap and unnecessarily fussy.

It’s all about what home and style it’s in.

I like the way it looks, but it seems like the point of having those glass panes beside your front door is to get light in. So then why block it with a curtain.

Anonymous wrote:If it was dark night and the curtains were closed but STARTING TO MOVE I would be completely freaked out that the door was left unlocked and being opened and I could not see if there was a person there.

Yeah this was a big problem for Hamlet too iirc.

It looks out of place.

Anonymous wrote:It reminds me of the entrance to restaurants in northern cities in the winter. Functional, but not in any way attractive or preferable as a "look". And the ones that drag on the floor seem especially ill-considered - the entryway gets wet and muddy depending on the weather!

Can you just get a different door that gives you privacy without putting up a Wizard of Oz curtain that's going to irritate your husband (and be one more thing to clean)?

It has to drag on the floor, because the point of it is insulation.

I don’t like it unless it’s your drafty, centuries old country home.

I think it is fussy, weird and impractical here, but I did grow up with it in older homes in India.

Doorways (not necessarily front door) had curtains to provide privacy. I do not see it in many modern homes now because it actually attracts dirt and grime.

Omg that looks so stupid.

Tacky.

Just looks like one more thing to clean.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a good idea if you have an older drafty house.

This. It's actually something functional that has become a decorating style. Kind of like fake shutters stuck left & right next to windows without the ability to close them against the elements.

If it was dark night and the curtains were closed but STARTING TO MOVE I would be completely freaked out that the door was left unlocked and being opened and I could not see if there was a person there.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a waste of money, unless you have an entry door that is mostly see-through glass and you need to cover it up for privacy (which renders the glass entry door pointless—if you need to cover it up then why do you have a glass entry door)

At night, I think it would make sense to cover up a glass entry door. Sometimes I walk downstairs to the kitchen at night with no pants on. Sometimes my toddler runs around naked. There are all sorts of reasons I might want to cover up a glass entry door.....

The last two are ugly. I like the first few but they seem pointless.