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NPCE: Bored tonight? Help me decorate!
I have been having a hellish time finding curtains for my living and dining room. The front of my house is mostly windows with the front door in the middle. When you walk in the door the living room is on one side and the dining room is on the other.
I need to find curtains for these windows. We have a grey couch with white walls, and teal/green/yellow colored artwork on the walls. Our wood furniture and dining room set are black.
The curtains I have now were white sailcloth which I dyed. Horrible mistake. I was going for a light green, but they turned out almost neon. So back to square one.
What color/style curtains should I go with? I was thinking about sheers, but I'm afraid they'd be too sheer for windows on the front of the house. I also looked at sheets at Target to possible turn them in to curtains, but I don't know what would look good.
Re: NPCE: Bored tonight? Help me decorate!
apparently JCPenny is the secret source for all things curtain. I see people recommend it all the time on D&R, and there's a lot of things on their website that look very appealing.
So....right now the only thing patterned in the room is the artwork, right?
In that case I'd probably pull your favorite color out of the art and find something in a pattern that appeals to you that coordinates with that. Probably something with a gray base.
What kind of pattern and details entirely depends on your style in general.
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No idea if any of those come in colors that actually work with your room...
And if you really want to do sheers you could always add a simple blind or roller shade under the curtains for times that you want privacy. I've seen all kinds of tutorials taking cheap ikea roller blinds and stenciling patterns on them to change them up a bit. You could also do roman blinds. Or maybe some sort of textured bamboo kind of shade. the options are endless.My Goodness...another food blog. Featuring: Macarons from a old post with a photo taken by my mom for a break from my crappy food photos!
I don't know what kind of thing strikes your fancy, but in my months-long quest for curtains that don't suck, I finally stumbled on World Market, which has a more interesting and varied selection that what I found everywhere else. Have a look-see:
http://www.worldmarket.com/family/index.jsp?view=all&categoryId=12376294