I personally like quiet wt's, specially in small open plan homes. The eye is sollicited with a lot of hard surfaces, so doing off-white wt's finishes off the decor in an elegant way, unifies the background.

I like your idea of mixing the linen romans and the wood blinds in off-white, I personally would not bring another color or pattern in one area , the overall look would be busy, imo...

Your cabinetry and decor is very nice, btw... which is why I think keeping all your wt's off white would be best, elegant and finished, but not popping.

mitchdesj-Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my pictures and consider my questions. Thanks for the nice compliment on my cabs. Your home is VERY beautiful!

Being so experienced on this board, can you tell me if I'm doing something wrong when I post? I see so many posts with oodles of replies. I tried to post the same question here last week a received only 1 reply. Any insights for me?

thanks again for your thoughts.

debpicks

I can give you some insight about what prompts me to reply and how I think the forum operates.

1. Catchy thread title that explains the problem before I have to read the thread. That doesn't guarantee a response but at least I had a look-see :-)

2. I'm not highly experienced but when I feel I have something to contribute I'll reply. If I agree with what other people have already stated then I may or may not reply (it just depends on how many people have already agreed).

3. If I see that a lot of people who I consider to be experts (based one what I've seen them post) are chiming in, I am content to lurk and see what unfolds.

4. I also think it depends on who's around; this forum moves relatively fast so sometimes threads disappear from the top before many responses are generated.

5. If the question is something that comes up a lot (and I think window treatments do) it is helpful to search the forum to find previous advice. I think people get tired of giving the same advice over and over.

Regarding your question, I completely agree w/mitchdesj. I have a small home and I'm not playing up the WTs at all (unlike many beautiful examples I see here). They are neutral, simple, and I'm very happy with them.

From one Deb to another, this board moves pretty fast so don't take offense. I took a look at your slide show and you have a beautiful home. I agree with Mitch re the linen blinds and the faux woods. I actually would like to see you add some of the pale blue to your windows but I would only add the blue, I would add any other colors or do a coordinating color.

You have a lovely home. I do not believe you have to treat all windows the same. As you wrote, I also would use variations of roman shades,blinds,(you could also add valances on some of the windows) in different parts of the house. You will find that fabric shades do make a difference in retaining the heat. I have a room with walls of windows on three sides and the linen shades we installed make a huge difference temp wise in the room (we live in the Northeast).

debpicks, I love your home and decor that is so beautiful to me. I also am having a problem with window treatments on a door that is in the same room as two windows. Since your door is not directly next to the two windows, I agree with valley57 that you do not have to treat all the windows the same way.

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Could we get one more pix, of that wall in the LR that is opposite the window? I am wondering what is on that wall - of course, that has nothing to do with your window treatments, but I am thinking about your furniture.

As for the WT, I think the LR can be completely different - it is on the opposite side of the entry door, and feels like a separate room. I think the WT in the eating area and over the sink need to be the same, as they feel like they are all part of one space. I think matching cornices or valances in the DR and kitchen would be great, and a complimetary valance on the kitchen door.

If you want to do something different on the dining and kitchen windows, I would put a roman shade on the dining area window that coordinates with the cornice or valance (say a plaid valance and a striped shade, for example, in the same colorways in both fabrics) which would provide insulation behind the banquette. Do the white blinds on the kitchen window and door, but have the same cornice or valance on those that you have on the dining window.

I am not sure where you are thinking of using the black chairs?

I think Mitchdes's idea is perfect for your area. I think keeping it simple will be a wow factor in your room. You do not want your window treatment to vie for attention with your beautiful room and furnishings.

Thanks to all of you who took the time to look at my post.

melle sacto - thanks for your thoughtful explanation of how to post to the forum - I'll try to keep your hints in mind.

Les917-any chance your in the Chicago suburb with initials MG? we may be neighbors. The black chairs would be for the dining area as currently we are using my old white and vinyl kitchen chairs. I try not to look at the wall unit in my lr cause I don't much care for it but there are pictures of it in the links below.

I can't find a reasonable source for a roman blind in a stripe that coordinates with my rooms so I'll have stick to a plain fabric for those.

Following is a picture linked to an album with my tentative fabric choices for roman shades and valances. I think I will keep the roman blinds in lr and dr in linen (cream or darker) and use wooden blinds on kitchen window and door in a similar color. I will be using deocorative panels in the blueish green in lr to frame window. They will hang on a black rod with black rings.

Clicking on this picture should take you to the album with the windows and tentative fabric choices.

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I want to carry the greenish-blue into the kitchen and dining area with some kind of tailored valance. I really like both the striped fabric and the leaves. Would it be over the top to use stripes as accent on leaves (like stripes on top edge and in box pleat?) Or else, the striped with the plain blue, shimmery fabric as an accent to bring out the blue stripe. Or plain blue with a black accent.

Do you think the darker linen (the large rectangle) is too similar to the wall color to use as the roman blinds? Would cream be better?

Any and all opinions are welcome!!

Photoshop help from the poster who is so very talented at that would be EXTREMEMLY helpful to me, if at all possible.

I've included links in this post to my kitchen remodel, which includes a picture of my living room. I try to avoid that view due to the enormous, not very attractive much crucial wall unit there. I need the storage in my tiny 1200 square foot home.

Alo, I plan to paint the armoire next to the front door this summer. Probably similar to my kitchen cabs, off white with a glaze.

Thanks again-
debpicks

Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen remodel

I absolutely love your glazed cabinets. Your entire space is beautiful. I think you should carry the blue into the kitchen space by using the striped fabric with the blue shimmer fabric as trim. I think the cream fabric would look great as a roman shade. (Maybe a cushion for for the banquette to bring in some more softness and color).