please help with window treatment suggestions

10 years ago

Hi everyone, I recently got a new rug in my living room and just finished retiling our fireplace. My current curtains (4 panels) don't feel like they are working with the new rug. Our window is a bank of 5 windows, and is 12 feet wide.

Can you recommend some colors/direction to go? I want the room to feel casual, fresh and light.

here is a pic of our new fireplace, in grey and white tiles.

here is a pic of our new rug in the room. it is a deep burgundy red. our furniture has to stay how it is more or less. I do plan to clean up the bookcases eventually, maybe put nice shelf paper on the back. please ignore the terrible mess (courtesy of my twin terrors). our window bank is all along the sofa side (will post a pic when it is daylight).

Any advice on how to lighten up the room?

Do you think roman shades or drapes would work better?

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l pinkmountain

10 years ago

You don't like the curtains you have? I'd move the chest to another room and get a coffee table that was more open. Your TV stand isn't doing you any favors in the lightening realm but it's not that bad. Other than that, the rooms seems light to me, not overly dark. My family room is "dark" and there isn't anything I can do about it, it just does not get the sun light that would make it look "light." Proper kinds of lamps with warm bulbs can lighten a space. I have to use lights in my room even in the day. I love light colored lampshades with designs on them that add a decorative element when the lights are on.

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Annie Deighnaugh
10 years ago
Hard to tell without pics of the windows...
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michoumonster
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Hi all,

here are pics of the actual windows.

this is from fireplace side of room.

this is from the entry side room

I should also mention that our windows face the street, so we would use them every night for privacy (and movie watching). Right outside the windows is a giant pine tree which makes this room fairly shady by afternoon/evening.
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michoumonster
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
ipinkmountain, the curtains were from our previous house, so maybe it is more pyschological that i feel like they don't work in the new place? they are a bit cumbersome to pull every night being 4 panels rather than 2 though. and i thought maybe the pattern is too much since the rug also is patterned?

I was thinking I should look into getting 2 extra wide blackout panels, or getting 5 blackout roman shades in a simpler looking style, or solid color?

i totally agree about the tv stand (it is fake reddish cherry wood). i dislike it, but DH insists on it because it is functional for his needs. if i can find a replacement, i will eventually though. the chest can go elsewhere if needed, do you have recs on what would look nice as a replacement coffee table?
l pinkmountain
10 years ago
Well, from what I can see the curtains don't look "too patterned" and they seem to match with the carpet, but I can't really see them up close. To me they seem to match the fireplace tile. An odd number of windows does make it difficult to arrange curtains, although not impossible. Do you like maybe the look of blinds? I am always opening and closing window treatments to let in air and light, which is why I love mini-blinds, they are the easiest things to adjust constantly. Another option would be blinds made of some kind of light natural material like bamboo, but that can get pricey. That was always my dream, but I went with aluminum ones in my last house. There are also cellular shades, which I have in the house I live in now. Not sure, others can chime in, but with that long expanse of window, whatever you get will have to hold up to a lot of movement! I never seemed to be able to finesse the one pair of roman shades I had in the bathroom of my former house, but maybe that is just me. On the plus side, all those windows are great for letting in air and light into the room. I'm a fresh air and sunlight freak!
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nosoccermom
10 years ago
IKEA linen curtains?
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