The drapes are lovely. Of course you could paint if preferred but perhaps look at changing the bedding to add a colorful duvet with minimal white so the drapes balance with it better. Also, the lamp on the right, perhaps a colored shade instead.

First? Fix the far bigger problem - drowning proportion in front of the window.

Please Lose the completely overbearing, light blocking pinkish BEIGE headboard. Pick another color and tone your bedding to it with bright white on the bed. We'll assume this is the only possible location for the bed in the room, since we can not see the rest of the room. Get something lower by a lot. What color? Who knows, we are not seeing the rug, nor the entire room.

Lose the dark blind valance. Blinds seem to be white, but have a disruptive dark head rail.......why?

All of this will be a lot less trouble than removing curtains, re installing, and painting the walls. It isn't a curtain problem, it is a headboard problem. Too big, too high, and wrong color, for this room and the done deal of the curtains..

Do not attempt to "tea DYE" the curtains.

I won't ask if you actually saw/tested your "beige white" fabric in a full yard, with a sample lining two of them, as the BLACKOUT lining is sandwiched between face fabric and your white lining and it is the middle blackout .....probably making them cooler and grayer in tone.,

My guess is the "custom" was an online purchase, and only the face fabric was tested in the room.

I'd either paint the walls the drapery color, or a non neutral color.

I would change the headboard.

I would for sure change your duvet cover to something other than the white. To me as it is now it is clashing with your curtains, making them them stand out even more. Doing this and painting the walls will make a big difference imo.

Drapes are fine. Massive headboard in front of a window, not so much. Change that - maybe a black metal bed that will match your curtain rod, and maybe change your blinds to white. Add a colorful duvet cover. The headboard and blinds are what clash the most IMO.

Before you make big changes, I would try adding some (returnable) white accessories to the room. Some pottery, a decorative white pillow and white throw for the end of the bed, a lamp with a white shade.

Spreading some white around the room may help the curtains look intentional instead of the odd man out.

Painting the wall a warmer color will not make the white look warmer, you'll just see more contrast.

Crisp white can be really beautiful. I do not think your curtains are too white, I think the rest of the space needs a little attention. Can you move the bed to another wall? Why are you blocking that window? Changing the dark brown blinds to something crisp white will be so much more soothing.

Match headboard or drapes.

Agree with those who have said this is a headboard problem. The drapes are fine and are less 'white' than the painted window casing.

I would paint the walls a lighter color, something close to the color of the drapes, replace the blinds & curbside the headboard. Bronze accents (curtain rod/ lamp, etc.) rather than black.

IMO some new bedding with a bit of white , beige and a color would go a long way to making this much better .Something like this maybe

The curtains are beautiful. The only problem I see is that giant, ugly headboard. I'm sorry, but that's the only thing I see in your photos that's "off".

Thank you everyone for your input!

We have had this bedframe for so long, it never occurred to me to change it bevause we love it so much! We placed it here because the other two options either look out to the door or bathroom door. Is that not weird to lay in bed and be able to stare out into the hallway if someone were to come in? Guess not, maybe I’ll do some rearranging.

That doesn't change the color of the situation of the blinds/curtains… I bought them together during a 4th of July sale and now wish I got white blinds… I liked the warmth from the brown before putting up the curtains as it tied in with other elements in our room like the crib and dresser on the opposite wall. The blinds werent that expensive so maybe I will spray paint them white…

I can switch the bedding out for a different color, but what color do you all suggest? A more crisp white?? Charcoal??

The rug is the the Billie from Loloi Rug x Amber Lewis and is mostly charcoal.

JAN MOYER—

I really love your first inspo image and wish I had gone with a color like that for the curtains. I did not get a yard sample, only chose based off their tiny 3x2 swatch book of self and black out lining fabrics…. lesson learned….

I figured as much, lesson learned. Get a nice charcoal linen.

You love my inso, for proportion and the tone on tone textured look of the entire room. Bedding, bed alllllllll.

Here.......it is the WHOLE of the room. Tonal.....all.

Shades, curtains carpet, upholstery on the bed itself, and note how the bed is MADE.

Draw the room. all walls, windows, doors and note the feet and inches for all. Show it in pictures , add more all angles, and post the actual link of your rug. there is more than one "billie"

I agree with Jan that the headboard is much too high. But, I see paint swatches on the wall, are you also planning to paint? that might make a difference in the suggestions you get.

Is that the only orientation for the bed? If it must stay there, then definitely look into changing the headboard as Jan suggested. She is usually spot on with these sorts of things!

I actually like the white curtains although the bedding now looks off - it needs to be that same really crisp white or change to another color with a splash of white.

Good luck

I am going to start by changing up the bedding, rearranging so that the bed is not next to the curtains, and repainting the walls to match the white.

If that doesnt work however, whatever replaces the bed from my room will still look off… the crib is walnut, virtually the same color as my blinds. My dresser is a maple and has this rustic distressed thing going on, but will still look too stark.

I think I ultimately just really hate how dark the blinds ended up looking next to it, so I will most likely end up spray painting them white…

And just for reference, this was how the room looked before the drapes and horizontal blinds as well as what the wall opposite looks like with my dresser… we had vertical blinds that I was dying to get rid of and just pulled back here.

But man, you guys are brutal!! Yes, the proportion is off, but come on, the head board is not THAT bad!! Appreciate all the suggestions regardless :)

Look please at side by side

You asked what is wrong. You aren't going to like all of the answers, and most aren't brutal, just truthful, right?

The "before the curtain " picture: The headboard is still too high -But..............

On whole? It's better than the picture with the curtains, which in all honesty feels very heavy, and it isn't just the curtain "white".

Despite you hated the vertical blinds? The whole room was BRIGHTER!! Blinds cut light by about 40% and you also made a color mistake, worsening the look, and limiting the lovely daylight.

If you love the bed, relocate the bed to another wall, and I would not have blinds, even white, but up to you on that. There are a lot of good options- including hiding the old vertical, BEHIND the new curtain panels? Is blackout for you or for the baby, as I could even ask that.

The crib, isn't a permanent element in any primary bedroom, or ......it SHOULDN'T be, jmho. Don't design around it, or it's wood tone.

Buy new white wood blinds at Home Depot, (do not spray), you will end up with a mess.. Or buy a cut to fit on site, blackout cellular shade at Home Depot and raise it UP completely in daylight, and allow that light into the room..

Blinds, any "hard", less decorative window treatment? These are not chosen to match furniture. They are best chosen to match window CASING.

Look again. You tell us....: ) Light matters as you can see.

I say brutal endearingly :)

Yes, you’re right cant design around crib and blinds… such a mistake!!!

My husband wanted blackout. We had a really hard time deciding window treatments as it seems shades are the most popular choice now however, only seem to offer all privacy or none at all and nothing in between. We never pulled back the verticals. It was only for the picture.

Thank you so much for all your insight!!

And how much "privacy" do you need in broad daylight, with a bed blocking most of the window?

How much darkness do you need to sleep. Or is black out for baby?

Something to think about, yes? Because a blind doesn't give you black out, and unless curtains are pulled closed , they don't either. So.......you spent a lot of money and you don't have a look you want. ......

More thought to alll should precede more money, and a sale on anything is never reason enough to make it "great", unless it is already great: ) before a sale price.

Your curtains look lovely and elegant. Considering they are custom ad probably expensive. Don't attept dying them yourself, there is alot of fabric there. Rather than changing their color, I lie your idea of painting the walls a more dramatic color. Or, consider going back to the person/company that made them for you and see if they could add a colored edging which would help them stand out from your walls.Also fold your white duvet down to the foot portion on your bed.

Good luck

Jan, I think youre a little too hung up on the height of the headboard when it only covers 2” of the window. Our window faces my neighbors and our fence is very low. We might raise the bricks or install a trellis to fix this. However, that was why we opted for blinds and not shades.

We have all benefited with a more sound and restful sleep that the blackout curtains have provided. Both window treatments achieve different things.….. that is obviously why we purchased both.

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Eleven days ago you asked. Eleven days ago, just about everyone "saw" the headboard as high or bulky and heavy in front of the window.

It doesn't matter if it encroaches one inch, two or 1/2 inch.....on the sill and glass.

It may not be blocking light, or hiding you from neighbors. We, yes me as well, are telling you what WE see in the pictures you provided. ( scroll back) There were suggestions to relocate the bed, dress the bed, change the headboard, or a different wall color.

We also know you didn't ask about the headboard, or its placement there- you asked about "too white" curtains. It's the internet, and you can take or leave the suggestions. If you're happy and sleeping well, there's no problem , right? We only know what we are shown.......and yes the dark wood blinds work to block light - in both a good and bad way.: ) and n.o.b.o.d.y could tell how much window is behind the headboard from these.

Bottom line? You tell us. But the left pic is better than the right, and better yet with a much lower headboard and no wood blinds.. Sorry

That headboard might look better in a room with a high ceiling, but does not work in that room. Yes it does look to me ... the elephant in the room.

Jan—

No need to apologize, I posted these pics and shared my dilemma to hear everyone’s thoughts. You asked how much privacy I needed. I need a lot. You said my headboard covered the majority of the window. I’m explaining that it actually is not.

Irregardless of this, have I not been open to everyone’s suggestions? I even listed out the steps in which I am planning to go about improving the room with moving the bed being first and yet, much to my amusement, you still keep coming back to this thread to harp on about the height of the headboard ha!

I simply replied to the fact that you stated, eleven days after the first post:

"Jan, I think youre a little too hung up on the height of the headboard when it only covers two inches of the window. Our window faces my neighbors and our fence is very low. We might raise the bricks or install a trellis to fix this. However, that was why we opted for blinds and not shades."

All of which only means:

Take from any post what you like, and leave behind suggestions and commentary you do not like. : )

Privacy, darkness....all are p.e.r.s.o.n.a.l. Do as works for y.o.u.

You want a great looking room? There were many suggestions..........from as many contributors. It is the internet.

I love the curtains. I think the blinds are the problem.