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Drawing lines is a dangerous thing. You can easily end up on the wrong side of them.

i agree quiltmaster...ANYTHING can look good if executed properly...

I like it. It's appealing to the eye in many ways.

P.S, my favs are the first and last pic...the others i don't care for at all

The solids are the only ones that work, in my opinion.

I did this in my bedroom. I have 3 panels, 2 are solid dark blue & 1 blue striped.

Love it! It's fun!

I like it with the solids, but not with the prints. One solid and one print might be nice, though.

what the first and last pics have that the middle two don't is commonality. the first has green in both panels and the last is identical fabric. the middle two differ in weight, texture, color and pattern.

Looks very college dorm room.

I agree with caleronlm. It's new and it's fun. If you put two panels each with a big graphic print -- it is similar to some of the effects Marimekko achieves. If it works, why not? If it doesn't seem to work now, our eyes may get used to it in the future.

it's kind of the side pony-tail of decorating.

this is one of those situations where things can look great... if you know what you're doing. But there are probably some ill-advised people sporting this look in a not-so-good way.

Never say never, but so far the look is more "I thought I had a pair, but oh darn"

i love the last photo

It makes me think of bedsheets as curtains. No.

Getting it right won't be easy as these examples show.

Tricia Guild, behind the last photo, pulls it off. The others don't.

I actually like them all except the last one. I think it's a look to go bold with. Where are the first curtains from? I want them.

I think in an eclectic or Bohemian type space, it would work.

Something more modern, etc...I can't see it working.

It would be really fun in a tree house, too!

In my printshop I have a pink sheer on one of the french doors, and an orange sheer on the other. It's fun. But the mixing in a regular living space would have to carefully planned, I think.

I like the first one, but the rest look too much like a rack of choices in a Pottery Barn catalog.

Solids = OK
All the others: Ugh!

Except for the pastel coloured shears which can easily be mismatched so to speak, it just always works, all other mismatchings - as shown above as examples - is just ridiculous. There has to be some semblance to design, and yes, anyone can do whatever they wish with fabrics or paint colours, etc, however, they are one of the few that enjoy the look of their whimsy more often than not. I think there is a limit to the "who cares" attitude with respect to design and decor.

You could pair a solid with a print or a sheer with a heavier fabric. I had a room once in Ecuador with one narrow wall of floor to ceiling windows and a dark parquet floor. I had red cotton sheers with a little monochrome embroidery detail hung between beige wool curtains, all down to the floor. This allowed me to compress the woolen when I wanted more light and a little privacy; compress the sheers and pull out the wool on cold nights; or push them all to the sides in a nice, dense mass of texture and color. All on one rod.

There was no indoor heating in the mountains so thick curtains were a practical neccessity.