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Top Window Treatments from Smith + Noble

050908orange.jpgWindow treatments are some of the trickiest choices. We find it hard to get it just right, and in every place we've lived, the old blinds or shades stay up way too long as we ponder over choices and delay decision time. A friend of ours has the same problem, and after 1.5 years without anything on a few of her windows she finally took the plunge with some great roller shades from Smith + Noble.

 
 

Here are some of our top picks. But of course, we're still thinking on it:

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anyone recognize that orange sectional? just what i've been looking for. would love a source. TIA

posted by babymomma on May 9th 2008 at 7:16am
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Forget the window treatments--I want that plant! Anybody know what it is?

posted by LeahS on May 9th 2008 at 7:22am
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It's a fiddlehead fern.

posted by Palmetto on May 9th 2008 at 7:33am
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I love the sectional, that chair, the rug, and the plant! What a great room, wish I could afford it!

posted by Linnealoves on May 9th 2008 at 7:42am
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Is that a flotaki rug in the first pic? I've never bought a rug and have never even considered buying one . . . until now. I would love a big fluffy white rug, but not sure what to look for. I need a larger area rug at a good price, so I bet sheepskin is out of the quesion.

Oh, and love those stripe blinds.

posted by 4ddh on May 9th 2008 at 7:45am
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Thanks Palmetto--I so need two of these!

posted by LeahS on May 9th 2008 at 7:45am
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I love the plant too and did some searching on "fiddlehead ferns," and unless I'm missing something, I don't think that's what it is. Wikipedia says fiddlehead ferns are the "unfurled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption."

Any other ideas on what the plant is? Maybe it looks more like a type of tree?

posted by Devon on May 9th 2008 at 8:22am
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looks more like an avocado to me, or something of the like.

posted by mjr on May 9th 2008 at 8:41am
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I think it's a fiddle leaf FIG tree

posted by merry on May 9th 2008 at 9:14am
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4ddh: yes, thats a flokati. they're great rugs, surprisingly easy to take care of, but vacuuming is a bitch.

posted by my little apartment on May 9th 2008 at 9:48am
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how cana rug simultaneously be easy to take care of but a bitch to vaccuum? lol!

posted by mjr on May 9th 2008 at 10:00am
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yeah, that is definitely a fiddleleaf fig, and although it looks good as it is in that space, its actually in pretty bad shape, with a lot of its leaves dropped. They remain relatively full if they have appropriate light, although I guess the stringy thing is working here.

posted by amt230 on May 9th 2008 at 10:17am
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We have honeycomb blinds from Smith Noble in every room of our place. They look great, plus keep the cold out during the winter and the heat out during the summer. Much cheaper than getting new windows!

posted by jchart13 on May 9th 2008 at 5:09pm
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Does anyone know who makes chairs like the one in the first picture? Is there a name for chairs like these?

posted by thomas_w on May 11th 2008 at 6:11am
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