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Posts tagged “curtains”

Selecting Window Treatments for a Long Room?
Good Questions

Q: I just recently purchased a Baltimore rowhome and finally decided to get rid of the curtains the seller left. Characteristic of Baltimore rowhomes, the room is long. It is one large room conta...

Drop Cloth Style

As far as design goes, there are few things as versatile, durable, and utterly inexpensive as canvas painter's drop cloth— or poor man's linen as we like to call it in our house. Adding to the ...

Good Questions: Disguising Off-Centered Windows?

ATDC reader Barbara has a question about hanging drapes on a wall with uncentered windows: "I am planning to install a 144" curtain rod that run the span of my bedroom wall. The only issue with this ...

Good Questions: Blackout Lining for Silk Curtains?

ATDC reader Jaime needs help preserving the look of new silk curtains: "Hi ATDC! I purchased custom-made drapery consisting of sheers and solid dupioni silk panels. The lengths are too short so t...