Apartment Therapy: window coverings

Keeping Decor Neutral to Enhance the View

While flipping through the latest issue of Tribeza, a local Austin magazine, we came across a home built by the architecture firm Andersson and Wise. Nicknamed the "Tower House," we were struck the m...

A Little More Privacy In Your Home

When living in the city, privacy can sometimes can be hard to come by since buildings tend to be just a few feet apart. One way keep your home more private while letting in the natural sunlight and fr...

An Affordable Screen Partition: Spring Flower Curtain

What could you make with one hundred pieces of plastic connecting flower shapes? Partition, curtains, placemat, vases, and even a lampshade (just be sure to use a bulb less than 60 watts to be safe) a...

Look! Trompe L'Oeil Curtain Room Divider

We love the effect of Bauke Knottnerus' trompe l'oeil curtains, being both a room divider while also fooling the eye perceptually into believing a larger space exists, thanks to the print of a room wi...

Marc Venot Roller Shades Light

Our apartment is a light-filled studio whose view and sunshine make it easy to stay indoors even on the best of days. BUT, there are some occasions for the sake of heat, privacy or the desire to strik...

Roundup: Sheer Curtains
Melbourne

Southwest #23: Tisha's Airy StudioWe spent New Years Eve staying at some amazing accommodation with plenty of features that got us excited. While the huge free standing bath was nice, the shower on th...

Good Questions: Can You Give Me Advice on Using Plants Instead of Curtains?

Liz writes to us with a question after seeing an idea in Dwell Magazine: The November issue of Dwell has an interesting article on a supportive-housing development in Chicago designed by Helmut Jahn ...

Privacy Please! Covering Half the Window

We're in the middle of designing curtains for our dining room right now--it faces directly into our neighbor's living room across our driveway, sort of (there's a big hydrangea bush partially conceali...

Do You Use Exchange Stores?
Melbourne

We’re a big fan of our local Fabric Exchange. Not only do they have an amazing range of vintage and rare fabrics but you can also earn some extra money for any excess fabric you have lying around. Y...

Look! Patchwork Tea Towel Kitchen Curtain

Earlier this year Sarahc over at AT Chicago put together a great list of additional uses for tea towels around the house. We can now add the idea above: tea towels with different designs stitched toge...

Placemats as Window Screens

A few months ago, a friend moved into a ground-level studio apartment that had a window in the kitchen that faced out to a somewhat busy street with a lot of foot traffic. After the first few morning...

3 Steps to Curtains

Curtains, the finishing touch to a room, can be expensive. But you can knock down the price a few notches and sewing's not even a part of the plan! Simple steps after the jump......

Gila Heat Control Film

In addition to adjusting the thermostat of your air conditioner and using fans, another tip to help combat the heat and save energy (and on your bill) is to use heat control window film. Very similar ...

Window Jacks

Now that the weather’s getting warmer, we like to throw open the windows to let the fresh air in. Living in an older apartment complex, our building’s shifted due to earthquakes and not everythin...

Sheers From Country Curtains

Unfortunately, just because you have a great window doesn't mean you have a great view. In our own apartment, our big window looks out onto...the street. Nice but not in anyway breathtaking. It's i...

Chirp Curtain Finial

These cute little guys could add a little fun to your windows as they watch over your room. These "Chirp" curtain finials are made of black painted metal and slip into the ends of your curtain rod......

Look! Hanging Room Dividers: Definitions by Armstrong

Recently, we blogged a good question from a reader hoping to divide her space using hanging window frames. Watching highlights from the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show 2008 on HGTV this weekend, we no...

Window Screens: Yay or Nay?

Our city housing inspector recently dropped by to see if the laundry list of fixes were met by our landlord. Strangely the list included window screens, even though we particularly asked that we did n...

How To: Make Bubble Wrap Curtains

We're not so sure about the actual finished results, but this idea shown at Crafty Crafty of using bubble wrap for curtains is pretty keen. The blue tape isn't doing it for us, but perhaps stretched a...

How to: Make an extra long curtain rod

Over at one of our favorite blogs, Shelterrific, they recently shared how they created a great extra long curtain rod using inexpensive metal conduit......

Look! ASCII Code curtains by Nienke Sybrandy

We always have loved the silhouette of the tree outside our house on the curtains. Every morning it's so beautiful to see the shadows it makes. When we saw this print on these curtains, we thought thi...

Rock 'n Roll Window Shade Sets

Etsy designer drinkanddream is offering an amusing selection of rockstar hall of famers screen printed onto roller shades to liven up the humble window covering......

LA Good Question: Bathroom window covering?

AT:LA reader Amy wrote: "Hi ATLA, I just moved into a new apartment and the bathroom has a nice sized window. I'm curious as to what other readers have used to cover bathroom windows? I'm probably go...

LA Good Questions: Local Curtain Experts?

ATLA reader Karyn wants to know about any personal recommendations for curtain installation: "I have French doors and I would like to have curtains for them like the ones below. However, what I reall...

Look! Using a curtain as a headboard

Image via Casasugar We spotted this over at CasaSugar.com. A reader submitted a photo on how she was able to create the illusion of a headboard combined with bold amounts of color to a colorless room ...

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