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What color curtains for white walls and?

April 21st, 2010
sheer window shades
Lari H asked:


my bed in the bag has all different shades of golds, taupe, and black, the main colors are the golds. Do I do white sheers to the floors, or light gold sheers to the floor. I’m adding a scarf treatment to the window as well. My windows are 84″ and I have 2. Please help????

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What do I use for a curtain rod in front of vertical blinds?

April 12th, 2010
vertical blinds
Jewel asked:


My husband and I have a townhouse that we rented. It has sliding doors in the living room to get to the back ‘yard’, and they put vertical blinds in front of the sliding doors. We do not have a place to store them (our bed is a platform style, so there is no under the bed, and none of our closets are big enough to fit the blinds in there), so we want to leave them up, but cover it with curtains.

I’d like to put the curtains in front of the blinds, but the rod would have to extend a good 5 or so inches from the wall. Is there any hardware I can use that would extend the rod connection pieces so I can hang the curtains in front? I’m going to hang the curtains above the blinds and in front, to completely hide them (we don’t use that door much, so the curtains won’t be fully opened, and I have a design in mind that will let light in, but hide the top of the vertical blinds).

But I need to get the curtains in front. Any suggestions?
That’s what I meant by rod connection pieces…brackets. I just couldn’t think of the word.

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How heavy would curtains have to be in order to beat vinyl blinds at preventing heat loss?

March 22nd, 2010
vinyl blinds
Jennifer S asked:


I already have blinds, but I don’t have much to spend on nice heavy curtains so I’m wondering whether to bother spending at all to switch them out. (I can’t put curtains over the blinds – a tension rod wont fit and I can’t put holes in the wall – so its one or the other.) Hoping to save on the heat bill without resorting to sealing with plastic again.

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