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Post by freecharlie on Oct 21, 2016 3:47:57 GMT
Our new house will have an open concept and the living room and the dining room both have large windows on the same wall. Do the curtains need to be twins? Is it better to match, but be different?
Ugh, this house has many more windows than our current and our living room in our current house only has crappy blinds. Each of the bedrooms have curtains, but really they were picked based on blackout ability back in the day when it was new.
I am interior decorating challenged.
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 21, 2016 4:14:56 GMT
I am interior decorating challenged as well, so take this with a grain of salt..... I would definitely have to have matching curtains or blinds. It would do my head in if they were different.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 4:24:17 GMT
I'd probably make them twins but it does matter (to me) how different/alike the over all decor of the two areas will be. If you are matching them up I'd match the curtains. But if each area has a style of its own I'd let the curtains be somewhat different.
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Post by anniefb on Oct 21, 2016 4:38:14 GMT
I'm interior decorating challenged as well but IMO it depends on whether you want to separate the 'zones' in some way and show that they're used for different purposes, or have them work as one large room visually. If you want to separate the two areas, then I'd go for coordinating but not identical treatments e.g. same fabric but slightly different styles, or same style/fabric but perhaps in different colourways.
I think it depends how close together the windows are though - the closer together the more I'd go for matching I think.
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Post by raindancer on Oct 21, 2016 11:06:49 GMT
I would suggest going to houzz and looking at curtains, then you can see what you may be able to do to coordinate but not match. In an open floor plan though, I would match that layer in the home.
I'm putting plantation shutters throughout and then adding long curtains to the side, but they will all match.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 15:22:08 GMT
I went through many magazines until I found the most perfect drapes. I was able to buy them at penny's
1st. Remember that this is your home, do what you like , not what is popular.
2nd. How are you using these rooms? Do you need the drapes to close or frame your window.
3rd. What type of furniture do you have? You really won't want a delicate floral pattern with dark brown leather.
4. If your room is completely open, think about open back bookcases or pedestal with plants to divide your space.
5 have fun!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 20:30:52 GMT
My living room and dining area of my kitchen are on the same back wall. They both have dark brown curtains, but the living room curtains are dark brown velvet and the dining area curtains are a dark brown modern print. They don't even have the same hardware, one is one rods and the other is on curtain rings on decorative finials.
They're both very different for each "room" (open floor plan), but they work together. When we moved here I already had the living room curtains and I wanted a very wide brown and cream horizontal stripe for the dining area, but couldn't find any so went with the small print. So I always planned to do different curtains there and it would still work.
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Post by bklyngal62 on Oct 22, 2016 20:51:53 GMT
I'm not a decorator but in my opinion I would use the same curtains in both windows. I feel it's an open area and it should all flow together. I always tell my customers at work, " Do what you like and what feels right for you. You are the one having to see it and live in it everyday. "
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Post by peasapie on Oct 22, 2016 21:00:45 GMT
My house is open concept with a double-high set of triple windows in the LR. There are white plantation blinds on the window and no curtains.
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Post by Merge on Oct 23, 2016 3:07:15 GMT
Our last house before this one had a similar setup, and I had the same curtains on all the windows in that area.
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Post by PaperAngel on Oct 23, 2016 4:14:11 GMT
Congratulations on your new home! I'm also challenged with interior design (& well, all creative endeavors). My solution to window coverings in every house we've owned: plantation shutters; they're fool-proof.
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 23, 2016 12:32:02 GMT
I live in a little old house with no open floor plan but while the living room and the dining room are separate rooms, they are only divided by a small wall with a large arch. The rooms themselves are not big, and so to kind of tie them together and to give the impression that the spaces flow together, I have the exact same curtains in both rooms.
They are not really fancy though, just some basic curtains I picked up at Target that more or less are similar colors to the walls so that the rooms don't looks disjointed and smaller than they are.
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Post by anonrefugee on Oct 23, 2016 12:52:24 GMT
We have a similar setup and I took a coward's approach. I put a neutral custom Roman shade in the adjacent Windows. The shades were kind of trendy at the time, but look classic now.
I say cowardly, because my plan was to live in the space for a few months and see what felt best before adding the curtain portion. That was over a decade ago- it turns out no drapery is best, we like the cleaner look.
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