Window dressing trends for 2019?
My Bespoke Room
5 years ago
Vivid & bright colours.
Bold patterns & prints.
Ornate layering of blinds, curtains, colours and patterns.
Organic materials in natural shades.
Luxe fabrics.
Silk panels.
Velvet or Grosgrain.
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Tim Summers
5 years agoMy wife has decided to use a mixture of blinds and sheer curtains for her dressing room/office and our bedroom. I think that the spare room will very soon be changed to this as well. As you can see from the pictures below you can't actually close the sheers as they're just there to 'look pretty' but the blinds behind are usable. The pictures are a bit dark as they were taken with my phone, but they surprisingly don't stop any of the light, it just makes it slightly harder to look in (these are upstairs, so when a double decker bus comes past its of the same height.
I'll admit that I wasn't instantly taken by them, but between you and me, I actually really like them.
Her office/dressing room - excuse the boxes she'd just taken in a delivery
Our Bedroom (double windows)
Our bedroom (single window)
Closer up of a single window
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Ellie
5 years agoI prefer to have windows bare to allow max light in, curtains and blinds can cost a fortune too! I do have heavy lined curtains but only in bedrooms.
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5 years agoHi there!I like window shutters. They stylish, nice, have options of finishes and practical.
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