First off, these are really pretty, heavy and well made curtains. I took one star off because they are more gray on gray than white/cream in the background and they are kinda 'shiny' which was difficult to see in the photos (wish they would be more descriptive on the website!). I was also surprised at how much light they block given all of the reviewers disappointed because they weren't blackout.    Pretty cool how the colors reverse when the daylight lights the background tho.