The colors may complement your living room, but if the fabric is too heavy, it will make your guests feel as if they are in a packing crate. Woven fabrics in a kitchen will soak up the cooking smells and will thus compete with each meal. Dark colors should be avoided unless you are decorating a very large room. They tend to shrink the size and suggest claustrophobia. Patterned drapery distracts from the furniture and typically clashes with any paintings or photographs.
Curtains have a subtle power similar to that of napkins on a table.
Just as the finest mahogany can become plywood with an inappropriate serviette , so too can a window lose its exotic appeal with a hastily chosen rideau . Take the time to look through each window of your home. Peer in, stare out. Examine each angle, in sunlight as well as in lamplight. All Rights Reserved.