Drapes, Curtains, Blinds...

Nice try, kicky, trying to sound all macho and stuff.

We know you just want some nice curtains but are trying to protect your image.

Might I suggest something in a peach color?

Why thank you Gus. Peach makes me irritable though. You know, cuz I'm a manly man and ****.

I use burlap bags, kicky. Cut to size, then staple to the edges.

Some light filters through and it gives the place a nice muted look.

IKEA.

We've already been through this, soz. You're still patronizing that evil corporation?

Hmmm...not sure what's better...Ikea...burlap bags...Ikea...burlap bags...

I'm a tad iconoclastic in this. Go to the Salvation Army or Good Will or St. Vincent de Paul's, whatever.

Go to the section where they have things like bedspreads and table cloths. Since you are looking, you won't find anything. But, hey, I've gotten some wild and wonderful bunches of material in such places.

Put a nice looking rod, er, bar across the top of your window. Spend real money for that. Drape whatever over it and let it float a bit on the floor. Don't worry about hem, tuck any raw edge under.

To be osso bold, do this with two materials. I happen to have some bolts of taupe brocade.... and another one of sort of a coppery brocade.

These are going to have to battle for place when I unpack with a terrific blue green thing I got from the "Discovery Shop" back in Eureka just before I moved.

Oh, and just yesterday, while I was at the GoodWill on Coors Blvd., a woman behind me was buying two bolts of material, both of which I coveted. We had the same taste... sort of thoughtfully flash or trashy swell.

Play, man, you're the artist.

I have this image in my mind of kicky's apartment after the curtains have been purchased. Kicky stands back and examines his handiwork. And he is proud.....

Oh, how utterly depressing, gustav.

Kicky, craigslist might help you.

You also could buy some cheap fabric,
woo the chinese lady at the alteration shop and she'll
make you nice curtains in exchange.

By bolts of material, I meant masses of material, not actual bolts, as from the fabric store. That is the easiest thing, to go to a great fabric store (salivating in memory of the adjunct to F&S on Pico..) and buy some yards of something you like.

That will be more expensive than stuff from thrift shops, at least it usually is.

Come by the store, Kicky, I'll fix you up with the good, cheap miniblinds.

Joe(Seriously, you know where)Nation

Joe, I think, that's all he wanted!

Kicky - with all those great city stores you should be able to find something you like. Check out Pottery Barn and Room & Board.

Do you know you can get lights that fit around on the inside of a window and simulate sunlight? They are great for those little dark apartments. The other option is to work with dimness and make the place like a cozy nest, think Mongolian yurt.

I already made that suggestion, Green Witch. What did you think the burlap bags were all about?

Go to the fabric store and get like a gazillion yards of muslin for $50.

Get a staple gun.

Cut off about four times as much muslin as the window is wide (or just do the whole damn wall). Staple on end, stape the other end, staple the middle, staple the middle of that and so on and so on and so on.

It'll look cool I promise.

If you need something heavier than muslin go to a photo supply store and buy a canvas backdrop (I can recommend a good supplier). You can get a seamless 10x60 backdrop in any shade in the universe for about $200.

I agree that if it was me, I'd want to just nose around at cool little resale-type shops and see what I could find. My experience with men, though, is that they (GENERALLY) want to walk in, find what they need within a few minutes, pay for it, and walk out.

IKEA is one of the best for that, in terms of price and selection.

Oooh, boomer's idea sounds cool.

My new yorker friend bought a lot of stuff from IKEA
Pretty nice. Simple lines, etc.

I don't have one here, I'd go to Target

Go see Joe to get the blinds, then, get some drapes to go over them, **** you don't want to look like you live in a warehouse do you?

BTW - drapes go all the way to the floor. Curtain are like what you hang in the kitchen, short.

Would you like to learn about valances, panels, scaves, finials?

Kicky check out this link for ideas.

Window Treatments