Hi,

I bought the panels in the cream color and loved how they were made and the look. Unfortunately, my husband hates curtains and I returned them. I ended up with relaxed Roman blinds. I think they were thick enough to block light, but let some filter in. Overall, I would buy them again if I had a different husband!

I purchased the Pottery Barn Silk Duponi Tie Top Drapes in ivory. Initially I purchased 4 panels for my living room bay window and 4 panels for my dining room window. I believe both windows are around 100" wide. I love them so much I purchased 4 more panels for my kitchen eating nook window as well. (I'm lucky that my significant other has not voiced any objections to the curtains.) I absolutely love the curtains and I feel they made the rooms look 10x better than before. The 4 panels for each window look perfect (to me): full and beautiful. The silk duponi looks expensive and the texture is lovely.

The panels definitely filter/dim the light but not a lot. Previously I had black velvet curtains on my living room window and nothing on my dining room window (open to the living room - opposite sides of the house) and the living room is significantly brighter than before. In fact, I pretty much only open the curtains if company is coming over because they let in enough light closed. I would imagine the clay color would block the light a little more. The curtains do have a white lining behind the silk.

I used the large Pottery Barn Standard Drape Rod and it has a single support in the middle. I purchased the extra-large size for my family room sliding glass door with 2 fixed windows beside it (I think around 110"?) but I have not yet installed the rod or curtains, so I'm not certain how many supports. I think just the 2 outside and the single in the middle, but I'm not positive.

I didn't do a great deal of research before purchasing the drapes so I'm not certain if you could find something equally as beautiful elsewhere. But I really do love these from Pottery Barn. I feel like the quality and styling is fantastic and I would definitely do it all over again.

I have the PB silk in Clay in my DR and I also have it in Ivory in my LR. Love them. The clay I have on a pole pocket and the Ivory are on clips. The clay is darker than the ivory and I think would block more light. Not sure if it is all you would need in a bedroom though.I only have 2 of them in my DR bay window on either end. I wish I had gone with 4.Do you have a picture of your bay with the 4 panels? Also, what type of rod did you use? I may have time to buy 2 more since they are on sale. Thanks!

I bought the PB silk extra-wide panels in espresso for a window in our MB (it's about 12' wide.) I hung them using rings on a 1" diameter metal adjustable rod that has one center bracket and then the end brackets.

They seem to block the light pretty well but it's hard to tell exactly because there are 3 transom windows and another skinny window in the room that aren't covered.

My daughter has a wide window in her bedroom and wanted room darkening drapes. I had a hard time finding wide width panels with room darkening linings, so I ended up getting 4 panels and sewing pairs together to make 2 wide panels. (To make them cuter I hung a double rod in her room and hung some cute, colorful drapes in front of the others.)

pps, those are really lovely! And with a sale and a coupon, I'd be all over it!

I have a question for the other folks that have had silk drapes. How well do these hold up? I'm wanting to make a valance for a DR window, and was thinking that a dupioni silk would be perfect -if only I could find the color I envision. However, the window faces southeast, and the French doors on the opposite wall (across the LR) face northwest, so the curtain will get a lot of sun exposure.

I'm just wondering if it's worth the time and expense if the sun will rot/fade them really quickly? I did find a silk/poly blend, that I'm sure would be more stable, and I know they make faux silk, but I wonder if that would look too fake?

Thanks everyone. I went to the PB store today. The clay was not at all how I imagined it. It was much darker, and more gold. It doesn't look anything like the pictures; I really wonder if she gave me the right sample. kmcg85- if you have any pics of your clay one, I'd love to see them.

What she gave me looks more like this:
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I imagined something more like this:
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I was going to paint the room BM kingsport gray. I was looking for a stone or flax type color. The ivory seems really light for the kingsport gray. Or maybe the kingsport is too light and I need to go with fairview taupe. I was also thinking of getting an upholstered.
headboard. Something like this:

But the colors are not really working. Back to the drawing board.

What's everyone's favorite upholstered bed? Tufted or no? Nailhead or no?

I'm afraid the curtains the store clerk gave you are the right ones. They are a bronzey/gold, much like the first pic you posted. (Not really clay-like, eh?) What was the second pic color? If it is more of what you envisioned, than why not try it? FWIW, I have an upholstered headboard in a sandstone color from HSN Nate Berkus line. I've been very happy with it. I am a fan of nailhead trim, but this particular bed didn't come in nailhead. Have you looked at Overstock for a bed like the one you posted? Here is my bed. Still working on the room.

Bed, Bath & Beyond sells similar silk panels - the quality is basically the same - lined with an additional flannel inner lining. Between the flannel inner lining and the lining, they do a great job of blocking out light.

I bought 8 of the chocolate brown silk panels from BB & B for $99 each (regular price) with a 20% coupon on each one...they were on sale about 6 weeks ago.

Update...

RH's Thai silk panels in sand is the perfect color. They are also on sale-but $100 more. Oh well. I think it's worth it to get the color I want. I will definately check out BB&B before I buy the RH ones. I wonder if they come in the 108" height and 100" width?

kmcg85, the 2nd picture is how the clay is pictured online. But IMHO, it looks nothing like that. I'm glad I went to the store to look at it before ordering.

I think I need to paint the room fairview taupe instead of kingsport gray.. Now I need to decide what to paint the ceiling.