Unfortunately, they are not white, I would consider them a cream. Here is a panel next to my white cabinet. I haven't decided if I'm going to keep them. Hope this helps...

Yes, that helps a lot! Thank you.

I see IKEA also has the ritva curtains. Cotton, not linen. Wonder if they would be better?

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80063833/

This blog used Aina curtains in white against a cooler off-white wall. I love this look. I have the white Aina against similar color walls and they're very nice.

Can't help you on color. I have them in beige and for the money they are very very nice curtains. And yes, light filtering but not black out!

They are nice curtains, I just wish they weren't so creamy. I bought them for my formal LR. They look great in the above photos! I have the lenda curtains in the FR, I wish the ainas were closer in color...

That is a big difference, for sure, Kitch4me. I like the loops on the Lenda to hang on the rod. My Aina's are time-consuming to take down.

Oh! Don't forget to wash them before determining how high to hang--the Aina's shrink a few inches.

Yes, Joan from "For the Love of a House" blog uses Aina - all over her home I believe. I was interested in purchasing some for our bedrooms, and contacted Joan about hers. According to her (and as mentioned above), they are not a true white. I'm happy with that, I wanted more of a cream/off white. I haven't purchased those yet, but did purchase a pair of them in tan which is a flax color. Very nice weight linen fabric. I am going to pleat the flax panels I bought.

"I am going to pleat the flax panels I bought."

Details, please tinam61 - I'm intrigued!

I found this picture of the Ritva curtains in white against SW agreeable grey walls.

http://www.maisondepax.com/2016/05/classy-yet-affordable-white-curtains.html

And the Ritva come in 118 inch length, which might come in handy for the living room windows--will need to measure as soon as we close.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80063833/

The Ritva curtains look nice in the photo above. If I remember correctly, the Ritva were less creamy than the Aina, but not as white as the Lenda. If I return the Aina, I'll probably get the Ritva. I'm living with the Aina curtains a few days to see if they grow on me.

My walls are a pretty bright, slightly cool white and I said the exact same thing - they don't have to match exactly, but I don't want them to be to creamy our look yellow against the paint. When I took my paint swatch with me to Ikea, all of the panels looked cream next to the paint. Several of the white roller shades looked good, but that isn't what I wanted. I couldn't find anything that looked right and didn't look cream or yellow at any of the less expensive stores, actually, including Target, Wal-Mart, etc. In the end I decided to wait and save more for the windows by doing one room at a time. I found an inexpensive linen fabric that matches my paint to use for drapery, and I'm using higher quality linings, and so far so good.

When you say a 'warm light grey' it probably depends on the undertone of the grey. Cream can look more yellow against a grey with a blue undertone but Whether that looks good or bad depends on the rest of the room, including the lighting.

I didn't choose the eider white and the house is in a different state so I'm operating at a bit of a disadvantage.

Here's the formula.

Online people describe it as a warm light grey or warm grey white. Some people say it is a bit taupe or clay in color. And some talk about it being pink. All of which seems to make sense given the formula. My memory is that it looks quite white in our new house and I did not notice any pink.

It is a brand new house so there are no window treatments of any kind. Some windows don't need them, at least not right away. But the living room windows are huge and are just a few feet away from the sidewalk. So I do want to get some thing up on those immediately. Master bedroom too, for obvious reasons.

I think I will go with the ritvas. At that price, if the color isn't quite right, I can afford to replace them later. I don't think there's much of any cheaper possibility, really, even in temporary blinds, etc. Looks like I may even be able to order them through Amazon prime, which would be great as I do need to wait to close to get the measurements.

Thanks so so much for all the help with the colors on this!

Hi crl_, we used some IKEA white cotton tablecloths for curtains in our last house, I liked them better than any panels IKEA had at the time -- thicker (and less expensive too). The ones we had are no longer on the website but just thought I'd mention you might take a peek in that section too if you already are at IKEA.

Plus, now that we're not using them as curtains we have extra tablecloths for folding tables when we have a lot of folks over ;-)

No IKEA in our new location unfortunately. And I'm not adding anything to the stuff that has to get moved. So I'll be ordering online.

Thanks!

I was at IKEA today and remembered this thread. So I took a picture of the Ritva, Lenda, and Aina curtains side by side (Lenda on left, Aina in middle, Ritva on right). I don't know how much you can tell given the crappy lighting, my less-than-stellar photography skills, and the fact that the packaging is still on, but all three curtains looked creamy, not pure white. The Aina was significantly more yellowy than the others. Hope this helps! Oh I'm pretty sure the Aina also comes in a gray color which might look pretty with grayish white walls. Didn't take a photo of that though - my 11 year old son with with me and it was all I could do get him to stand still for me to take this photo!

How incredibly nice of you! And yes, that is very helpful. Looks like skipping the Aina and going with the Ritva should work. Thank you so much!

PS. Tell your 11 year old I said thanks for letting you get the picture!

Wow, thank you! All three colors seem to work. That's great.

I just wanted to thank everyone! So much wonderful help from all of you, especially all the picture taking and posting.

When I realized it would cost a $50 delivery fee to have IKEA ship the curtains to us at our new home, we decided to buy here. (My choice wasn't available on Amazon after all.). Dh stopped by IKEA this evening and picked up five packages of curtains.

I went with the Ritvas because I needed the longer length--they come in 118 inch length! The color looks great next to eider white, IMO.

Thanks again!

Can you let me know where you got that beautiful wooden curtain rod? :D

staceyspeaks, if you meant the picture I posted above, it's not my picture. The link is in my post. Maybe there is information there about the curtain rod?

Wish I had seen this thread earlier :(

The Aina curtains have a definitely yellow tinge. I tried them in my Horizon (1478) bedroom with bright white trim and they looked too yellow. I almost bought the Ritva. I think I am going back to get them because they are whiter.

Very late to the party, but please note that the creamy tones in Ikea "white" cotton curtains, including Ritva and Merete, will be reduced once you wash them. They will not be a true, cool white, but they will be much whiter.

Here is the answer about the curtain rods in the photo above -- I liked them too so went to look at the blog: " Curtains are white linen, from Ikea. Curtain rods are bamboo rods from the garden center ($1 each!) The curtain rod finials are old curtain rings that I stained to closely match the color of the bamboo, and they fit over the end of the rod (with a little help of some tacky putty.)"
There you have it! What a great solution...but maybe not if you need to open and close the curtains often, depending on how knobby the bamboo is....

Now for my question -- has anyone used Ikea's light blocking liner called Glasnava with the white Ikea Aina curtains? Or with any white Ikea curtains for that matter? I am wondering how it works -- if it goes together as easily as the pictures suggest, if it stays together without fussing, if the curtains can move together easily when the drapes are opened and closed, if the colors look OK together, ETC?

(We realized we need blackout drapes in our bedroom, and the best color would be some shade of white, and the nicely lined one I like at Bed Bath & Beyond is out of stock.)