strong believer that drapes don't need to be a statement. they are to soften the room, the corners, the hard edges. i think colorful plaid would extremely difficult to use as a starting point for the room, unless they are mono tone as in your 1st picture. thought about a stripe?- a stripe can be treated as a solid, again in mono tone. which ever way you go, hang them next to the ceiling line, above the window trim. choose interesting rods, to draw the eye up. good luck.

On a whim I bought some plaid drapes last fall and ended up loving them. I bought them at Lowe's and although they were inexpensive they hang well and add just enough color in my mostly monotone living room. The main color in the plaid is a dark red with shades of gold and green forming the plaid.They are perfect for fall and winter. The paint color in my rooms is SW bungalow beige.

I love tartan (and buffalo check) and think they could look quite nice. However, I suspect all of the (very nice) examples you've given are custom made. Do you have a drapery workroom in your area or home decor fabric store? This might be an option:

https://www.buyfabrics.com/c215_plaid-and-check-drapery-fabric

Your room sounds very nice. I like the examples you gave but agree they're probably custom made since usually the only plaid I see for ready made curtains is buffalo check. Does the room have art? Between that and the patterned pillows the room doesn't sound boring so I think you could easily go with solid curtains if you wanted. Is it the tartan pattern you're afraid of or just that the curtains will have a pattern - being concerned you'll tire of it. ? You also have the stone fireplace as a focal point so, again, I don't think you'd necessarily need tartan curtains for interest.

I'd love to see a photo of the room once it's back in order.

Here's your other post, to keep all info in one place. HERE.

Do you have any pics of the room before the re-carpeting started, so we can see your furniture, accessories and wall color? I am also a lover of tartans and buffalo check fabrics. Do you plan to change the window treatments out seasonally, (spring/summer vs. fall/winter) or want some that you'll have up year round? When you mentioned wool in your first post, I thought you may live in a cold winter climate.

Do you sew, or would you be buying the window treatments? My late Dad was a hunter, and I looked up plaids and checks on Fabric Guru just now and saw this, but it might be TOO much with the pheasant and quail feathers along with the plaid. :-) HERE

Thanks everyone. Yes I live in a climate that has 8-9 months of cold, snow, rain. So the wool doesnt bother me as a fabric. I do sew, and that would be no big deal for me, but the wool tartan I have found online is anywhere from $130 to $250/yard. Cant do that. Stripes are easier to find in curtains, but in keeping with my woodsy/aztec/hunting lodge-Ralph Lauren theme, (what is this style anyway????!) would a stripe work with that? I dont have any pictures of before, but carpet comes in 2 days, and then I can put my furniture back in and take a picture. Thanks!!!!!! (:

Yay! I'm so excited that you sew! I make all my WTs, and one can save SO much money. I have bought fabric from this woman on Etsy and been very happy with it. It's not wool, but has a good weight and it's 60" wide, and $14.95 per yard! These are just a few of her tartans below, and you know you can get the RL theme with these. - See her tartans here.

Love the Tartans that 3 dogs posted. I can totally see your vision and appreciate it as someone else who lives where we have winter!

There are some nice looking plaid curtains here, in a variety of colors and what seem like reasonable prices to me,

https://www.primitivestarquiltshop.com/pages/all-curtains-by-pattern

Here's some plaid curtains!

https://www.countrycurtains.com/search.do?query=plaid+curtains

Maybe wait until the carpet is in before you spend money on the drapes.

Wow guys! Thanks so much. I love this forum to get ideas from like-minded folks. You're the bomb. I am taking all your advice and mulling it over.

I have a good friend whose husband's last name is Scottish. And he knows where in Scotland his ancestors lived and where the ancestral home is. But the family room in the house looks like a Scotsman gone mad. SO much bright tartan - upholstery, carpet. They like it and it's been that way for close to 50 years. But it would drive me mad.

I like the first picture with the very neutral tartan. But reds and greens AND animal heads? Unless you live in Scotland, that wouldn't be my choice.

https://www.countrycurtains.com/search.do?query=plaid shows their plaid curtains.

I understand, Anglophilia, that some people are offended by animal mounts. Here where I live, it is part of our upbringing and culture to hunt. We eat the meat. I dont personally hunt but my hubby does. The 3 mounts we do have are beautiful and we enjoy them every day. That said, I agree with you on the colors of the tartan. If I go that route they need to be very subtle.

In general, not trying to start a debate but for anyone on here that gets upset over animal horns or mounts...do you have anything leather?

If you can't find wool plaid there is felt. Robert Kaufman has some beautiful plaid.

Hi Sheisback: Unfortunately not in that room. Wish I did. We have buffalo leather couch and chair in the family-kitchen room. That would be ideal to have in this room.