Thank you for your responses! They're very helpful and have provided food for thought. As obvious as it seems now that you've both said it, I would not have thought to limit myself to just the cream and soft green. I kept thinking I needed the burgundy at least. But I can see now that it and the peach would only exacerbate the orange, pink, and gold problems. Ingrid, I'm glad you came down on the side of the cream shades, since that's what I prefer. There are not that many to choose from that are all cream, that have an interesting pattern with the vertical element, and that can be gotten 84" wide, but I still have a couple more places to check. I need to find out if the stacking height is more or less for woven woods than that of 2" wood blinds. There's actually not as much pattern as you may think from my description--DH says he doesn't think of the sofa as being striped, it's so blended. And the rugs both have small patterns, not the strong ones you usually think of when you think of orientals. The colors of the "green" rug look perfect from a couple of directions and in some light. After reading your comments, I went down and stared at everything for a while and thought about all of the colors again. I've got cream etched filigree panels for the dining room where I am trying for a light airy look, since it has white bookcases and gets sun from the windows on 2 walls all day. However, there does not seem to be enough heft in these panels to use them in the living room due to the slate fire place wall, and a piano, double pocket doors to the DR, and the entry doorway on a second wall. The other 2 walls will only have the windows, the drapery panels, and a half size grandfather's wall clock, so at night, when you can't see the trees outside, they look blah, and seem like they would be more so with plain cream panels. There will be no space on these walls for any pictures to add color. There's really too much green in the room now, which is why I'd thought to look for a blended subtle pattern for the drapery panels. But since you've both said soft green or cream, I'll skip the peach. The panels will be closest to the wing-backed chair, a chest, and the piano rather than the rugs, so do you think they can stand a subtle pattern? Since the rugs have small designs in them, could I have a larger design in these as long as it's very muted? Or maybe an interesting pattern in a green weave that catches the light in an interesting way and makes it look like several colors of green? Although I really don't want to repaint a just painted house, I'm wondering if another color would bring everything together in the living room. The room seems disjointed and lacks a warm, cohesive feel. It's 16x20 so it could stand a darker color than what is there now and still not feel small. Any ideas for paint colors in case all else fails? I've seen so many beautiful transformations with paint both on this forum and the kitchen forum. If I did a cream and soft green blended pattern for the drapery panels, I would probably use a different pattern with the same colors for the 2 chairs which will be on the other side of the room from the windows. Would a slightly darker version for the ottoman that would be under the windows work between the wing backed chair and the sofa (they look pretty boring near each other), which at a distance almost seem to be the same color? I also am thinking of making a wide runner for the orangey cherry coffee table to subdue its influence! I'll keep an eye out for something interesting when I'm at the fabric store. I'd like something a little more colorful, but I'll have to be careful! As much as I'd like to pull the burgundy and pale peach from the rug, I hear you both when you say stick to the cream and green. The wing back chair and sofa definitely need some contrast, so pillows in these colors will provide some. Both the FP slate and the rug have multiple colors of green, so I can have both dark and soft green pillows along with the cream ones. Ingrid, glad you made the comment about linen-like or textured--I'll keep that in mind when I'm looking. myredhouse, we can't sacrifice the rug, because in spite of its color faults we LOVE the designs and some of the colors. We'd originally planned to buy a new sofa so DH could slouch (hard to do in my camelback!), but not enough money. We're sacrificing the 2 GREEN chairs to buy 2 that match and are more comfortable. Anne

Well shades shutters and blinds has been very good to deal with and I think the price was good but maybe a better price is out there? My problem is with the company that makes the blinds. I think they are comfortex. out of the 14 windows. 3 or 4 had the silver side of the material on facing the room on the valance cover!!! instead of the Beige...I still need to get that fixed. Shades shutters and blinds wanted me to send any problem blinds back but that doesn't seem economical as all I need is some new material covers. 3 blinds in a room with 6 have about a foot or more longer draw chain. I need to get this fixed as there is a chair rail in the room and some line up with that and some don't. I swear the plastic chain is not adjustable as it seems to have been welded together?? I have been busy so these problems have been on the back burner but I do need to tackle them. The other issue was just that some of the valance material covers didn't fit very well. I have trimmed a couple of them to fit better. Basically the more expensive valance cover is a plastic housing that has some slots in it so a material strip about 2" tall and the width of the window can look good and hide the roller. Comfortex takes a strip of the material and puts some clear sticky backing material on it so it is thicker and more stiff and then inserts it in the top and bottom slot. IF it is just the right size it lays against the plasic curved surface. Several of mine were to to tall so that the cover poofs up away from the plastic by 1/8" to 3/16". I might add these to the reorder or try to trim them by hand. I am not sure how easy it will be to cut a straight line for 30+ inches. IT would seem that a factory would have a machine that would cut these the exact height that is needed as this dimension never changes on each valance and then some real square cutter to trim the ends to the correct length. some ends were crooked and my kids could have done better. That said they are fairly easy to install if your windows are square and the results of less heat in the room are dramatic. Only thing I wish is that I could clap my hands and all the blinds would go up or down by themselves. they only require about 3-4 pulls to move the blinds 6' up or down.

Dawn, I am a member of Costo and never even thought of that option. Thank you for the heads up. I am interested in the faux wood 2 inch and was wondering if you have ever ordered these. They seem to have 3 choices , and that always confused me. If you have any could you tell me which ones you ordered.

I guess I'm interchanging. I want to order natural fiber shades, lined. the window is 146" wide, divided into 3 sections: 38.5", 69", 38.5". The smaller sections on the left and right sides slide to open the windows, and I wanted to only have to open the shades that correspond to those windows to slide them open and not have to raise the center shade, but maybe with outside mount as long as the divisions are close to the locks that would be adequate? I thought that if the lock mechanism was exposed when I raise the smaller shades I could slide the windows open without adjusting the center shade. thanks!