Drapes or no drapes?
Hi, We have been slowly redoing our living room and have just changed some furniture, put in new floors and touched up the fireplace. We replaced the old oak baseboard with taller, white boards but chose to keep the oak trim for now. Now I am wondering,... would drapes be the final necessary "jewelry" on the room or are they un-needed. I wonder if the right drapes would pull the room together- though we have privacy outside the windows and no real need for them. The photo without windows would give an example of color in the room. Thanks for any advice!!
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3 years agoThank you for giving so much thought to my project! The Christmas cactus is probably 10 years old... I got it from my sister as a small piece in a pot. The artwork over the buffet is 4 treasured original watercolor paintings by my mother. I know it's not the usual way, but I kind of like how the frames are less uniform and a bit more eclectic. The photo makes them look less prominent than they actually are... There is a large acrylic painting over the couch on other side of room and also by landing going downstairs so I kind of wanted a separate kind of grouping for the watercolors. The vases on the mantle are all ceramic. They are also personal treasures of mine.. by artist friends and from art studios. That's what my thinking was... I really appreciate the help!!!
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