Window treatment and counter stools help needed
Hi all! We just bought a new house and are looking at window treatment options. We are considering bamboo Roman shades or blinds with linen curtains to go over these windows in the dining room. This side of the house catches the southwestern sun (a little more west than south) with nothing blocking it from directly entering the windows. There will be a house there in the next couple of years though, and that should block some of it a little. We do however want to let in as much natural light as possible throughout the day.
Also, we are looking for counter stool ideas as well. The ones in the pic are from staging.
I’m including pics of the inside of the dining area, kitchen, and living room since it’s one big open space and also the front view of the house from the road. The window all the way to the right will have blinds since it is my daughter’s bedroom, so keep that in mind.
So my questions are…
- bamboo Roman shades or blinds for dining room windows?
2)would you hang the shades/blinds from point A or point B? - what color bamboo Roman shades/blinds should I go with?
- what color and design for curtain rods? I’m thinking black (ceiling fan is black, my kitchen table is black and brown)
- what kind of counter stools should I go with? We want something with a back.
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2 months agoPretty house! Without knowing your furniture and colors, I'd say woven shades or neutral solar shades plus linen drapery would go with a lot of things. I'd do a curtain rod at the ceiling and wall-to-wall. That way, your drapery can be open without covering the windows. Kind of like this.
Stacy Doucet
2 months agoThank y’all so much! We have these off-white linen couches and this rug. This is my current living room. We’re keeping the couches and rocker for now, however we are open to making changes if we can’t tie everything together somehow.
The kitchen island is SW Sea Serpent, which is a deep blue, however I’m going to eventually paint it either urbane bronze or black fox to make it a little warmer. Here’s a picture of my kitchen table. Thinking of staining the beams in the new house the same color as my table to make them blend more.
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