If you've ever had to rough it a few days (or weeks—we're not judging) post-move with no window treatments, you know just how essential it is to have them. Both functional and decorative, curtains, ...

I never truly appreciated the power of good blackout curtains until this year, when the gorgeous, sunny windows in my bedroom became the biggest obstacle to getting my infant daughter to sleep. After ...

Whenever I think about window treatments, an anecdote from one of my favorite childhood books, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, comes to mind. If you don't know Amelia, she is a kooky housekeeper who, ...

When we moved into our house more than four years ago, the previous owners were kind enough to leave their window treatments — which, save for the curtains in one bedroom, were all plastic blinds. I ...

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