Why do my expensive-ish curtains look crap

Why do they only go half way up the wall?

Curtains should hit the floor. The fabric looks like a pair of men's boxers.

How much did they cost, lol, tell us youre a daily mail reader without telling us you’re a daily mail reader.😂

who cares how much they cost, it’s not relevant.

I was also gunning that, I suspect all together it looks fab.

What does it matter how much they cost? They were expensive to the Op and that's all that matters. We all have different budgets and starting from scratch on a new house with lots to buy is never cheap

They need ironed and hung properly.

I feel like really nice curtains cost hundreds of pounds so try not to worry so much, especially for first hime.

How much did they cost? Full length tend to look more expensive.

Nothing a good iron won't fix.

The other thing with this is that the OP says she has a dramatic statement blue sofa (which I really like the colour of). Surely keeping everything else in the room neutral (while picking up the colour theme) makes sense?

I think we all get it’s not to your taste, it clearly is to hers. They aren’t even beige. It’s very clear she was asking about fitting/hanging, from her op. not for colour advice.

you can post pics of your fabulous home though and show everyone how great you are at internal decor?

Clearly🤪🤣🙄

Oh @billy1966 thats hilarious 😂 and clearly nothing to do with the wine 😂😂

Apparently. Not. Who is the nasty one now?

Too short, should tuck behind the radiator, you’ll be heating the window recess instead of the room.
Definitely need steaming and putting into proper pencil pleats via the strings.

Yes! Can definitely be used for items other than clothes!!

I was out for lunch a good ten years ago that involved several glasses of wine.

We went window shopping after lunch and somehow I arrived home with a raincoat and matching hat in a combination of yellow, pink, and peach.....that could be seen from Mars🙄

It was reminiscent of something the gorgeous Doris Day would have worn in the 1960's and somehow possible pulled off and looked sweet in.

However, a tired mother of 4 in her late 40's ....absolutely not.

I clearly thought it looked cute on me🙄as did my two lunch companions.

My husband and children were momentarily rendered speechless and then laughed like drains ...on and on...

I brought it back and bollixed my friends for not reining in my exuberant delusions of youth.
As for the cost of it....for a luminous raincoat!

As you say, we are all free to have opinions and express them 😁

And I see you are doubling down on the nastiness and spite.

Notice my total lack of surprise.

No, more of a museum piece. 😂

I don’t think I was a cunt. I just expressed an opinion. Personally I think you are the nasty person here, calling someone an extremely horrible name suggesting using some colour. You have issues and I will be reporting your post.

I think she did, she asked why her curtains look crap and I think it’s partly because of the colour and the colour of the curtains are almost exactly the same as the walls so that’s my advice. It’s just boring and bleaches out everything else. I suggest people don’t ask the questions if they only want the answers they’d prefer to hear.

I agree, it would be interesting to see some of the house interiors of the people making the nasty comments,

When we moved into this house about a decade ago, it has exposed floor boards, I bought a dark brown shag pile rug. With a curious white tip on some of the fibres. I knew it was really bad as soon as I got it. No idea what I was thinking. It was massive as well, so returning was not an option and I had ordered on line.

I lived with it about a year and then my husband and I dragged it out , it’s rolled up in the garage and I really need to organise bin men to collect. Think mice and squirrels live in it.

Think we have all made major mistakes at some point.,😄

That’s precisely what we bought…and I’m now totally blaming the flooring on the menopause-genius 🤣🤣

@Janeandme thats precisely what we bought-woodchip wallpaper, carpeted kitchen and bathroom and all 🤮

I'm quite over invested in getting the curtains right, please update OP.

DH & I were 30 when we bought our first house. MIL had had a bit of a free reign with DHs older single brother and sister houses and assumed we'd be the same. It was a stressful learning curve with them looking over our shoulder.

She had a whole loft of ancient curtains that had been good enough for her or charity shop bargains, I know you get lucky sometimes but thirty year old, sun faded curtains had had their best days.
Not sure she's ever forgiven me for washing a pair which the lining just shredded in front of our eyes and changed from beige to zebra striped , sunfaded pastel and solid green.

We moved a lot further away and mostly have shutters!

@Janeandme they can be a good buy if they are well built, which they often are, and you are prepared to roll up your sleeves.
We had all the big jobs done and were left with a blank canvas.
We went with a neutral classic style which hasn't dated, but I still manage to lose the run of myself a decade ago with that bloody leather suite.

Upon reflection it could have been a menopausal buy🤔🤣