Help with window dressing please!!!

[Givemesunshines]

Help please. We live in a 50 s house so gone with that vibe.
Have always had white walls and patterned curtians so this is a new look for us and one i am.unsure about.
We need to dress the windows.
The paper is orla keily and i love it but it cd be painted over if too much ! Love love the rug . V good quality.
Anyway, what window dressings please.

Blinds ? Wot type ?
Curtians.. what type colour?
I love cotton velvet o r heavy linen .
Green ? Ivory?
I will post pic of window .. which is ugly ( and bare) .. thanks

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Hessian curtains or rough linen curtains in a pale taupe for the window. A mirror over the fireplace (add a chunky mantel shelf?) would bring it together. Perhaps a complimentary print or picture with a botanical theme if you don't like mirrors. Lovely room!

I have a 60s mirror . Wood , round, like the table..i have pics but cant put up yet as want curtians first.
Thanks so much ! What lenght curtian do u think , floor or just below sill ?

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Thanks ! Must get this right! So expensive.. the quote was 800 !

Full length curtains every time. I second rough linen or hessian, taupe, cream. Velvet would be wrong I think, too heavy looking for the room.

Blind wd look like this ...

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.... dc say short linen / hessian curtians ...

@Givemesunshines

i LOVE your room!! It looks fabulous!

but tell me, why can't you put up the mirror before you get the curtains??

id go with dark green velvet curtains (colour of the wall paper/rug). Full length. I have a similar problem, but My window is a little bit higher off the floor & I also have a radiator under the window.

what was the look in the 50's?? I suspect short & not velvet as I assume post war fabric was still quite expensive?? (I should look these things up before embarrassing myself, not knowing!! But that's not going to happen.)

I would go full length velvet (for warmth!) in the pale sage of the wallpaper.

I'm a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to decor but that room is truly beautiful.

It what you were asking, but I think I would add another colour too. Perhaps a tiny addition of some orange - on a couple of cushions, ornaments, books.

Thank you all !
I am going to add deep raspberry velvet cushions or / and terrocotta cushions s.
With orla keily art work and possibily brutalist photo images .

Thank you for saying it looks nice . Went with my gut and what attratched me !

“I am going to add deep raspberry velvet cushions or / and terrocotta cushions s.
With orla keily art work and possibily brutalist photo images .” - you don’t need our help, you have great ideas of your own! Want to come and decorate my house?!

I think linen in the same green as the rug, 6” below the sill.

If it were me ( which it is not ) I would go full length roman blinds on that window in a nice colour / pattern ) and then you can get them full length or keep them just above the sill , radiator )

Ooh am really enjoying this thread . And its really helping my confidence . Thank you.

What a lovely room! The raspberry highlights will be great too.

For me, natural lineny curtains, or possibly a navy blue or charcoal colour.

I'd keep the curtains pale, your windows look like pvc so I assume double glazed so hopefully not cold.
50s look would be short curtains but I'd go long, linen in a pale beigey taupe.
Once you add your contrast bits in raspberry, dark curtains would look too heavy.

If you want made to measure but budget won't allow, try buying ready made and getting them altered.
My mum wanted Laura Ashley curtains for a small window in her spare room and it was cheaper to buy ready mades (and adjust them) than for me to buy the fabric and make them (for free)
I've bought ready mades and tweaked the heading to make them look bespoke with a quarter of the effort of making from scratch

Thanks !

This guy designs some beautiful prints that would fit your gorgeous house.

www.facebook.com/MrWatsonDesign

They are lovely.. thank you !