Curtains and Roman blinds, tell me about yours.

[Pawslikepaddington]

We have moved in to a v cheap but v dilapidated (sp?) house and it is beyond cold. There are gaps around all the windows so I am making curtains with thermal linings, but quite fancy making roman blinds to go underneath on the worst ones, eg landing (the wind whistles through that one and you can get your hand through the gap all around it) and the smaller window in the lounge (we have french windows and then a 1m squared window). Will this look ott? Should I use the same fabric for the curtains and roman blind, or same design but matching shades? Also need to make a curtain to block the draft from the front door, and to cover the "storage" area, where the hoover, mop, sweeping brushes etc go, but this is at a right angle to the front door-will that look naff too?

Thank you ladies of style xx

Please? I've got to get the fabric when dd wakes up, so need to know if I am to go with matching, not matching, or matching patterns but different colours.

If you are going for patterned curtains I would have plain, co-ordinating roman blinds for underneath.

If you are going for plain curtains then I think it looks fine to have the same material for the roman blinds.

Pattern + pattern (even the same) could look OTT (unless is a very tiny discreet pattern, or mostly plain with a little bit of detail).

As for the curtain to the door & storage area, I think is fine as long as is treated as two seperate doors (in case you were thinking of doing one long curtain to go past the door and round the right angle).

good luck!

PS Don't go for matching patterns in different colours (even if they co-ordinate!!) Too busy! If there's a "louder" pattern and a "quieter" pattern in the same colourway, that's fine though.

Oh no, was not going to do one massive curtain, don't worry! Should I make them out of the same fabric as the french windows curtains (stong stripe), as it is a kichen-cum-living room thing? Am so as the fabric I bought is really nice, but have just looked online as I only have enough for three windows, and the stuff they have in now is so much more beatiful I don't want the fabric I've got

I feel bad now if you had decided to do one big curtain! Up to you re one or two curtains, I just think that it would look better to dress the front door and then dress the storage area seperately.

I think the same fabric as the french windows would be fine. Could you not use up the stripe for the kitchen area and buy something different for the door area? If there's enough to squeeze out of what you have then it's fine to use the same material all round. Stripes are nice.

They are on seperate tracks so it wouldn't work anyway-I really wasn't planning on one single curtain, it would be huge . you are a poppet, thank you.

Aha, I mis-read, you weren't going to do one big curtain! double , ha.