All About the New Velvet Curtains in Our Living Room
We have wanted curtains in our living room for years, knowing that they would be the final touch on the room we spend the majority of our time as a family in. We even ordered some two years ago that came in but were too short for what we needed, so I sent them back.
Back then I was thinking of doing curtains in a blue velvet to tie into the blue in the rug that we had in the living room at the time. We’ve since switched rugs (twice) and added new lamps and did a whole frame wall on the TV wall, and suddenly the blue velvet wasn’t the vibe in there anymore.
Ever since we painted this room white two years ago, PJ has always wanted to do white curtains in here. He thought layers of white and cream would be soothing and relaxing. He was right.
I found these curtains on Amazon and ordered them in the ivory color and we both absolutely love the way they look against the white walls. They’re darker and warmer than the color of our walls, so even though they’re basically white on white, they still add dimension to the room and give us that layered look that we would only have if we went with a white/cream curtain.
Like layers of frosting on a cake!
As for the curtains themselves, we have 9’ ceilings, so we went with the 9’ curtains. They bunch up a little at the bottom, but we don’t mind that look, and they’re partly hidden behind the end tables, especially the ones by the French doors. The curtains are extremely soft and feel and look much more expensive than they are. The best part? Each order comes with two panels!! Soooo many companies don’t include both panels with your purchase, so I was ecstatic to see this one come with two.
Here’s what it the room looked like before we hung the curtains:
Not bad, right? But just not finished looking, in my opinion. Here’s the same angle after:
There’s a giant support beam that cuts our living room in half that somewhat hinders our curtain hanging ability. For the longest time we couldn’t decide how we wanted to hang them. Do we hang them lower with one long curtain rod across the top of the window molding? Do we hang them higher and have two rods stop at the support beam? We ended up going with the latter and both agreed that’s what looks best in there.
What once felt like a pretty but unfinished room now feels complete. Curtains are that final touch that just makes a room look put together. The living room now feels a thousand times cozier and we can officially say, after living in our home for six years, this room is finished.
