Update: I had to add this. I'm not hugely a fan of curtains with metal grommets that you thread the curtain rod through (looks too much like a shower curtain). These havefabric strips you thread the rod through, but you don't see them from the front. But I just noticed today, there's no gathering at the top. Rather, they look pleated! No special hooks or ironing involved. They look lovely. & again, a little more formal. And guess what? The wrinkles HAVE pretty much shaken out! Though I guess I would iron them if the boss's wife really were coming over! :) I'm going to ignore the fact that Earth Day is this week, and not even look into this, because these 100% cotton curtains have GOT to be treated with something. (If today were actually Earth Day, I wouldn't joke about this, of course. Serious face.)
Original, out of the box, review: I bought these for my living room & the multi-colored ones for the dining room. I wanted to tie the 2 rooms together without being too matchy-matchy. I think I made the right decision. If you're trying to decide between the 2, personally I'd go with the multi-colored. These are a little staid looking. & the others are so cheerful & pretty while still being formal. Extremely well made, 100% cotton. These are old-fashioned drapes that you would not need to feel embarrassed to show your grandmother or the wife of your husband's boss. I know that's an old fashioned way of putting it, but these are drapes with old-fashioned Quality. And yet they would lovely in a more contemporary decor/motif, as well. That's what I'm doing. The living room is my blue room, but also my "bird" room, & I've brought in birdie this & that all over the room, some of it realistic & some of it cutsie.
If you're really meticulous, I'd fault 1 thing about about these. As a seamstress of a certain age, I deplore the modern tendency to machine stitch the side hems & bottom hem of curtains, especially FORMAL drapes. It's just lazy, because these days you can do a "blind hem stitch" on a machine! They just don't want to take the time to switch out the feet, or something. I think they know that young people don't know or care about these things anymore. Fine, but if you're anal compulsive, (I guess I am about this), now you know: these are NOT blind hem stitched. The stitching is very nice, howver.
I also don't mind polyester curtains these days, because who's going to go & run their hands over your curtains? Polyester will launder well, they'd probably hold up better over time, and you probably won't have to iron them out of the dryer. Still these are 100% cotton & u can tell: Quality. I hung these right out of the box, hoping the wrinkles would shake out, but I'll probably have to iron them (sigh).
Finally, these look so pretty with the light filtering thru them, especially the colored ones. I see no reason why you couldn't put these in a bedroom, but they are NOT light-blocking (if that matters to you.)
Oh, & don't forget, you only get 1 panel for this price. So, yes they are expensive, & if you forget, take them off your wishlist list, & just hit "buy now", you're going to feel pretty silly when you open the box & there's only one curtain there! (Literally, LOL:)
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