Choosing Window Décor for Every Room

Let your own expressive decorating style shine through

When you look at your windows, what do you see? How about an opportunity to bring your personal flair to the room? Beautiful window décor can let in light and offer you privacy, it's true; but more than that, it's a way to lend color, texture, and mood to any space. Read on for tips on creating the look you want at prices you can afford, window by beautiful window.

The Formal Window

The soft touch of velvet, or the shimmer of an iridescent stripe. Endless ripples of fabric pooling on a floor. The romantic pleats of an ascot valance gracefully capping the window. In the living room or the traditional master bedroom, your windows can truly reflect your flair for the dramatic.

Shop our ever-changing collection to find the formal window décor you want without the high decorator fees. Try paisleys, florals, or stripes in rich fashion colors, and complete the effect with a matching valance covering the curtain rod. Read our window measuring guide to make sure your draperies have the fullness you desire, and see below for tips on hanging sheers with your window panels for year-round versatility.

Sporty and Casual

In family rooms, home offices, and teen bedrooms, keep your window décor simple and relaxed. Cottons and twills have a kicked-back style as inviting as your comfortable weekend clothes. Valances can add a finished look to any casual window, but you can also leave the window uncapped and utterly contemporary. Tab top, rod pocket, and grommet top window panels add their own subtly geometric style to the room - and typically don't require a valance.

Curtains for Kids' Rooms

For children, your keywords are color, fun, and easy care. In our store you'll find window décor in vibrant solid colors and bright patterns - even featuring popular cartoon characters that kids love - always at prices to please your budget.

In the Kitchen

Kitchen tiers, or cafe curtains, are short panels that cover the lower half of the kitchen window only. Paired with a kitchen window valance that partially covers the window's upper half, they give the room color plus privacy, yet still let you watch out the window for the school bus.

Browse our store for several eye-catching colors of kitchen window panels, making instant coordination a snap. Kitchen tier curtains and kitchen window valances are often sold separately. Be sure to order exactly what you need for the effect you want.

Hanging Panels with Sheers

For the most versatility, plan to hang both drapery panels and sheers on your windows. A drapery panel is opaque and blocks the light while adding its own pattern, color, and texture to the room. A sheer lets light pour in while still providing privacy. With a combination of the two, you can invite in the sunlight by day to brighten and warm the room, then draw the curtains to keep in the warmth by night.

Beginners' Tip: Give It a Try! Not sure how you want to decorate? Just experiment! At our prices, it's easy to try a new look on your windows - even to have different looks and drapes for summer and winter. And you can always start with neutral colors and patterns that complement your furnishings, rugs, and art without making too bold a statement.

Decorator Tip: Mix Up Your Sheers. You can always choose solid-color sheers to go with patterned and solid drapery panels; but we also offer patterned sheers that look great with solid panels. They add a subtle visual dimension, so that looking at your window is as attractive as looking through it.

In the end, the best decorating advice we can give is this: select window décor in patterns and colors that reflect your personality and the way you like to live. A home decorated with your personal touches, in colors you love, will always feel the most welcoming of all.