Get It Together: Window Treatments

What to do with the windows… I must admit, upon moving into a new space, there are 1,000,001 things you'd rather do before dealing with new window treatments. I mean, all that measuring can really get a girl down and there are Law & Order reruns to be watched thank you very much. However, I have seen some poor excuses for window treatments around town. Granted, I live in a lovably grungy New York neighborhood but there's just no excuse for this:


Or this:


Must we look like we're running a den of iniquity at best or a crack house at worst? This is one area of the home where one need not spend a fortune to look like one has a modicum of taste. Keep it clean, simple and functional and you won't go wrong.

A few options we do NOT recommend.

- The overly-technogeeky, motorized, remote control models. Hell no. Think it's a good idea to flip a button that turns on a fireplace, opens the blinds, or makes your bed spin around in vomit-inducing circles? Nice try buddy... we don't care how big of a technophile you feel you are, but those bachelor-pad cliché features make reasonable women run for the hills faster than a screening of the Dustin Diamond sex tape.

- Any sort of frilly Scarlet O'Hara, I-just-tore-down-my-curtains-to-make-this-debutante-gone-wrong-concoction-of-a-dress curtains. The word "poufy" should not be used to describe your window treatments, nor should the word "velveteen". Nasty.

- Anything resembling a shower curtain, unfurled hippie skirt, or random tapestry leftover from your college years (see above: den of iniquity).

Still at a loss? We like the following:
Roman Shades
Linen Panels
Venetian blinds