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Just as styles change every season with the clothes we wear, fashion trends in window curtains also change. Although curtain trends don’t change every season, as with clothes, there has been a considerable difference over the past few decades. Window dressings that existed thirty years ago were a complicated system of layers consisting of drapes, sheers, and sometimes, shades. There were also large valances and tie backs that went along with the curtains, completing the rather extravagant package.

Today’s interior designers prefer a simpler look for window dressings. If you want to be in style these days, simple curtains or even blinds are the way to go.

A plain style of curtains without the accompanying valance is fine, but you do want to consider color and the quality of the fabric. Make sure the fabric is good quality and that the colors go well with the room and other furnishings. If you keep it simple and do not have all of the extras that window dressings of the past used to have, you may be able to spend a little extra money on a more expensive type of fabric.

Curtain rods have grown more extravagant now that the curtains themselves are simpler. Without extra frills, like valances, the rods will be more noticeable and you may want something eye catching. While truly ornate curtain rods can be expensive, you can either use the money you saved while buying simpler curtains, or even make your own. Painting and adding some frills yourself to a simple dowel or broom handle can be a pleasant and eye catching addition to your window curtains.

Spring cleaning will be a less arduous chore with simpler curtains. The main reason being that you won’t have to clean layer upon layer of dusty fabric and accessories that you would have to take down and then put back up. Just clean them according to the fabric care instructions and then re-hang them and they will be as good as new. Even if you have mini-blinds along with the curtains, you can take them down and wash them with relative ease.