September 20, 2004
Drapes are not blinds
Drapes are not blinds. Nor are they curtains or shutters.
Drapes. Are. Drapes.
Yup. I learn something new each day.
Yesterday I returned to Pottery Barn (where we got the drape rods). I said, "I don't get it. If you have the drape rods hooked to the wall with posts, how do you slide the drapes past these posts to close the drapes completely?"
The guy said, "So, you close your drapes often?" I mean, brutal. Ouch.
Really. I've never felt more inadequate and illprepared in front of a gay man in my life.
So, drapes are decorative. Got it.
Shutters are shady. Curtains close completely, and Blinds do what they say.
There ya go.
These are drapes. New drapes, as it happens.
See more drapes and our (nearly) completed Parisian Library here.
Oh, and it turns out that drapes do actually have one thing in common with blinds, curtains and shutters. They are all hideously expensive.
Posted by BilFish at September 20, 2004 08:40 AM