Living room windows can take curtains, blinds, or a layered combination of both. This collection includes 14 ways to shape the light and finish the room.
The options range from simple shades to full curtains and paired treatments. Each one gives the window a different presence.
Living Room Window Treatments for Light Framing
On the floor, afternoon light is controlled by this window treatment. In this set of 14, a barely-there sheer joins a floor-puddling drape and a tailored Roman shade. Together, they create a ceiling-height effect, soften the architecture, and provide afternoon-light control.
A restrained treatment approach suits a room with limited capacity. Fabric, pattern, and color all need to be calibrated to the room's capacity.
Natural Bamboo Roman Shade
The layered study has a window with deep teal trim, partly covered by a Roman shade that hangs halfway down. Bamboo weave contrasts with the dark trim and grasscloth walls. Multiple vintage rugs and multiple bound leather books are found in the study.
Slouched Roman Valance
The high roman valances leave an autumn view of turning trees open. They cover four matching windows.
Taupe Pinch Pleat Drapes for Two Bedroom Windows
In a crisp white room, two taupe pinch-pleat drapes fall to the carpet. Their gathered tops provide structure and create a garden-facing treatment for the bedroom windows. Two white hydrangeas sit on the window sills.
Striped Floral Roman Valance
Two built-in shelves flank the treatment. A convex mirror in a gilt finish flanks it as well. Set in a sitting room finished with sage paneling, the traditional pattern brings together ivory alongside brown and green.
Linen Sheer Panels
Boucle on the sectional and a pebble-weave rug add texture to the hushed neutrals of this warm minimalist room. White, full-length linen panels extend from ceiling to floor around the wide window and filter the low sun.
Curtain and Shade Layers
Cream drapes stand against dark trim and layer over a textured Roman shade. The shade filters woodland light from the tall windows, while the drapes soften the moody coffered ceiling. Nearby, a stone fireplace glows in the evening.
Grey Roman Window Shades
A pale bay window holds a tailored, woven grey Roman shade that fits flush to the frame. It admits undimmed daylight. The shade is paired with a chalk-white mantel and creamy seating, keeping the color scheme light, airy, and neutral.
Ivory Cafe Curtain for a Window Seat
The blue cushioned bench is layered with multiple patterned pillows. An ivory cafe curtain hangs from a slim rod across the tall window seat, softening the sill and framing the bench. The window seat is flanked by a built-in with a gold backing, while the curtain keeps the upper view open.
Deep Charcoal Roman Blind
Cream walls meet warm timber around a bay window seat. The wood-framed seat tucks into the deep charcoal roman blind and overlooks a green canopy. Multiple denim cushions sit on the seat.
Block-Print Roman Shade
A natural-weave blind sits beneath the block-print roman shade. The shade frames a navy doorway opening to the next room. Together, the window treatments carry the room color story across thresholds.
Neutral Floor-Length Linen Drapes
The heavy neutral linen drape wraps the room and puddles slightly on the herringbone floor. It layers with two mid-century chairs and the original plasterwork, giving the treatment a more relaxed feel than a precise finish. The drape also softens the room's height.
Pale Linen Curtain
An airy Scandinavian palette brings together a woven Roman shade and a curtain that reaches from the floor to the ceiling. The curtain sits beside the open staircase.
Soft Taupe Drape
A soft taupe drape frames a moody bay window in a lamp-lit room. The bay window has a dark olive wall, a gallery arrangement of frames, and original shutters and cornicing.
White Sheers and Bamboo Cafe Shade
A linen sofa sits below the window treatment. Above the grid window, a woven bamboo cafe shade is paired with white sheers, and together they diffuse the daylight. The sheers sit in a neutral, coastal-leaning room.
