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Dress to impress

Dress to impress
Finish your windows and enhance any room with these stylish curtain ideas Feature Zara Stacey

Practical and versatile, curtains can complete the design of a room. Carefully considered, they will pull a scheme together – holding colours and patterns found in the rest of the space to create a unified, cohesive look. They can be used to help accentuate the height of a room, improve the appearance of windows, or add much needed texture and interest to a neutral space.

From pencil pleats and eyelets, to tab tops and box pleats, there are many different types of curtains from which to choose. ‘When it comes to selecting curtains for your home, the first thing to think about is why you need

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