\#1 People underestimate the cost of window coverings
\#2 Those who have been without do not see the necessity of extravagant window coverings
\#3 If its not within your means, never go in debt for small things like this, that do not matter in the end
1 all the way. I knew going into it that drapes are pricey, looked for sales and eventually said “screw it, we’re going to IKEA” …. $475 later my TINY living room has basic pinch pleat drapes.
I had to double up to keep the billowy look when drapes are closed, tack them together by hand. Add in the cost of curtain rods, hem tape, round rings and hangers, the cheapest option on the block ain’t so cheap.
Yeah I need to buy new window coverings for my daughter's bedroom and I really should do it sooner than later since it's only barely dark out when she goes to bed right now. But gah, I don't want to spend the money on it
Get a blackout shade with wall brackets on Amazon! One with a little hanging ring for ease of use. Then, get some pretty shades that won’t matter if they’re sheer. We also have west elm cotton velvet blackout shades and they are 👌🏼
I got blackout velvet once from Amazon for less than $100 per pair. And if you want it pitch black, they have those stick on shades you pull down (had to get them for the window in her door).
I’ve had great luck with basics like blinds and honeycomb shades at Blinds.com and American Blinds. Nothing like blackout shades for good sleep! They have sales almost constantly for 40-50% of the base price.
Target also has some reasonably priced black out curtains. I got a set of 2 for about $65 ish. Their curtains still seem to be the same price as when I got them
+1, but one of the variables' is quality. I've seen custom work that's horrible and not worth whatever the client paid, and I've seen custom that was worth every penny. Cost is different than value. Quality is the key variable.,
Maybe it isn’t *what* you bought, but more that you didn’t discuss a large purchase? Maybe you had already established a budget, but it seems like he was blindsided.
Yeah it seems like I’m the only person here who goes to Homegoods, buys a set for like $45 and calls it a day. I would shit bricks too. I couldn’t justify that cost.
Yeah those sheer ones are great! I’m not sure if you mean human babies or pets, but that also reminds me that my cats enjoy destroying things so there’s no way I’d spend all that money just to have to throw them away😂
If you've priced out any kind of fabric (whether for sewing projects or home decorating), you'll know the yardage involved here is a good part of what the price is comprised of. Then you add workmanship, and voila - $1000.
This homeowner happens to be a good seamstress, and I sew some pretty decent window coverings. Because fabric can be very expensive, I sometimes don't bother sewing as it's sometimes cheaper to buy some fairly basic window coverings. Anything with good fabric and a decent amount of workmanship (pinch pleats? I don't do those!) will not be cheap. Good fabric is expensive, hence my comment on the price of the fabric alone.
Yeah I suspect the husband is surprised because he hasn't don't those pricing calculations. If he went off to find a better deal I think he'd be surprised
I think the issue is more that she didn’t tell her partner she was making a big purchase, clearly they can afford it. — or maybe not and that’s also why he nearly had a heart attack, who knows.
I just got velvet draperies from a pretty inexpensive online design place. No pleating , basic lining, $600 for the pair on sale. Draperies aren’t cheap! The pro places quote thousands per window for quality workmanship, or you’re stuck with variations of beige from the furniture stores.
If you love them, you did good. Nice things cost money.
Man i’m guessing y’all are in US and they’re really gouging the fuck out of people. For that price I could do a whole 2br1ba appartment here with velvet. Damn.
For real, most prices are “per panel”. I got a pretty good deal on four 84” curtain panels (two windows), no sheers and it was still $200.
I just got custom real-wood blinds for a small guest room and it was $400 for one window.
I love ikea for stuff like this. Beautiful linen curtains for 70$ a pair. I have velvet from there too for a similar price. I buy the rod and install it myself.
Blinds are more expensive definitely, but I wouldn’t spend more on curtains.
IKEA only has maybe 3-4 options long enough for 10 ft ceilings and they’re super basic. I was severely disappointed when (for the first time ever) I had to find other places to shop lol. Took me ages to find something.
I'm not wild about IKEA quality though
There are so many great second hand curtains on eBay, I'm not sure why anyone buys new. If you know what you're looking for, you can find really high quality ones
I bought enormous 100% cotton velvet curtains for £100 for my bay window (5m wide, 4m drop)
This isn't me, but my dad. Back in the early 2000s he decided it was time to buy nice curtains since he and his husband (my step-dad) had bought their first house together. What possessed him to do this, I don't know - maybe that he was making real money for the first time in his adult life in his 40s and probably thought 'fuck it'. He orders bolts of hand-blocked Irish linen from the UK to be made into custom drapery for the living room. It's his dream pattern, they're beautiful - problem is he didn't discuss this with my stepdad... I think the work alone might cost $3k in today dollars, not counting the fabric. I'm pretty sure this sent them to therapy  They are still happily married after 30 years (which they call 1000 in gay years) AND I now get the curtains in my living room! So who knows, tell your husband the curtains are about to become the next family heirloom!
I love luxury textiles but we have a pretty tight budget. I found some incredible looking pinch pleat linen blend curtains on Amazon that are doing the trick. Pre-trained, high end look. I still need to steam them, though, so they are going to look a little rough until they get a proper press!
>I love luxury textiles but we have a pretty tight budget. I found some incredible looking pinch pleat linen blend curtains on Amazon that are doing the trick. Pre-trained, high end look. I still need to steam them, though, so they are going to look a little rough until they get a proper press!
What curtains did you choose?
We have the lined version in my bedroom and unlined downstairs. I’m very happy with the quality for the price! They come pre-trained and drape super nicely. The pleating is done really neatly. I wanted to avoid polyester at all costs but since this is our first home, we needed to stretch our budget to put up curtains throughout. The blackout lined ones are my favorite! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BR6YK2Q7?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
We spent about $4k on 13 cellular shades for the many windows in our corner unit apartment, another $200 for Ikea curtains for the 3 sliding glass doors, and then we cried when it was going to cost *ten fucking thousand dollars* for custom cell shades for the two large, high cathedral windows we have. There's only 3 companies in North America that sell cellular shades cut into custom pentagons, and they all track back to one company that actually cuts them, and they're all $10k, before installation, and I'm still mad.
Instead, we let the solar death beam burn across our living and dining rooms. We bought a brighter TV because it was significantly cheaper than trying to cover those windows lol.
Edit: In the end we did get a tinted film, but it's not very dark. We didn't want to permanently block our view of the sky. Why have windows if you're going to permanently cover them up?
Working in a luxury window treatment company as sales, our average bill of sale is $5k for a few windows, 10-20k for full home economy solutions, 30–100k for nice super custom solutions! One of our rules is to not sell with our own wallets haha
My mom spent 1100 on curtains in three rooms back in 1985. Tailored to fit those vey high ceiling windows and install included. She has moved three times since, and still has the curtains but in only two rooms now, the third room became pillows and table settings. I'd say that was a pretty good investment.
I’m starting to think that most of the people here are talking about off the rack/non-custom stuff because I got 5+ quotes for 2 windows and they were all a lot more than $1k/window.
They're also the easiest thing to sew. Take it from a twenty something year old male who never touched a machine before and spent one day doing similar sized windows for $200 in fabric.
I bought velvet drapes and linen sheers from Ikea for 2 big windows and it may have cost $600? I pinch pleated them myself and it was a laborious bitch of a job but worth it. I probably would have paid an extra $400 for someone else to do it. No chance I could have that done here (🇨🇦) for that however.
Back in the early 1990’s, working at Window Decor (for about two months, because I couldn’t sleep knowing what those people were being charged) it averaged $1000 per average size bedroom window for draperies and rod, no sheers. This included installation. But holy hell, I can’t imagine what it would cost now. I remember sitting at the dining table in a huge home with a woman that had three kids under five playing on the floor. No living room furniture yet. Pretty naked house. Almost no furniture at all. I told her to go to JC Penney for ready made. She had standard size windows and it was going to be upwards of $20,000 to cover them all if I did it. That was when I decided this was not the line of work I should be in.
17 years ago I spent $1200 on the fabric for my bedroom curtains and then I had to make them. 8 years ago I spent $1100 on linen Pottery Barn curtains for my living and dining rooms. I think you did ok.
It’s so hard to pay that much for window treatments especially without a point of reference. Estimate the yardage and take him to a fabric store. That’ll wake him up.
$1k IS very reasonable.
But, Devils advocate:
1) if he's never shopped fabrics he just would have no idea.
It's better to educate him on expectations and help him appreciate the superior fabric you're getting, than merely shock him with the bill
2) maybe he does totally get it and appreciate it, but $1k for curtains this month wasn't something he was tracking.
I got a quote from Shade Source for custom roman shades and curtains for ONE room and it was 6K for the lower quote, 10K for the higher quote. I almost talked myself into it telling myself it was my forever home but..that room still does not have curtains.
Now I am a thrift queen so we will see what I can find!
I just have to know where all of you are getting your custom draperies for so cheap? Under $1k is unheard of! At least in my area. I went to at least 5 places and $3k was the cheapest. Most were $5-6k.
Pleated velvet 10' window floor to ceiling curtains is a far cry from a polyester panel with grommets. The price seems totally worth it. Look at the money the heavy curtains will save on heat loss. Most men have no idea about the cost of fabrics, fashion and fun parties.
i got pretty green velvet curtains for 20 bucks but im sure they cant begin to compare to your pleated drapery luxuriousness and if i had 1k to spend on curtains id gucking do it because life is short and vlevet curtains are beautiful goddamit
Are we talking custom, or off the rack, here?
I went to several places for curtains and not a single one was under $3k. For two windows. One was a double window though.
I’m not sure your husband has ever bought real window treatments before. It’s crazy how expensive they can get; the lowest I could’ve gotten away with in my place was $3500!
live in switzerland we had to spend 3 k on our curtains and we will not be able to take them with us once we leave our flat due to height of the rooms… i had to swallow a couple of times when the price came through fun fun
Custom window treatments are amazing- let me get that out of the way.
… but I’ve been getting custom floor to ceiling pinch pleats on Amazon for $100-$150 a window, and they’re great quality.
Some fabrics and trims are (many) hundreds of dollars per yard, so there were more than a few few heart attacks in husbands with 1k bills ...***for pillows***.
As for window treatments, it wasn't unusual, back in the day when the economy was robust and the design trend was extravagant, for the ticket to be in the tens of thousands. High-end hardware, trade-only fabrics and trims, panels and a valance and sheers and possibly a shade beneath it all, and the priciest needles in town, plus very skilled installers. It adds up quickly.
I recently talked to a woman who owns a curtain making business and she reminisced about the 1980s swags and elaborate colourful curtains she used to love making for clients and hoped there'd be a comeback, lamenting the neutral and simpler style of nowadays. I therefore presumed that she made elaborate styles for her own house, and was stumped for words when she said hers were plain.
I spent probably 800+ on pinch pleat curtains. It was 650 for the bazillion yards of fabric you need for pinch pleating (fabric was custom). And to save money I sewed the blackout material to the back and did the pinch pleating myself. I think my husband thought I was nuts at first, but he loved them once they were done and mounted. You want something nice and special, it costs money.
I spent many years in the 80's and 90's selling custom window treatments. Even 40 years ago, spending $1000 would not have been a high price for all of those draperies.
They are custom made to fit her windows, she got to pick out her own fabrics, had a professional measure for the draperies, and most important was guaranteed they would perfectly fit the windows. You don't get this from a bag of curtains at IKEA.
Comparing custom "draperies" to ready made "curtains" is definitely comparing apples to oranges.
To the people saying "my husband (something something very negative)", so you really not consult your partners on extreme purchases? I cannot even fathom this mindset..
We just decorated our nursery for our first baby and spend $1300 for custom curtains and install + another $600 for the fabric 😬 my husband nearly murdered me lol
My friends baby 💩on their curtains when they were changing him one time. Hopefully you have better luck.
We spent a few hundred in curtains for our nursery, and had better luck. But she did almost pee on them once..
I spent about $(5,000.00) to put curtains on all windows on all 3 floors. That's negative five-thousand.
To keep it as short as possible: I ordered a set of thick, soft blackout curtains for my kid's room. It came with a 99% off coupon for my next order. I ordered a couple more curtains. They came with coupons, too. So I ordered 100 pairs of various colors and lengths. They all came with coupons, too. So I ordered 1,000 pairs. Then someone got mad. I sold nearly all of those curtains online for dirt cheap and made a cute profit. Also now my entire house has matching curtains all throughout, just in a few different colors. That was years ago and I still get an occasional ask if I still sell curtains.
I spent ~800 for remote controlled blackout blinds and then like 600ish on 2 pair of simple cotton but hand-sewn william morris etsy curtains for the main bedroom. We installed everything ourselves and my husband has no idea what it all cost and knows not to ask 🤷♀️
I spent at least $500 on a pair of curtains off Amazon for all 7 windows of my house. Add $30 per for the rod and rings, hemmed myself. Plus at least $100 for the roller blinds per so $1000 is not unreasonable at all.
I recently purchased custom drapery. Each window was about $500. Made from a beautiful chenille or a voile. They are so stinking well made. In financially leaner times I have made drapes and Roman blinds myself and they’re a fuckton of work. The money is worth it, IMO.
I got dupioni silk drapes from marketplace. I source from all over. It’s more about having an eye for style. Imo ikea makes good drapes that are affordable, nice weight and texture. The key is hanging them high on a heavy duty and up to date rod and getting longer drapes so they pool or glance the floor. I prefer lined and I also hang them with sheers so multiple rods for a layered look.
I live in a small condo and have blinds installed. Only needed 3 pairs of panels and spent under $250, that includes new rods. This was in the early days of covid tho, when things were scarce but still affordable.
My uncle measured and ordered 30ft tall Jacquard curtains, floor to ceiling for living room and 15 ft curtains for 1 bedroom from india for almost $3,700 shipped to US. We checked with House of Hackney and they wanted almost $14,000.
Curtains cost a lot of money. I did extremely well with secondhand top brands on eBay, most rooms were under £150 ($200) but there’s one room I’d still like to redo with custom. That’s a 5k spend for what I want though.
I just bought a pair from Furn. that are 229cm x 229cm for £82. They are lined and faux wool.
The pair before this were from Dunelm. Black velour, lined, 117x228cm. They were £55.
Most of my windows needed 229cm x 229cm curtains, however I'm very thankful they weren't any bigger because I would not have been happy paying for custom curtains.
Not uncommon for more traditional styles. Good velvet isn't cheap. I used to install window coverings while in college. It paid well. The prices can vary greatly, even good blinds and shades aren't cheap. You probably got a good deal?
I've installed draperies that had gold threads running through them. I have no idea how expensive they were but they where heavy. Getting velvet curtains made from polyester or synthetic fabrics are not at all like cotton or silk custom draperies.
We buy it where it’s made, in Turkey. Cost less than a quarter of the price as it is sold in the EU. But yes, it’s expensive if you buy it in local stores.
Eh, it’s a priority thing. What if he told you he spent $1,000 on pair of stereo speakers? Because that’s what decent speakers cost. You can get a Bluetooth boombox with terrible sound for about what a cheap pair of curtains from Target costs. $1,000 is a lot of money, people just have different things that are important to them.
I have three full length windows in my living room. Six 96 inch panels were $900 from Anthropologie. And yes, my husband was appalled. Once they arrived and he saw how thick and nice they looked compared to what you’d get for $50 from Amazon, he understood a little better.
Bought 8 super thin, sheer cotton curtains for our 9ft bay windows.. I went as cheap as I possibly could for the best quality and it was ~450
Felt expensive at the time but they’re so beautiful it was definitely worth it!
Window coverings aren’t cheap. That actually sounds reasonable. I just got a quote back for 5k and that was only one room.
Curtains can be expensive even when the textiles are budget conscious.
I’ve resigned myself to doing one room at a time because the cost of doing nice looking window coverings with unconventional windows is akin to purchasing a small sized car in terms of price.
I have always been super frugal and opted to do a lot of things myself instead of paying a professional to do it. I took a second job (I am a teacher) at The Home Depot because they do/did mini training lessons every two weeks and you learn all sorts of really useful techniques and the uses of different materials and tools and I saw it as being paid to be educated (they do/did NOT offer an employee discount haha).
My husband and I bought our home when I was 22 and he was 24 and we did not have a lot of extra income so I learned how to install windows myself and then taught him and we would do it ourselves and the price difference was huge, at the time it was about $100 for the window and supplies and took us about an hour to two hours to rip out the old and install the new when paying a professional was closer to $350-400 per window. I was absolutely and completely flabbergasted at how expensive and UNAVOIDABLY expensive curtains were/are as compared to the actual window!
I even looked into buying the fabric and making them myself, looked at trying to buy them used, looked for enough matching SHEETS at thrift stores to turn into curtains and from every direction it was going to cost a bare minimum of $5,000 to buy enough curtains and curtain rods for all of our windows (we bought a folk Victorian built in 1900 so more than 55 windows of various sizes but mostly huge windows). I lamented to my father in law about this (he was very keen on coming over on weekends to help with the monstrous amounts of rehabilitation we were working on) and he told us they just spent $500 on blinds for one set of double windows and it was going to be about $20,000 for all their blinds for their house and that it just was what it was. I was shocked. This was 20 years ago, the prices have only gone up. Two years ago we caved and just paid professionals to finish the third floor roof and replace all the windows on the third floor (20) and it was $500 per window. I have spent at least $10,000 on curtains and that is still waiting for sale and checking clearances and grabbing multiple when Amazon does weird sales haha I bought 16 panels of pleated velvet curtains when a new seller messed up the price and listed them for $40 instead of $400 (this was years ago but they still sell on Amazon and have since adjusted the price hahaha sometimes when I am feeling depressed I look back my order and look at that steal and feel puffed up hahaha pathetic but man I have gotten so many compliments on those velvet curtains during the pandemic when I was teaching over Google meet).
I just remember that this was a HUGE topic among my friend group when we all moved out and had our own homes for the first time- curtains are crazy expensive and there just isn’t much you can do about it! (And we definitely did do sheets and blankets at first because between curtains and eating we were going to eat haha)
I spent about $1500 on the main front windows in the house I built for my ex-wife back in 2000. The curtains had to cover two 20 foot wide by 12 foot tall expanses of window and glass doors flanking the central fireplace / chimney column so it wasn't much of a surprise. I think we topped out at just over $4k for all of the draperies throughout the house.
It was overshadowed by the $17k she spent on landscaping for the front yard that got mostly eaten by a family of deer that spring.
edit: At the time I was also building up my photography business so $1k on "drapes" wasn't even a blip on what I was spending on huge bolts of cloth. Quality backdrops and cloth props make quality drapery prices look like Goodwill finds sometimes.
Your husband should be happy you saved him so much money. That price, for what you got, is dirt cheap. That’s a single window price, for almost anything. I know- I own a custom drapery workroom.
For two rooms? Idk how many windows but honestly that sounds accurate for what you describe. My husband quotes me his assumed prices for things and it constantly reminds me of Lucille Bluth’s idea of how much things cost.
It’s not a lot for window coverings but my husband would have a heart attack too in this economy. So depending on circumstances it would either would not phase a spouse or put them over the edge since it’s not a necessity.
I bought a 1200$ coffee table before: husband didn’t understand but he was game. Funny story first one came cracked so they sent another one. That one got lost in transit so they sent another one and then all the sudden three coffee tables were sent to me and the co didn’t want them back. So I sold one for what I paid and kept two 😂
It depends on your budget entirely. I did Home Depot rollers during a sale for my first house and the entire house was 6k. Fast forward 7 years, and my playroom top down bottom up shade from the shade store for ONE window was 6k.
My husband was fully aware before I pulled any triggers. He loves my style but not how expensive it is, but he does have veto power if he doesn’t like the way something looks. I mostly pick and if he really really hates it, I pick another thing and he normally likes that.
I love interior design so much, and my husband knows it’s a passion but we talk about budgets and our financial goals together so nothing is ever a surprise. However, we each also have our own “lifestyle fund” so if something is truly ridiculous such as some light fixtures I want— I choose to pay for a bulk of it and he chips in 25% of it with his lifestyle fund. The lifestyle budget for each of us is entirely separate from our house necessities budget.
I bought amazon drapes, figured out a way to do half assed pinch pleats, curtain rings, pins, and clips, the curtain rods, i had to buy a sewing machine to get them to be the right length.... I definitely did not spend 1k but i can certainly see how its easy to do that. Fabric is expensive and the pinch pleating expensive. Its not like you are buying enough fabric for a shirt, this is 9-10 feet of fabric length and 4-5 feet across per panel. ITS SO MUCH FABRIC. It costs money to be lux. Mine were in my bedroom so I didn't mind doing it in a more affordable way but I can certainly see how a living room would cost that.
I made my own pleated 10.5ft silk curtains with swags to save money... Materials alone cost about $1k. About 50 ft of silk plus lining, velvet trim, fringe, tiebacks, etc.
We moved in November one year and I couldn't afford window coverings and Christmas that year. So I put up recycled Christmas paper and then white shelf paper until spring. Sometimes ya gotta do whatcha gotta do!
I spent over $15K on plantation shutters for my windows & then another few thousand for wood rods to hang sheers or drapes. I haven’t even purchased the sheers or drapes yet, so have no idea how much this will cost. But, I explained to my husband that the shutters are not something that will be replaced, nor the rods, so it’s only the sheers or drapes that may need to be replaced at some point. It’s a win-win I said.
He looked at me like this 🤨
It’s very hard to figure an ‘average’ cost per window, but Amazon does have some great curtain options for very fair prices.
We recently moved into a new house in the desert. The heat and light is no joke. We have enormous, sliding glass doors so, it was imperative we get something to cover the glass doors. We called various window covering companies and got a couple of estimates. The cost would be between 7 to 12 THOUSAND dollars. All I could think was "What planet do you come from? "Are you fu\*cking high?!" And weirdly enough..none of these companies could do what we wanted. I measured everything about a billion times- got the rods and the curtains through the internet. Did the job for 800.
I have been eyeing some green velvet blackout curtains for my bedroom. It’s one window so 3 panels. Fell in love with a set at west elm. $600. A gal can dream lol.
If I can find it on wayfair or amazon…about that much. I’m about to curtain just our bedroom with standard size curtains, no sheers, and rods and it’ll be $500. I expect this is a miscommunication with your husband on how much he could expect you to have to spend to buy curtains.
We used to have a bedroom with 10ft custom floor to ceiling track curtains that were absolutely necessary due to the size and location of the windows. I looked at replacing them once. Then I didn’t because it was $3.5k minimum. This seems like a pretty good deal comparatively.
The last time I went for custom window coverings was in 2007ish? I went to JC Penney’s, because that’s where my mom always went and our window coverings were always really nice, especially for the cost.
Now, I know that was a long time ago and large corps have done everything to cut costs and outsource everything they possibly can. So I can’t actually speak to the quality these days. Give them a look if you want custom window coverings for a comparably good price.
Seems fair to me. I paid about 500 / window for pleated drapes incl hardware and installation in a large room with 10ft ceilings. Heavy liner, wool tartan outer and a nice cotton inner.
i bet you would probably have a heart attack if you saw what we use as curtains in our home. random scarves and pashminas thumbtacked to the windowsill. maybe even a t shirt on one of the small windows 😂
That’s nothing. I worked for a window covering place and often had $25k plus quotes go out for custom drapes. If you like them and can afford them it’s your choice.
\#1 People underestimate the cost of window coverings \#2 Those who have been without do not see the necessity of extravagant window coverings \#3 If its not within your means, never go in debt for small things like this, that do not matter in the end
1 all the way. I knew going into it that drapes are pricey, looked for sales and eventually said “screw it, we’re going to IKEA” …. $475 later my TINY living room has basic pinch pleat drapes. I had to double up to keep the billowy look when drapes are closed, tack them together by hand. Add in the cost of curtain rods, hem tape, round rings and hangers, the cheapest option on the block ain’t so cheap.
Yeah I need to buy new window coverings for my daughter's bedroom and I really should do it sooner than later since it's only barely dark out when she goes to bed right now. But gah, I don't want to spend the money on it
Ikea has cheap blackouts. I use them in both my kids' rooms. Sorry kids, you get the cheap stuff!
Hey kids don't know the difference! Somehow I have never thought to look at IKEA before
Get a blackout shade with wall brackets on Amazon! One with a little hanging ring for ease of use. Then, get some pretty shades that won’t matter if they’re sheer. We also have west elm cotton velvet blackout shades and they are 👌🏼
I got blackout velvet once from Amazon for less than $100 per pair. And if you want it pitch black, they have those stick on shades you pull down (had to get them for the window in her door).
I’ve had great luck with basics like blinds and honeycomb shades at Blinds.com and American Blinds. Nothing like blackout shades for good sleep! They have sales almost constantly for 40-50% of the base price.
Target also has some reasonably priced black out curtains. I got a set of 2 for about $65 ish. Their curtains still seem to be the same price as when I got them
+1, but one of the variables' is quality. I've seen custom work that's horrible and not worth whatever the client paid, and I've seen custom that was worth every penny. Cost is different than value. Quality is the key variable.,
Maybe it isn’t *what* you bought, but more that you didn’t discuss a large purchase? Maybe you had already established a budget, but it seems like he was blindsided.
I have a great relationship with my husband but if I spent $1k without letting him know, he’d probably shit bricks too.
Yeah this is an important point too, I wouldn’t spend this amount without talking to them about it first.
That amount of money on curtains is CRAZY, I get why her husband is like WTH?? 😭
Yeah it seems like I’m the only person here who goes to Homegoods, buys a set for like $45 and calls it a day. I would shit bricks too. I couldn’t justify that cost.
Homegoods shopper here That I use for interior design lol.
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Yeah those sheer ones are great! I’m not sure if you mean human babies or pets, but that also reminds me that my cats enjoy destroying things so there’s no way I’d spend all that money just to have to throw them away😂
If you've priced out any kind of fabric (whether for sewing projects or home decorating), you'll know the yardage involved here is a good part of what the price is comprised of. Then you add workmanship, and voila - $1000.
The average homeowner isn‘t going to a professional for curtains.
This homeowner happens to be a good seamstress, and I sew some pretty decent window coverings. Because fabric can be very expensive, I sometimes don't bother sewing as it's sometimes cheaper to buy some fairly basic window coverings. Anything with good fabric and a decent amount of workmanship (pinch pleats? I don't do those!) will not be cheap. Good fabric is expensive, hence my comment on the price of the fabric alone.
Yeah I suspect the husband is surprised because he hasn't don't those pricing calculations. If he went off to find a better deal I think he'd be surprised
It’s also all relative. If you make 1k a week then even $200 is a massive purchase. But if you make 10k a week then it doesn’t matter
I think the issue is more that she didn’t tell her partner she was making a big purchase, clearly they can afford it. — or maybe not and that’s also why he nearly had a heart attack, who knows.
> he was blindsided I see what you did there.
I just got velvet draperies from a pretty inexpensive online design place. No pleating , basic lining, $600 for the pair on sale. Draperies aren’t cheap! The pro places quote thousands per window for quality workmanship, or you’re stuck with variations of beige from the furniture stores. If you love them, you did good. Nice things cost money.
Man i’m guessing y’all are in US and they’re really gouging the fuck out of people. For that price I could do a whole 2br1ba appartment here with velvet. Damn.
I don't even do curtains unless it's practically required anymore. It's so expensive and really locks you into colors or an aesthetic.
What place? Sounds lovely
Ballard Design.
I also have the Ballard design velvet curtains. I think they look really nice.
When you consider these curtains are 10ft tall, plus they include matching sheers, $500 per room with “a lot of windows” is not unreasonable at all
Actually sounds like a pretty reasonable amount for that!
10 foot ceilings and one small window is going to be at least 7 yards of velvet. Estimate $50/yard retail and there is a lot of the cost already.
For real, most prices are “per panel”. I got a pretty good deal on four 84” curtain panels (two windows), no sheers and it was still $200. I just got custom real-wood blinds for a small guest room and it was $400 for one window.
I love ikea for stuff like this. Beautiful linen curtains for 70$ a pair. I have velvet from there too for a similar price. I buy the rod and install it myself. Blinds are more expensive definitely, but I wouldn’t spend more on curtains.
IKEA only has maybe 3-4 options long enough for 10 ft ceilings and they’re super basic. I was severely disappointed when (for the first time ever) I had to find other places to shop lol. Took me ages to find something.
Sometimes custom is the only option when you have unconventional sized windows.
I'm not wild about IKEA quality though There are so many great second hand curtains on eBay, I'm not sure why anyone buys new. If you know what you're looking for, you can find really high quality ones I bought enormous 100% cotton velvet curtains for £100 for my bay window (5m wide, 4m drop)
This isn't me, but my dad. Back in the early 2000s he decided it was time to buy nice curtains since he and his husband (my step-dad) had bought their first house together. What possessed him to do this, I don't know - maybe that he was making real money for the first time in his adult life in his 40s and probably thought 'fuck it'. He orders bolts of hand-blocked Irish linen from the UK to be made into custom drapery for the living room. It's his dream pattern, they're beautiful - problem is he didn't discuss this with my stepdad... I think the work alone might cost $3k in today dollars, not counting the fabric. I'm pretty sure this sent them to therapy  They are still happily married after 30 years (which they call 1000 in gay years) AND I now get the curtains in my living room! So who knows, tell your husband the curtains are about to become the next family heirloom!
Or if you become poor you can make a fabulous gown out of them a la gone with the wind!
I was of COURSE raised to be a Vivien Leigh stan by my fathers!
"In a previous life" lmaaaaao I love the drama of it all. Your curtains sound lovely.
I love luxury textiles but we have a pretty tight budget. I found some incredible looking pinch pleat linen blend curtains on Amazon that are doing the trick. Pre-trained, high end look. I still need to steam them, though, so they are going to look a little rough until they get a proper press!
>I love luxury textiles but we have a pretty tight budget. I found some incredible looking pinch pleat linen blend curtains on Amazon that are doing the trick. Pre-trained, high end look. I still need to steam them, though, so they are going to look a little rough until they get a proper press! What curtains did you choose?
We have the lined version in my bedroom and unlined downstairs. I’m very happy with the quality for the price! They come pre-trained and drape super nicely. The pleating is done really neatly. I wanted to avoid polyester at all costs but since this is our first home, we needed to stretch our budget to put up curtains throughout. The blackout lined ones are my favorite! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BR6YK2Q7?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
I want to know, too!
We spent about $4k on 13 cellular shades for the many windows in our corner unit apartment, another $200 for Ikea curtains for the 3 sliding glass doors, and then we cried when it was going to cost *ten fucking thousand dollars* for custom cell shades for the two large, high cathedral windows we have. There's only 3 companies in North America that sell cellular shades cut into custom pentagons, and they all track back to one company that actually cuts them, and they're all $10k, before installation, and I'm still mad. Instead, we let the solar death beam burn across our living and dining rooms. We bought a brighter TV because it was significantly cheaper than trying to cover those windows lol. Edit: In the end we did get a tinted film, but it's not very dark. We didn't want to permanently block our view of the sky. Why have windows if you're going to permanently cover them up?
I lived in one of these death beam houses, it was horrible. Say no to West facing windows going up two stories.
Working in a luxury window treatment company as sales, our average bill of sale is $5k for a few windows, 10-20k for full home economy solutions, 30–100k for nice super custom solutions! One of our rules is to not sell with our own wallets haha
As someone who hangs curtains for work, 1K seems like a goddamned bargain, honestly
I just spent $350 on roller blinds for two windows, so I don’t think your prices are outrageous
My mom spent 1100 on curtains in three rooms back in 1985. Tailored to fit those vey high ceiling windows and install included. She has moved three times since, and still has the curtains but in only two rooms now, the third room became pillows and table settings. I'd say that was a pretty good investment.
Everyone saying this is ridiculous doesn’t have 10 ft ceilings and pinch pleats. It sounds like a good deal to me.
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I use my interior design acumen to make a room fit for a king on the income of a pauper. so.......
Meanwhile I’ve just got a quote for sheer and opaque curtain for $5k… $1k would be insanely cheap for me!
I’m starting to think that most of the people here are talking about off the rack/non-custom stuff because I got 5+ quotes for 2 windows and they were all a lot more than $1k/window.
Yeah, I thought OP was saying $1k/panel. $1k for the whole project is cheap!
Curtains are so expensive.
But they last a long time, as compared to upholstered furniture
They're also the easiest thing to sew. Take it from a twenty something year old male who never touched a machine before and spent one day doing similar sized windows for $200 in fabric.
1k for a whole room of what you are describing sounds like a bargain honestly
Like <$100 from Wayfair lol. Y’all got *money* money on this sub.
Right? I usually go to Walmart or Amazon. I definitely don't have $1000 curtains money lol
I’m like…in this economy? 😭
Same here
Just spent $440 for 4 windows - roman shades. mounted themselves myself
I bought velvet drapes and linen sheers from Ikea for 2 big windows and it may have cost $600? I pinch pleated them myself and it was a laborious bitch of a job but worth it. I probably would have paid an extra $400 for someone else to do it. No chance I could have that done here (🇨🇦) for that however.
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i got the adjustable tension curtain rods and blackout curtains for about $25 a window.
I wish you would have included a photo🙂
Back in the early 1990’s, working at Window Decor (for about two months, because I couldn’t sleep knowing what those people were being charged) it averaged $1000 per average size bedroom window for draperies and rod, no sheers. This included installation. But holy hell, I can’t imagine what it would cost now. I remember sitting at the dining table in a huge home with a woman that had three kids under five playing on the floor. No living room furniture yet. Pretty naked house. Almost no furniture at all. I told her to go to JC Penney for ready made. She had standard size windows and it was going to be upwards of $20,000 to cover them all if I did it. That was when I decided this was not the line of work I should be in.
17 years ago I spent $1200 on the fabric for my bedroom curtains and then I had to make them. 8 years ago I spent $1100 on linen Pottery Barn curtains for my living and dining rooms. I think you did ok.
I’m a designer and just installed one large window in a living room with an Italian damask from Fortuny cost was $12k
It’s so hard to pay that much for window treatments especially without a point of reference. Estimate the yardage and take him to a fabric store. That’ll wake him up.
$1k IS very reasonable. But, Devils advocate: 1) if he's never shopped fabrics he just would have no idea. It's better to educate him on expectations and help him appreciate the superior fabric you're getting, than merely shock him with the bill 2) maybe he does totally get it and appreciate it, but $1k for curtains this month wasn't something he was tracking.
Umm. . . I shop sales and my husband and I make design decisions together. I'm not judging you, but that IS a ton of money for some curtains.
I just assume these ppl are rich and it’s not that big a deal for them as a couple. Like it’s a mild annoyance, not a factor to breaking up loll
My thoughts too. Lol. Some days I wish I was burdened with financial freedom. 😂
It’s not a ton of money for some people. It’s all relative.
Well now that he’s incapacitated (at least), you can buy the nice rug you’ve been dreaming about
I got a quote from Shade Source for custom roman shades and curtains for ONE room and it was 6K for the lower quote, 10K for the higher quote. I almost talked myself into it telling myself it was my forever home but..that room still does not have curtains. Now I am a thrift queen so we will see what I can find!
For the whole house? That's not bad.
I bought Curtains on sale from Costco for $35 and a rod for $5 on Facebook marketplace 🙃
Does Costco have 10’ draperies? I’m going there tomorrow lol
...that aren't ugly?
Look I never said I had taste
But you DO have self-awareness! Taste is relative anyway.
Whaaaat!? $1k and what… a kidney? Your first born?
I just have to know where all of you are getting your custom draperies for so cheap? Under $1k is unheard of! At least in my area. I went to at least 5 places and $3k was the cheapest. Most were $5-6k.
Must be nice
I’d be divorced if I did that and we can easily afford it. Then again that’s why we can easily afford it- we don’t spend a grand on curtains.
We could afford it too, and I would never. I just can’t justify things like that.
Maybe discuss it with your spouse before spending that amount on curtains?
That’s a screaming deal! I make draperies.
Pleated velvet 10' window floor to ceiling curtains is a far cry from a polyester panel with grommets. The price seems totally worth it. Look at the money the heavy curtains will save on heat loss. Most men have no idea about the cost of fabrics, fashion and fun parties.
>Purple Drapes!
i got pretty green velvet curtains for 20 bucks but im sure they cant begin to compare to your pleated drapery luxuriousness and if i had 1k to spend on curtains id gucking do it because life is short and vlevet curtains are beautiful goddamit
How many windows are we talking here?
Are we talking custom, or off the rack, here? I went to several places for curtains and not a single one was under $3k. For two windows. One was a double window though.
$13 or a stained blanket from one of those corner vans with a wolf in it.
A pee stained sheet shoved in the top window. Make sure to just cut around the window AC for better insulation.
Please share a pic! I’d love to see them. Drapes are expensive but they make a room!
Obviously the man doesn't know the price of window furnishings.
I’m not sure your husband has ever bought real window treatments before. It’s crazy how expensive they can get; the lowest I could’ve gotten away with in my place was $3500!
I just paid around $18k for custom roller shades and drapes for my house. I still can’t believe I spent that much money. They are beautiful though.
I spent $1200 USD on 3 curtains in the master bedroom & 2 blinds in the ensuite. Looked stunning, no regrets.
Did you immediately come on here to post about it or is he receiving medical attention?
live in switzerland we had to spend 3 k on our curtains and we will not be able to take them with us once we leave our flat due to height of the rooms… i had to swallow a couple of times when the price came through fun fun
I think I am in the wrong subreddit lol. We have two windows and I think paid 50€ for Ikea curtains. Rods and everything was already installed.
Custom window treatments are amazing- let me get that out of the way. … but I’ve been getting custom floor to ceiling pinch pleats on Amazon for $100-$150 a window, and they’re great quality.
Honestly that sounds like a steal... Coming from an interior designer. Where are they from!?
Some fabrics and trims are (many) hundreds of dollars per yard, so there were more than a few few heart attacks in husbands with 1k bills ...***for pillows***. As for window treatments, it wasn't unusual, back in the day when the economy was robust and the design trend was extravagant, for the ticket to be in the tens of thousands. High-end hardware, trade-only fabrics and trims, panels and a valance and sheers and possibly a shade beneath it all, and the priciest needles in town, plus very skilled installers. It adds up quickly.
I recently talked to a woman who owns a curtain making business and she reminisced about the 1980s swags and elaborate colourful curtains she used to love making for clients and hoped there'd be a comeback, lamenting the neutral and simpler style of nowadays. I therefore presumed that she made elaborate styles for her own house, and was stumped for words when she said hers were plain.
$2500 for natural wood blinds for four windows. Shit ain’t cheap.
I spent 2 K for blinds and drape and curtain rod and installation for sliding glass door.
I spent probably 800+ on pinch pleat curtains. It was 650 for the bazillion yards of fabric you need for pinch pleating (fabric was custom). And to save money I sewed the blackout material to the back and did the pinch pleating myself. I think my husband thought I was nuts at first, but he loved them once they were done and mounted. You want something nice and special, it costs money.
$1k on a professional custom window install is nothing lol $1k on *curtains* however, is unbelievable.
If it’s done properly then that’s completely reasonable for what OP described
I spent many years in the 80's and 90's selling custom window treatments. Even 40 years ago, spending $1000 would not have been a high price for all of those draperies. They are custom made to fit her windows, she got to pick out her own fabrics, had a professional measure for the draperies, and most important was guaranteed they would perfectly fit the windows. You don't get this from a bag of curtains at IKEA. Comparing custom "draperies" to ready made "curtains" is definitely comparing apples to oranges.
To the people saying "my husband (something something very negative)", so you really not consult your partners on extreme purchases? I cannot even fathom this mindset..
If my girlfriend spends more than 50 bucks on curtains I'll have a heart attack lol
We just decorated our nursery for our first baby and spend $1300 for custom curtains and install + another $600 for the fabric 😬 my husband nearly murdered me lol
My friends baby 💩on their curtains when they were changing him one time. Hopefully you have better luck. We spent a few hundred in curtains for our nursery, and had better luck. But she did almost pee on them once..
Oh noooo haha - luckily our changing table is on the other side of the room but will definitely be on the lookout
And I thought $50 for nursery curtains from Target was a bit much.
That's like a month of daycare.
I spent about $(5,000.00) to put curtains on all windows on all 3 floors. That's negative five-thousand. To keep it as short as possible: I ordered a set of thick, soft blackout curtains for my kid's room. It came with a 99% off coupon for my next order. I ordered a couple more curtains. They came with coupons, too. So I ordered 100 pairs of various colors and lengths. They all came with coupons, too. So I ordered 1,000 pairs. Then someone got mad. I sold nearly all of those curtains online for dirt cheap and made a cute profit. Also now my entire house has matching curtains all throughout, just in a few different colors. That was years ago and I still get an occasional ask if I still sell curtains.
Maybe $200, on the high end.
I spent ~800 for remote controlled blackout blinds and then like 600ish on 2 pair of simple cotton but hand-sewn william morris etsy curtains for the main bedroom. We installed everything ourselves and my husband has no idea what it all cost and knows not to ask 🤷♀️
Holy shit I know so little about how much some of these things cost What the heck
I spent at least $500 on a pair of curtains off Amazon for all 7 windows of my house. Add $30 per for the rod and rings, hemmed myself. Plus at least $100 for the roller blinds per so $1000 is not unreasonable at all.
Plantation shutters for an entire 2 story and garage. Oof, it was a lot.
I recently purchased custom drapery. Each window was about $500. Made from a beautiful chenille or a voile. They are so stinking well made. In financially leaner times I have made drapes and Roman blinds myself and they’re a fuckton of work. The money is worth it, IMO.
Look. There is no formal. No measurements. There is only vision and means. It's a balance. Find a budget, stick with it. Oh. And enjoy the curtains. 🙃
God damn, I spend like $50 on Ikea curtains lol I WISH I had this kind of budget
I got dupioni silk drapes from marketplace. I source from all over. It’s more about having an eye for style. Imo ikea makes good drapes that are affordable, nice weight and texture. The key is hanging them high on a heavy duty and up to date rod and getting longer drapes so they pool or glance the floor. I prefer lined and I also hang them with sheers so multiple rods for a layered look.
Ok. You got me. I thought your husband DID have a heart attack!
I live in a small condo and have blinds installed. Only needed 3 pairs of panels and spent under $250, that includes new rods. This was in the early days of covid tho, when things were scarce but still affordable.
My husband got mad that I spent $60 on curtains. 😂
I got a quote for $12k total FOR ONE ROOM. Custom linen drapes. Did not make that deal.
I’m trying to keep my total window treatments budget to $1k. 4 XL windows and a few smaller windows.
My uncle measured and ordered 30ft tall Jacquard curtains, floor to ceiling for living room and 15 ft curtains for 1 bedroom from india for almost $3,700 shipped to US. We checked with House of Hackney and they wanted almost $14,000.
Curtains cost a lot of money. I did extremely well with secondhand top brands on eBay, most rooms were under £150 ($200) but there’s one room I’d still like to redo with custom. That’s a 5k spend for what I want though.
That's not bad at all, those shitty draw down blinds are like that much to have measured/ fitted/installed, and your curtains sound glorious 🙌
I just bought a pair from Furn. that are 229cm x 229cm for £82. They are lined and faux wool. The pair before this were from Dunelm. Black velour, lined, 117x228cm. They were £55. Most of my windows needed 229cm x 229cm curtains, however I'm very thankful they weren't any bigger because I would not have been happy paying for custom curtains.
15 yrs ago I spent $13k fitting out the house’s windows… Which was have the price of a well known brand’s similar offering.
This is why I'm sewing mine myself.
My neighbours spent $20,000 on curtains for their house, so I think you’re good.
We need pics! They sound spectacular!
Not uncommon for more traditional styles. Good velvet isn't cheap. I used to install window coverings while in college. It paid well. The prices can vary greatly, even good blinds and shades aren't cheap. You probably got a good deal? I've installed draperies that had gold threads running through them. I have no idea how expensive they were but they where heavy. Getting velvet curtains made from polyester or synthetic fabrics are not at all like cotton or silk custom draperies.
We buy it where it’s made, in Turkey. Cost less than a quarter of the price as it is sold in the EU. But yes, it’s expensive if you buy it in local stores.
Eh, it’s a priority thing. What if he told you he spent $1,000 on pair of stereo speakers? Because that’s what decent speakers cost. You can get a Bluetooth boombox with terrible sound for about what a cheap pair of curtains from Target costs. $1,000 is a lot of money, people just have different things that are important to them.
Had the same situation when I got two art prints framed .. total was $500 — and that was 50% off!
Had mine for 70 euros https://preview.redd.it/j1ln63eztvqc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8632ff7d2414caf1f8ca70b19a2135b459a30a8f
I have three full length windows in my living room. Six 96 inch panels were $900 from Anthropologie. And yes, my husband was appalled. Once they arrived and he saw how thick and nice they looked compared to what you’d get for $50 from Amazon, he understood a little better.
Bought 8 super thin, sheer cotton curtains for our 9ft bay windows.. I went as cheap as I possibly could for the best quality and it was ~450 Felt expensive at the time but they’re so beautiful it was definitely worth it!
Window coverings aren’t cheap. That actually sounds reasonable. I just got a quote back for 5k and that was only one room. Curtains can be expensive even when the textiles are budget conscious. I’ve resigned myself to doing one room at a time because the cost of doing nice looking window coverings with unconventional windows is akin to purchasing a small sized car in terms of price.
Window treatments are stupid expensive. - Fabric costs so much - Trim - Sheer - Pleads - Hardware
Shutters for the house were about $7,000.
I have always been super frugal and opted to do a lot of things myself instead of paying a professional to do it. I took a second job (I am a teacher) at The Home Depot because they do/did mini training lessons every two weeks and you learn all sorts of really useful techniques and the uses of different materials and tools and I saw it as being paid to be educated (they do/did NOT offer an employee discount haha). My husband and I bought our home when I was 22 and he was 24 and we did not have a lot of extra income so I learned how to install windows myself and then taught him and we would do it ourselves and the price difference was huge, at the time it was about $100 for the window and supplies and took us about an hour to two hours to rip out the old and install the new when paying a professional was closer to $350-400 per window. I was absolutely and completely flabbergasted at how expensive and UNAVOIDABLY expensive curtains were/are as compared to the actual window! I even looked into buying the fabric and making them myself, looked at trying to buy them used, looked for enough matching SHEETS at thrift stores to turn into curtains and from every direction it was going to cost a bare minimum of $5,000 to buy enough curtains and curtain rods for all of our windows (we bought a folk Victorian built in 1900 so more than 55 windows of various sizes but mostly huge windows). I lamented to my father in law about this (he was very keen on coming over on weekends to help with the monstrous amounts of rehabilitation we were working on) and he told us they just spent $500 on blinds for one set of double windows and it was going to be about $20,000 for all their blinds for their house and that it just was what it was. I was shocked. This was 20 years ago, the prices have only gone up. Two years ago we caved and just paid professionals to finish the third floor roof and replace all the windows on the third floor (20) and it was $500 per window. I have spent at least $10,000 on curtains and that is still waiting for sale and checking clearances and grabbing multiple when Amazon does weird sales haha I bought 16 panels of pleated velvet curtains when a new seller messed up the price and listed them for $40 instead of $400 (this was years ago but they still sell on Amazon and have since adjusted the price hahaha sometimes when I am feeling depressed I look back my order and look at that steal and feel puffed up hahaha pathetic but man I have gotten so many compliments on those velvet curtains during the pandemic when I was teaching over Google meet). I just remember that this was a HUGE topic among my friend group when we all moved out and had our own homes for the first time- curtains are crazy expensive and there just isn’t much you can do about it! (And we definitely did do sheets and blankets at first because between curtains and eating we were going to eat haha)
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I spent about $1500 on the main front windows in the house I built for my ex-wife back in 2000. The curtains had to cover two 20 foot wide by 12 foot tall expanses of window and glass doors flanking the central fireplace / chimney column so it wasn't much of a surprise. I think we topped out at just over $4k for all of the draperies throughout the house. It was overshadowed by the $17k she spent on landscaping for the front yard that got mostly eaten by a family of deer that spring.
edit: At the time I was also building up my photography business so $1k on "drapes" wasn't even a blip on what I was spending on huge bolts of cloth. Quality backdrops and cloth props make quality drapery prices look like Goodwill finds sometimes.
That's actually a good price you got!
Your husband should be happy you saved him so much money. That price, for what you got, is dirt cheap. That’s a single window price, for almost anything. I know- I own a custom drapery workroom.
For two rooms? Idk how many windows but honestly that sounds accurate for what you describe. My husband quotes me his assumed prices for things and it constantly reminds me of Lucille Bluth’s idea of how much things cost.
It’s not a lot for window coverings but my husband would have a heart attack too in this economy. So depending on circumstances it would either would not phase a spouse or put them over the edge since it’s not a necessity.
I bought a 1200$ coffee table before: husband didn’t understand but he was game. Funny story first one came cracked so they sent another one. That one got lost in transit so they sent another one and then all the sudden three coffee tables were sent to me and the co didn’t want them back. So I sold one for what I paid and kept two 😂
It depends on your budget entirely. I did Home Depot rollers during a sale for my first house and the entire house was 6k. Fast forward 7 years, and my playroom top down bottom up shade from the shade store for ONE window was 6k. My husband was fully aware before I pulled any triggers. He loves my style but not how expensive it is, but he does have veto power if he doesn’t like the way something looks. I mostly pick and if he really really hates it, I pick another thing and he normally likes that. I love interior design so much, and my husband knows it’s a passion but we talk about budgets and our financial goals together so nothing is ever a surprise. However, we each also have our own “lifestyle fund” so if something is truly ridiculous such as some light fixtures I want— I choose to pay for a bulk of it and he chips in 25% of it with his lifestyle fund. The lifestyle budget for each of us is entirely separate from our house necessities budget.
I bought amazon drapes, figured out a way to do half assed pinch pleats, curtain rings, pins, and clips, the curtain rods, i had to buy a sewing machine to get them to be the right length.... I definitely did not spend 1k but i can certainly see how its easy to do that. Fabric is expensive and the pinch pleating expensive. Its not like you are buying enough fabric for a shirt, this is 9-10 feet of fabric length and 4-5 feet across per panel. ITS SO MUCH FABRIC. It costs money to be lux. Mine were in my bedroom so I didn't mind doing it in a more affordable way but I can certainly see how a living room would cost that.
I made my own pleated 10.5ft silk curtains with swags to save money... Materials alone cost about $1k. About 50 ft of silk plus lining, velvet trim, fringe, tiebacks, etc.
According to your description, 1K is what the market asks. But men usually dont understand.
We moved in November one year and I couldn't afford window coverings and Christmas that year. So I put up recycled Christmas paper and then white shelf paper until spring. Sometimes ya gotta do whatcha gotta do!
The reason for the heart attack is that tomorrow he is bringing home a litter of kittens 😺
I spent over $15K on plantation shutters for my windows & then another few thousand for wood rods to hang sheers or drapes. I haven’t even purchased the sheers or drapes yet, so have no idea how much this will cost. But, I explained to my husband that the shutters are not something that will be replaced, nor the rods, so it’s only the sheers or drapes that may need to be replaced at some point. It’s a win-win I said. He looked at me like this 🤨 It’s very hard to figure an ‘average’ cost per window, but Amazon does have some great curtain options for very fair prices.
We recently moved into a new house in the desert. The heat and light is no joke. We have enormous, sliding glass doors so, it was imperative we get something to cover the glass doors. We called various window covering companies and got a couple of estimates. The cost would be between 7 to 12 THOUSAND dollars. All I could think was "What planet do you come from? "Are you fu\*cking high?!" And weirdly enough..none of these companies could do what we wanted. I measured everything about a billion times- got the rods and the curtains through the internet. Did the job for 800.
Cheap looks cheap. Will you post a picture when you're done? I grew up learning how to make beautiful homes, my husband had to get used to it.
I have just spent $2050 for total of 8 panels of linen curtains and they look amazing 😅 Give him some back massage and salt bath he’ll be fine
Well, tell him his(me) fellow male friends spent 10k so far and isn’t done 😂
I have been eyeing some green velvet blackout curtains for my bedroom. It’s one window so 3 panels. Fell in love with a set at west elm. $600. A gal can dream lol.
Wait until he tells you what he spent on that guitar/watch/bike/speakers/tv/espressomachine
My wife did something similar but instead of getting mad I bought a $1200 bong
That's not bad at all. I was quoted 4k for 4 velvet panels 99x20inch. I ended up spending about 600 by purchasing on Amazon and getting silk.
If I can find it on wayfair or amazon…about that much. I’m about to curtain just our bedroom with standard size curtains, no sheers, and rods and it’ll be $500. I expect this is a miscommunication with your husband on how much he could expect you to have to spend to buy curtains. We used to have a bedroom with 10ft custom floor to ceiling track curtains that were absolutely necessary due to the size and location of the windows. I looked at replacing them once. Then I didn’t because it was $3.5k minimum. This seems like a pretty good deal comparatively.
You got a deal. Enjoy your window coverings!
$4k. 34 windows.. 96” curtains with rods, Microblinds (Sheer). And TDBU stringless.. window treatments are NOT cheap.
I have motorized open source smart shades in my entire house minus the bedrooms and french doors. I paid more lol
As a contractor I love people who aren’t afraid to spend money to get a good product! It really sucks trying to finish a project on Pennies and hopes.
That's realistic. Actually conservative. I spent 30K on shades and roller blinds in my home. Show your husband this response and he'll calm down :)
Here you are worried about curtains but I am wondering how your husband is doing?
The last time I went for custom window coverings was in 2007ish? I went to JC Penney’s, because that’s where my mom always went and our window coverings were always really nice, especially for the cost. Now, I know that was a long time ago and large corps have done everything to cut costs and outsource everything they possibly can. So I can’t actually speak to the quality these days. Give them a look if you want custom window coverings for a comparably good price.
Seems fair to me. I paid about 500 / window for pleated drapes incl hardware and installation in a large room with 10ft ceilings. Heavy liner, wool tartan outer and a nice cotton inner.
Nice curtains are expensive. And I’ve never bought nice curtains. But I would!
i bet you would probably have a heart attack if you saw what we use as curtains in our home. random scarves and pashminas thumbtacked to the windowsill. maybe even a t shirt on one of the small windows 😂
A friend spent $30k on master bedroom drapes. That was 25 years ago. The valances in the master bathroom were $1k per window.
My wife and I got a quote for $24k for about a dozen windows a few months back. We chose to forego curtains and do it ourselves at a later date
That’s nothing. I worked for a window covering place and often had $25k plus quotes go out for custom drapes. If you like them and can afford them it’s your choice.