Most families put the need for window drapery on the back burner due to other financial hurdles that are constantly popping on a daily basis. Spending thousands of dollars on custom blinds and treatments may be in their future, but for now a reasonable solution is needed to keep your home from appearing half lived in. Few people are handy enough to sew their own drapes, and of course the time to learn how to is not usually available. Purchasing used curtains are another alternative that can give you a great look in each room for pennies on the dollar. Finding the style that ties your interior dcor can be a little daunting, but is possible with patience and attention to detail.

Local fabric stores offer public classes on creating window treatments and charge a minimal fee for the sessions. Sometime the classes are free when you purchase a minimal amount of merchandise from their store. Making drapery for your home is only half the work, and color combinations really need to be considered before fabric, and style are chosen. Combining the right colors for your window coverings can give whatever room you are working on in your home the eye appealing pop, and or warmth that you are seeking.

Local community colleges offer evening courses in interior design, and can teach you basics about what materials, designs, and tones will best work with each other. If you are allowed to choose a class project to work on, then you can use your personal needs for window coverings as that assignment. This will allow you to get some great feedback and help from your instructor, who is usually a local professional that does this for a living. Also, you and other students may be able to combine talents and help one another with their personal home projects in the future.

Real Estate professionals are a great resource to find great used draperies at a fraction of the cost, due to their connections with others that help them stage homes that are for sale. There are also companies that rent furniture and curtains to home sellers that will occasionally sell older items to make room for new inventory. They may have a style and color combination that will for you, and at a deeply discounted price. This will allow you to have luxurious window treatments that would normally cost hundreds or even over a thousand dollars for each window, but allow you to stay in your real world budget. Curtain styles do not have to be expensive to be tasteful, and appealing.