What kind of curtain fabric to choose for different types of curtains (e.g. sliding panels and roman blinds)?

Reader’s question

"In my living room I have two French doors and a window. I was thinking to choose curtains or sliding panels for the doors and roman panels for the window. I am wondering if roman panels match the curtains. Should I pick the same fabric for both types of curtains since they are all in the same room?"

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If you like to match different types of curtains, you have the following options

• You can choose the same fabric (regarding pattern, color and texture) for both curtains and roman blinds.

Using the same fabric for different type of curtains, sliding curtains, roman panels

• Alternatively you can choose patterned or striped fabrics for the sliding curtains that cover large area and are a dominant element in the space. For the roman shades, you can select a plain color fabric, which should be one of the colors of the sliding curtains.

striped fabric for sliding curtains, plain color fabric for roman shades

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