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foreverlove8177
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help me please
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hi everybody! what �s the difference between curtains and blinds?thanks a lot
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28 Oct 2014
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sarasantos
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Hi!
According to the Macmillan dictionary: |
28 Oct 2014
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MoodyMoody
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As sarasantos mentioned, both blinds and curtains are window covers. However, blinds are composed of rigid or semi-rigid strips.
Horizontal blinds (the more common variety) are pulled from the top down, but vertical blinds are pulled across.
A shade is a continuous piece of material pulled down.
Curtains are lengths of fabric that cover the window.
Drapes are lengths of material that cover a window or French doors and go all the way to the floor.
I hope this answers your question about window treatments. |
28 Oct 2014
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sarasantos
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Wow, MoodyMoody! 
Much better with the pictures! Thanks so much!
Have a lovely day! |
28 Oct 2014
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douglas
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I would only note that curtains can also reach to the floor (as in the theater; e.g. "curtain call").
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28 Oct 2014
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dandoon
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Curtains are vertical and made of material/cloth and slide on a curtain rail. Window blinds are horizontal slats that raise and lower vertically, and have a tilting feature that enables them to block out more or less light.A curtain hangs over the window, a window blind hangs inside the frame of the window. Hope that helps. |
28 Oct 2014
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foreverlove8177
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thanks a lot for your helpful answers.it �s very kind of you all. |
28 Oct 2014
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cunliffe
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And Frank Sinatra �s song �My Way �, with the opening lines, �So now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain, � would not have been quite the same if he had had to face the final blind.
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29 Oct 2014
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