The Great Curtain Project

I have been waiting until the sofa arrived to hang curtains in the new place. I do have a bunch of art up on the walls. If you can count degrees, a funky old mirror, and a few actual pieces of art. The walls are beige, so it looks just fine and lived in. But I have three windows along the outside wall of my efficiency. Two are large windows on each end, one in the bedroom and one is behind the kitchen table, and they both have decent blinds. In the middle are the sliding doors to the balcony, with vertical blinds. In terms of light protection, the blinds do only a fair job- it's very dim in here in the evening and morning, and very bright in the late morning into the afternoon. Not a huge deal for a girl working a normal schedule, but I occasionally have a nocturnal guest, and that's a bit too much. I also think having drapes over all of the windows would add a huge amount of color and personality to the space. At first I thought I would do the same drapes on all three (the slider and the two windows), but the more I think on it the more I think I would like to have the slider and the kitcheny window match, and the bedroom one should be coordinate in color, but perhaps a different print. And that one (at least) should be lined in blackout fabric. I plan to make pillows out of the fabrics to throw all over the sofa. Although it's very comfortable as-is, I would be more likely to nap on it with a few pillows to lean against the armrests.

I have a few ideas for what I would like to do. First and foremost, I want red silk.

Walmart has a cheapie version
And fabric.com has a sale on right now on dupioni silk- 8.30 a yard! but only until tomorrow

Crinkle taffeta is pretty cute, too, and the price is amazing.

I can also check out Ikea and West Elm. The more I think about it.. the more I kind of like the idea of sunny orange drapes. But I hate that color normally, I'm not sure why the dark gray couch is changing my mind!