Sheer Curtains – A Wonderful Choice
One basic purpose of having curtains is to maintain privacy. Irrespective of the social status that you enjoy, there always are so many activities that demand near or total privacy without being watched by any outsider. That’s when the role of a curtain comes to play. Customary curtains help to have that privacy and thus prevent the outside word to know what’s going on within your house.
Yet, there is a category of people that simply loves to grab the attention of anybody and everybody all the time irrespective of their activity. They seem to derive a sense of pleasure by having an audience in whatever they do even within the privacy of their house. Perhaps that goes to explain why we happen to notice at times the use of sheer curtains even in the window of a bedroom. Perhaps such homeowners take delight in being in this kind of a limelight.
Sheer curtains in no way help to provide any privacy whatsoever to the house owner. Generally they are near to any see-through material and even the passers by can see whatever is going on in the room. There is little doubt that those who patronize such curtains have any motive other than being watched by the outsiders of all the activities that are being performed by them. Surely they must be getting some pleasure out of that?
Well, everybody may not like to look around and watch what’s going on behind those curtains, but we have all sorts of people. Everyone is free to have his or her own beliefs and preferences. Nevertheless, those who use sheer curtains need to practice some restrain and observe discretion under certain circumstances. There may be young growing children around who are not expected to watch at least certain parts of this free show offered by the house owner with sheer curtains. The least could be to use semi-transparent curtains for sometime in stead of sheer curtains.
Despite being patronized by a section of society that gets kicks out using them, that is not the sole purpose of sheer curtains. For instance people who live in high rise building will find these curtains of better use as there is no fear of being watched by an outsider at higher floors.
Whatever be the motive of using sheer drapes, they certainly form an unusual kind. And, we all know that such accessories do reflect on the style and personality of the user.
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By Hayden, 2009/11/27 @ 7:26 am
You are mistaken. There are two perfectly GOOD reasons for sheers that has nothing to do with exhibitionism…light moderation and style. Many of us have nothing to hide and love the look of sheers floating in our windows…. at other times they moderate too-intense sunlight without blocking it entirely.
Sheers also provide a wonderful layer UNDERNEATH the blackout curtains you are focused on…. so when clothes are on and toys put away, the blackout curtains are opened… the sheers remain closed.