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A home with lots of natural light is wonderful, but if you find yourself overheating in a midday sunbeam or making extended eye contact with your next-door neighbor, it might be time to buy curtains.

Despite their rather lengthy hiatus, curtains have officially made their way back into the design world. While the reign of the more streamlined window treatment (like the over-popular chik and Roman ...