Adding curtains to your windows is one of the quicker and less expensive home-improvement projects: The only additional supplies you’ll need are a curtain rod and (maybe) a drill and a ladder.

Whether it was ducks with their little blue-and-white gingham kerchiefs or roosters looming over the kitchen sink on the café curtain design or lemons brightening up every square inch of the ...

However, some rooms’ original details made replacing them hard to swallow — especially in the kitchen. “We actually loved the kitchen before. It was very charming with blue tile and a ...