And Just Like That, Short Curtains Have Suddenly Got My Attention in the 'Long vs Short Curtain' Debate

Image of a large, light blue bedroom with a bed in the middle and a sofa to the left. The bed is blue with a brown duvet and teal pillows. There are windows on the far wall that have short, red curtains.

Windows could always benefit from a bit of fabric, but while we agonize over the pattern and pleat, we very rarely ask ourselves another important question: Should curtains be long or short?

Not long ago, I would have died on the hill that your drapes should touch the floor. Short curtains, or so I thought, were reserved for cafe styles and in place of cabinet doors. Yet, when I asked interior designers for their thoughts on the long vs short curtains debate, the answers came back more divided than I'd expected. While interior designer Bradie Fisher says, "Nine times out of ten, long curtains are the way to go," Sophie Rowell, founder of Côte de Folk, says, "Short — every time."