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Olivia Wolfe

I Tried This Trick to Keep Breezy Curtains in Place When the Weather's Hot, and Let's Just Say It's Changed My Life on Warm Days

A modern bedroom with art and curtains.

Opening the windows in summer is a must if you don't have AC, but if you've opted for curtains on windows like me, that summery breeze you're after can be a real annoyance.

To keep a room cool, you want your curtains shut during the day. However, that means that when the slightest breeze blows, your curtains open, letting the sun in, ruining your perfectly planned temperature regulation, and, quite frankly, proving a bit of a distraction. So what's the solution? I recently discovered these magnetic curtain weights that you can pop on the bottom of any modern window treatment, et voila! They're a quick fix to a pesky and persistent problem.

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