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Luke Arthur Wells

Should Curtains Touch the Floor? The Golden Rule for Curtain Length That Will Flatter Your Room

A bedroom with closed curtains and a large leather bed.

There are some 'rules' when it comes to designing your home that you'll hear differently every time someone tells you — and that's because they're not really rules at all. When it comes to something like whether your curtains should touch the floor, the answer is, it really depends on what you want to achieve.

Let's be honest — when it comes to modern window treatments, in most cases your curtains should touch the floor in the sense that they should be full length. However, when it comes to the exact length and that interaction between floor and curtain, it's a little bit more nuanced.

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