Daniel R.

Over to Kmart. This felt better, like I had been in this aisle before shopping for curtains. Unsurprisingly four years later they didn't have the same style of curtains I had previously bought. They had similar styles and even a color that came close, but the sizes were all wrong. These windows are short and fat. Almost all the curtains I found were tall and skinny. Giving up I went to Bed Bath & Beyond. After staring at most of their selection I finally found a set of curtains that were the right size. For future reference it's called a "kitchen tier" curtain. The only problem was they didn't have anything even closely resembling the color I wanted, which was a sandy tan.

At this point I figured I'd change the tall curtain in my room to match the short curtain since those were harder to find. Turns out the colors they offer the tall panels in are different than the ones they offer kitchen tiers in. BLAH! I could get the tall panel in a tan like color but not the kitchen tier. Likewise I could get the kitchen tier in a nice green but not the tall panel. They did have some matching sets but not in any color I was interested in. White would have mostly been okay but I wanted something that might block a little more light.

Since the weather was still nice I figured I'd drive to another Bed Bath & Beyond on the off chance that they might have a different selection. On the way I also stopped into Sears and Filene's Home Store. Sears didn't have any kitchen tier sized curtains and in Filene's Home Store I couldn't even find a curtain! I think the name maybe wrong for that store, otherwise the cater to people that live in very different kinds of homes that I do.

The next Bed Bath & Beyond store that I went to had matching curtain samples in a color that was reasonable. Unfortunately, they didn't have any stock :( Why do you mock me so! At this point I figured I'd try a third Bed, Bath, and Beyond; surely they would have stock. No! Although I'm pretty sure they were out of different ones than the last store. At this point I was too flummoxed to trace my steps and figure out if I could put together a complete set by buying the parts at different stores.

Needless to say seven stores and four hours later, I still don't have curtains up. I figure it's time to order online since I'm now familiar with the styles, colors, and textures of more curtains than I care to admit to.