drapes
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Then she built two armchairs in that room that I bought from her in the same drapes.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
The drapes the 79-year-old president mentioned cover a window in the East Room of the White House that looks out onto the construction site for the $400 million ballroom.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Tolles crafted bespoke window treatments from secondhand materials: linen-like Roman blinds in the kitchen, white linen drapes on top of woven bamboo blinds on the patio doors and velvet drapes in the bedroom.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
After high school, Lee got a job working nights hanging drapes at a textile plant as well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
The maid curtsied once more, went to the heavy drapes, threw them open to reveal a large square window cut into the stone.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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