curtains

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The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.

From Salon

Something annoying, too, of course, and something dangerous to anything flammable nearby: curtains and stray bits of paper.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jenny became "very paranoid", searching her home for recording devices, keeping curtains closed and checking friends and family's phones to see if they were speaking to journalists.

From BBC

"Even if you don't want to repaint, you can introduce the colour into a room with cushions, throws and curtains."

From BBC

“When the curtains are open, we know they are awake, and when their curtains are down, we know to leave them alone,” Jay says, laughing at their ritual.

From Los Angeles Times