Linen Drapery Editor

Mara Levin

Mara is the voice behind our linen drapery coverage. Her articles cover slub texture and weight, lining choices that decide whether a panel survives morning sun, pinch pleat and inverted box header behavior, and the price math behind every Liz Linen, Patti Linen and made-to-order panel before you commit. If you want to understand why a panel reads designer-grade in one room and synthetic in another, Mara's articles are where to start.
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Best Curtains for Round Windows (2026): 5 Room-Based Picks

Best Curtains for Round Windows

Round windows are the most photogenic wall feature in a house and the trickiest one to dress. You don’t cover a circle with a curtain; you frame it. Standard rectangular drapery playbooks miss this entirely, and generic round-window guides all end up recommending a tension rod. This guide takes the room as the organizing unit … Read more

Best Bay Window Treatments for Living Room (2026): 5 Picks by Sub-Scenario

Best Bay Window Treatments for Living Room

Twelve Two Pages collections. Seven living-room criteria (drape on angled returns, light control, bay-fit at 3 to 5 sections, palette breadth, fabric weight, header hold, configured price). Five made the cut. Each pick below owns one living-room sub-scenario, from versatile everyday drape to formal media-room velvet, with configurator-modeled pricing so you can see what a … Read more

Curtains for French Sliding Doors (Hybrid)

Curtains for French Sliding Doors

French sliding doors sit in an awkward middle. They are wider than a standard 6 ft slider, more visually complex than a plain glass wall, and the vertical muntins that give them their identity are the exact thing that jams a badly chosen curtain header every time you open the door. Most “curtains for sliding … Read more