5 budget window hacks to make your shades and curtains look high-end

Back in January, an article titled “Why Rich People Don’t Cover Their Windows” ran in the Atlantic and quickly went viral. It posited the theory that bare windows have become a status symbol among the well-to-do. But if you ask an interior designer, they’ll probably tell you the opposite — that their clients value the privacy and aesthetics that window treatments offer, and they’re not afraid to spend staggering amounts of money to get them.