We know a lot of folks in the southern states with very nice plantation shutters in contemporary homes…they look fabulous.
Upon Mr.'s request, I priced drapes for our bedroom slider from Smith & Noble. 120 inches by 90 inches, 2 drapes with grommets were more than $2,000 after their discount. Yikes. And that was not the fanciest fabric option. I bought drapes from Amazon and asked the Chinese seller to make them 90 inches instead of the standard 96. Those drapes are not fancy but do a great job blocks light in our bedroom. The guest bedroom has drapes with leaves from JC Penney. The rest of the house - I hope to be able to keep those windows drapeless.
Case by case basis of course re: decorating. Just thinking it might be helpful to have a sense of the house decor to know what may work or not work.
I have also heard that Smith and Noble is downright expensive - even with discounts.
^^^But do you get what you pay for? Quality fabric, lining which helps keep light out and give it a nice “hang,” etc.? If the OP wants these drapes to last 20 years like her last ones, they can’t be cheaply made.
I see what you’re saying. ^^^ But lasting or not, some people - 100% me - don’t have thousands of dollars to spend on window coverings no matter how good they are.
Don’t feel like you need to go the same route with each window space. You can design a pleasing space without matching your materials. The plantation shutters we’re waiting on would clearly not work for our patio doors, which is perfectly fine. At the moment they’ll stay uncovered, but vertical blinds would work well if we decide to control the lighting or view.
Personally, I don’t want to pay $2,000 for something that will be discolored and dusty in 5 years. I put bedroom drapes in the same category as bedspreads - they need to be updated every now and then. I would also not want drapes that operate from an app on my phone. The last thing I need is to have a phone on me all the time when I am home. All this “smart” tech will get obsolete quickly. We toured too many local open homes that were built with top of the line technology features of the year they were built… we are ripping some of those out in our house and replacing them with dumb stuff. 
I have sheers from Country Curtains and other ones from Pottery Barn. I don’t like any of the Country Curtain sheers they are currently offering but you might. There’s some fine plain stuff at PB which is the direction I would go.
We just installed several custom honeycomb/cellular shades in living room windows. They are light filtering. Whatever you decide to do check manufacturer reviews. We did thought we did our checking and went with Levolor. What a mistake! They have a 10 year warranty but we’ve had them replace several already. Problems from not hanging straight, finding a flaw in fabric before we even put it up, not staying up, etc… Apparently they use a lot of plastic internal pieces and they don’t last.
We did need some light blocking curtains for one of the bedrooms and found some at JcPenney. Couldn’t find the color I wanted at other places.
Wow—so much to digest! Thanks, everyone! Will have to figure this out and pay more attention to the window treatments I see that I like.
Country Curtains has gone out of business. 
Really? Ah it looks like I got routed to “Country Villages” website and didn’t notice.
@veryHappy, I feel similarly about most window treatments, with a few exceptions in very formal rooms, but sometimes you need shades or blinds for privacy and light control. We’ve used honeycomb shades and the bamboo shades I mentioned upthread. They can be unobtrusive and even pretty.
Yup. RIP Country Curtains.
I am looking at some motorized Sunsetter shades for the windows facing the back deck… looks like a great way to add sun shade without having any window treatments on the inside!
Here’s the best info about curtains I’ve ever found. There are lots of pictures plus examples of dos and dont’s.
It is long, but keep scrolling down to see all the different styles. A few shades are shown, also.
At the very bottom is her curtain “formula.”
https://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-ten-design-elements-4.html
We have Silhouettes on most of our windows. They are pretty, you can close them completely or leave them down and open the louvers (lets in light but still preserves privacy), or pull them up entirely, where they basically disappear.
They weren’t cheap, though.
There are a lot of good design ideas on Houzz.
Lots of ugly drapes in that link, and most of them are too dang loooong! Bubbling at the bottom. There is that thing called a sewing machine… hemming rectangles is not rocket science.
I don’t know if you are in the New England area but I’ve had a lot of luck with Ocean States Job Lots. They carry cellular shades in both light filtering and room darkening styles that you can cut to the size at home. I’ve been slowly replacing window shades over the last 2 years. Prices for 36" inch or less are $20 for light filtering and $25 for room darkening. They also carry a much larger size that runs $35 for light filtering. The original blinds were Levelor and much more expensive to replace. For draperies, I’ve had a lot of luck at JC Penney. Keep an eye out for sales.
I love fabric and I started the process of window treatments at Calico Corner when we remodeled. The consultant there was fantastic. Yes it was expensive but so was the remodel. I make the curtains for the bedrooms and bathrooms myself when the spirit moves me. I have shutters in one bedroom. They look great but they are dust traps.