2026 Window Furnishing Trends in Australia: What's Functional vs Just Fashion

After decades fitting curtains and blinds across Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula and Bayside, we've learned to see trends differently.

Not as fashion cycles. As real decisions, on real windows, with real consequences.

Some of what's trending in 2026 is genuinely worth doing. Some of it looks great in a showroom and causes problems six months later. Here's the honest version.