I actually like to combine them by having mini-blinds framed with long panels on the sides. The curtain or drapery panels don’t move but they add color to the window without obscuring the view and clean look of the blinds.
My favorite flower has always been lilacs because they are one of the first flowers of spring. Also, when we’re dating my late husband would pick them off of a bush on base and bring them to me. I had one pressed in a book for fifty years ! It still smelled sweet!!