Rule of thumb for width of drapery panels?
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Comments (8)Basically agreed with everything above---personally I like doors between 15" and 21", with 24" okay for a single large door. But I think she'd be fine anywhere in the range you're talking about. One thing to remember, too, is that your eye will not pick up small differences. In our old kitchen, no two sets of doors were the same width, but the main differences you noticed were the big 21" doors and the little 15-18" doors, not the distinctions between the 16" and 17" pairs next to each other. In our new kitchen, I only discovered this weekend that our doors aren't all the same---they were designed to all be 18" but apparently making all three equal meant the blind corner pullout didn't have quite enough space, so our cabinetmaker adjusted it in the shop so that there is a pair of 17.5" doors and then an 18.5" door. They're all in a row and your eye reads them as being the same (or at least, our eyes do). I only figured it out when I was measuring drawers and discovered we had an extra inch of interior space in the drawer over the blind corner! So you have some wiggle room....See MoreWhat are the rules of thumb for choosing curtain colors?
Comments (9)I surely don't know the "rules", and would surely like to hear if there are any. I am currently doing a reno to one of our bathrooms. The floor is pretty neutral, the countertop very light and neutral, the wall color very light and neutral and I have chosen a pretty bold stripe to make a roman blind for the window. The towels and rug I just bought are a dark rust and I wanted the drama against the light colors. In the bedroom, I am going to do dead-hang panels and am going to widen them out from the window mainly because our bed is on one of the windows and it was suggested (Les, I believe), that it would help make a better backdrop for the headboard if I did this. There is no other place to put the bed. I am trying for a very calm, serene feel and have chosen a moire that is exactly the wall color. I think it will work well. For the most part, I really don't like drapes or curtains, especially anything heavy looking. I, too, am anxious to hear what others say....See MorePiecing drapery panels.
Comments (6)Thanks for responding. That's what I was hoping to hear. Now I'm trying to figure out how to do the lining. I know to make the fabric piece wider than the lining piece, so the fabric wraps around the sides a bit; I did that with my roman shades. I'm thinking just a regular 1/2 inch seam at the top, but I don't know how to do the hem. I realize that the lining should be shorter than the finished length to avoid a lot of bulk in the hem, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Any suggestions or online sources of directions you can steer me to would be appreciated. Thanks again....See MoreIs there a rule of thumb for width of drapery panels?
Comments (12)My panels will never be closed, they're just for decoration, so when I had them made I was more concerned about how wide the drapes would be when stacked along the window. My panels are pinch pleats, and when stacked are about 21" wide on each side of the window. The actual number of pleats is 9 on each side with a 4" return on the side and about 4" from the first pleat. They definitely wouldn't even come close to covering my window, but I didn't want to cover up the window with draperies and didn't want to use up my wall space either, so on my 96" wide triple casement window, the panels cover about a third of the outside casement windows. They go past the window covering the wall about 6". I have blinds underneath them, and really didn't want to pay for more than that in fabric and labor. I think they are a width and a half of fabric, but your workroom can tell you how much fabric you'll need for 9-10 pleats per panel. If you're buying the panels, look for around 9-10 pleats per panel and that will give you a nice panel that frames the window....See Moresallymo2015
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