Traditional pinch pleat vs. Euro/tailored pleat drapes
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Comments (57)Thanks again for all your comments they are very very helpful. DD was over tonight for dinner (DS came down from NJ for a quick visit) and she thought the drapes looked great!! She is usually pretty critical so when she said they went with the room I was happy. LOL She is the artist and she said she would paint me a picture to go above the headboard, I just have to tell her what to paint. She did the beautiful orchid picture that is in the family room. I guess I should wait until I decide on the accent color I want. Now, to answer some questions. jjam - the table is from Martha Stewart collection but I forgot which one it is. If you do a search I'm sure you will find it. The bedroom furniture is all Martha's though not from the same collection. Reno - the color is Ellen Kennon Cognac. I agree that strangers think the room is awesome bc it is so big!! Funkart - the white jacobean quilt is my summer bedding - I am still looking for something that will be lightweight like the quilt and go with the new color! Decorpas - thank you for your comments on the drapes - I was thinking I might try tassels like kabergs has in her mbr. And, yes, they are really growing on me and they are luscious!! gk - they are lined and they have drapery hooks. I could move them up by putting the hooks a little lower and that is a great idea about putting something under the bracket. I didn't put the hook on the ends and I will get the ladder out and fix that. I was planning on putting the rod out a bit more to uncover the window on the sides of the corner windows and the other window - like extending the drapes more toward the bed. Great ideas. Squirrel, once again awesome pictures. I know I am looking for a "hotel" type spread but just haven't found one yet and since they are so expensive I want to make sure I really like it. That is why I took the other one back. I am not sure how tie backs would look. Well thanks again EVERYONE!!...See MoreWhat type of drapery pleats do you like?
Comments (10)I personally don't like really formal style drapes with pleats. I prefer lined cotton or cotton/linen blend with ring clips that allow you to push to the side with a loose manual "fold". I have this look in my living room. I also like these types of fabrics "shirred" tightly on the rod through the rod pocket, especially in a bedroom. Another casual look I like is wide tab tops - I can make them hang in a loose fold similar to the clip on rings. That is the look I have in my DR. One more look I have (in my office) is tabbed backs on my valences (tabs are sew on the back and a continental rod slides through the tabs). That also gives a loose fold. So basically, my favorite style is more casual - it suits my house :). I like the look that Annie posted - a little more "dressy" than my look, but not stuffy or dated. Tuesday...See MoreDrapery Drama - Decorating Diva Advice Needed (Pics)
Comments (46)A couple of thoughts... First, I would have no hesitation in going with silk or something fancier. It sounds like that will go with your eventual furnishing plans, and it is way easier to dress down silk than it is to dress up something more casual in the event that you later get dressy furniture. In fact, it looks like your first choice panel was a little fancier. Second, If you're doing the side-by-sides AND the four(?) single windows, you're going to have a lot of patches of this fabric around the room. I would therefore be inclined not to break the bigger set into patches as well, but stack them at either end of the stretch of windows. But if you are doing this on a single long rod, that will be something you can play with. Third, about where and how to find what you want. It sounds like so far you have two options on the table, either ready-to-hang, or going through a designer. It may be different around here (heck, I'm not even in the same country), but here there are a lot of independent drapery shops that don't bill themselves as "designers". I wonder if you could find one of those. show them the photo of the JCP panels you liked, and see if they can find you a similar fabric and make them to specification? We also have a decorator fabric store (a chain of three actually) where you wander in, pick your fabric, and they can make them up for you or you can just buy the fabric. Even our normal fabric stores around here have drapery sections... in other words, if you look for the fabric separately, you might have better luck than if you shop for finished panels. Finally, have you tried to actually call JCP, including their stores, to physically hunt down and flush out the last of those panels you like? I know this sounds a little obsessive (admittedly, I am) but I'd bet that several of their stores have one or two of them in remainder bins around the country, or that the warehouse has some somewhere. Worth pushing a little if you haven't already done so. But you do need a lot of them, and that might be hard to take to completion. Good luck! KarinL Here is a link that might be useful: Arlene's (aka fabric heaven)...See MoreLet's talk curtains
Comments (11)focus on the front facing windows with the view to street first.It is the position to add focus/a bit of drama or that accent you wish. the treatment for two smaller windows facing green home will be complementary and have the issue of the lesser appealling view,[and the artwork on wall is actually going to do more for the wall,really] so you'll be working out something with light and view filtering/a tailored, non accent approach that works with what you do at the front. For the front windows,I'm thinking a long pole that extends beyond windows so the glass is cleared ...then, side panels and perhaps the "puddling" effect....these are stationary panels.....and then a treatment across. You could keep the blinds and raise them with the option to lower when needed. They are not particulary interesting blinds, but they are there...so if you leave them for their function as needed, then perhaps some textural sheers attached to that pole you ran across the top that you can swoosh back and forth a bit, or just leave across the window... you'll get light, the humans will appear as shadows for outside lookers,rather than seeing details of your presence. Sheers and panels are easy to make...I've done many.The outlet/cord and wine fridge might be an issue....can the appliance be placed elsewhere?...See Moretheclose
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