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Sunny and Inviting

Sunny and Inviting

The yellow dining room and sitting room in this beautiful home needed something to tie the rooms together.  This blue and white fabric made that happen.  The long panels have goblet pleats and are hung from small finials that complement the other black accessories in the rooms.  Drawing the panels to the side allows the … Continue reading

Dress up the Kitchen

Dress up the Kitchen

A swag or valance in the kitchen can add color and nice warmth and this swag with small finial is a clever way to solve the problem.  These finials are actually drawer pulls mounted with dowel screws so no rod is needed. This works especially well when you have a corner window to cover.  The … Continue reading

Finish the Hearth Room

Finish the Hearth Room

This large hearth room needed some material to help with noise reduction, add color to the room and fabric with a design.  The room looks out onto a golf course and the owner did not want to obscure the view.  we decided on the swags with a large post and finial to mount it above … Continue reading

Classic Roman Shades

Classic Roman Shades

This bathroom addition was in need of a simple window treatment that gave privacy and filtered the light in the afternoon.  The flat Roman shades fit perfectly inside the wood trim of the windows allowing the woodwork to show.  Each shade has a locking pulley that holds the shade just where you want it to … Continue reading

Same Fabric for Two Rooms

Same Fabric for Two Rooms

When helping a client with a large living/dining room we first decided on the style of window treatment we wanted in these bay windows then found the fabric that we would use.  The floral fabric and contrasting lining was used in both rooms.    The style was perfect.  It was enough to dress the window … Continue reading

Elegant Dining

Elegant Dining

Take a dining room with a tray ceiling and large chandelier and make it look bigger, dramatic and dressed to entertain.  Try this.  A beautiful swag valance with bell jabots and opaque sheers with a large stripe pattern.  Lower the lights, light the candles and serve a wonderful meal under this soft shimmering setting.  The … Continue reading

Curtains to complement and enhance

Curtains to complement and enhance

A mitered topper can be a stylish way to co-ordinate with the design of the room. The rooms you see here are totally different and even though the design is the same the look changes with the fabric and accents of each treatment. The first room is a bay window in a master bedroom. The … Continue reading

Whimsy

Whimsy

Fabric can add the needed element to a room that makes you smile and the accessories make sense.  Take this room for example.  The colors are bold and the clock is a collectible so why not bring it all together with a box pleated valance showing the colors and style of the room, fun!

Office Entry Solution

Office Entry Solution

This institution had a very large sitting room that connected two buildings.  It was the main entrance where people could sit and visit, read or just rest.  There was nothing on the large windows to warm up the room and complete a look of a home.  The director of the institution wanted full length drapes … Continue reading

Comfort in a Window Seat

Comfort in a Window Seat

This cape cod had a wonderful dormer in the master bedroom which definitely needed this window seat.  The owner built a cedar lined storage box into it which I topped with an upholstered seat and back cushions that coordinated with the fully lined swag and jabots over the window.  It is a great retreat for … Continue reading