I Enjoy Working with Interior Designers

I have developed a great relationship with several area designers.  After I measure and calculate how many yards the treatment requires I'm able to give an estimate.

I love sitting at the machine...stitiching and sewing...sewing and stitching....cutting and clipping....

....... measuring and pressing.  

Yes it requires lots of patience.

remember to click on each photo to enlarge and see the detail

These Roman Shades were created by interior designer Jill Davis in Old Town Alexandria, VA.

Jill's work is fantastic!  I hope to show more photos in future post.

I love working with interior designers.  I enjoy the challenge of bringing their creativity to life. 

Custom Made Top Down Bottom Up Roman Shades

Here I am installing Goblet Pleated Panels and Top Down Bottom Up Roman Shades.

We had to take very specific measurements to make these shades and to fit the job.

The wood pole had to fit right between the upper and lower widow frames.

  The shades fit inside the window and the valances fit just a bit wider........

We also made the goblet pleated panels.

  

The Right Fabric and Lining to Create a Beautiful Shade

Design professionals really know how to bring together the right elements to create function and beauty.

The designer chose a medium patterned upholstry weight fabric, then consulted with  The Drapery Shop to select the right lining and to make the shades .

Cream Dupioni Silk and Tapestry

    We created these hard wood cornices and covered them in a cream colored Dupioni Silk.  At the bottom we added a much heavier tapestry to add visual balance.  Then we mounted them 19feet up.

The long point on the cornice is 42". The short point 26" and the tails measure 52"

Okay, here's a tip as to how we managed to hang these without scaffolding. We cut wholes under the flagged pieces at the top of the large cornice, used two 20 foot  extension ladders, grabbed that baby and carried it up. After placing it on angle irons that we put up earlier we reached through the whole and tightened the screws.

When the room is this large and the ceiling height measures 20 feet you need large statement pieces.  In order to keep the statement pieces from being so bold as to seem as though they pop off the wall you can tone down the effect by using a soft neutral colored fabric.  Then add a little bit of detail with an accent fabric.

Here are the fabrics we used. Please give us a call if you are interested in seeing more. 

 



Magenta and America's top Executives

A panel of 900 CEOs organized by USA Today participated in an online 60-second color

 personality test, and the results were striking: The bosses don't like yellow or red, but

they're big fans of magenta – at least compared to the rest of the population.  

You'll find the link to read this article and take the test below.

I snapped these photos in the home of one of my favorite clients. 

She's bold, compassionate and confident.

She is also a very successful business woman.

 I value her critique as well has her encouragement.

That's me putting the final touches on the window treatment.

Check out this sofa and the feathered pillows.

You can click each picture to enlarge.

Follow this link to read the article and take the test.

http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/02/ceos-true-colors.html

Shaped Cornices

One of my favorite jobs in the workroom is creating shaped cornices.

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The designer, Noelle Myers wanted a tight fit between the cabinets. She also wanted a small notched cut in the upper left corner.  We added small contrast welt in green and then glued on tiny yellow box pleats.  Go on click the picture and check out the details.

We created a single arched cornice for the window over the kitchen counter and a double arch for the window in the family room.

Larger than Usual

You can see how large the balloons on this shade are when you compare them to my size.

 Sometimes balloon shades can be very intrusive.  Selecting the right size balloon makes all the difference in great window treatment design.  Usually a designer would opt to have 3 balloons on this window.

 

The room was huge and there  were 

two 44 inch windows . 

The folds on the roman shades below are

larger than usual too.   

There were 6 shades in this room and we didn't want the polka dots to appear the dominate the project so we made the folds larger and added a trim banding to draw attention away from what seemed to be million's of little dots.

 
The shades were operable, so the more you pull them up  the more volume you have at the top of the window. 

I wish I took a picture of them at their highest point to show you how nice they looked.