Custom window treatment details set them apart from ready made curtains. All window treatments are not equal. Here’s a peek at some construction details. Couture window treatments under construction for a Worcester, MA living room.
“To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.”
Giorgio Armani
The materials-A jewel tone stripe with a golden damask over weave from RM Coco and a decorative gimp for the finishing details.
RM Coco is one of my favorite vendors. I have their complete library in my studio. They carry fabrics in traditional, like this one, modern, and transitional styles.
A quality custom window treatment will have the edges perfectly finished. In our workroom, we add self-covered micro cord for a clean and professional looking edge.
At a mere 3/8″ wide, this decorative trim, also known as gimp, is the finishing touch to this couture window treatment. Gimp is from Trend Fabrics. This one treatment requires 18 yards of trimming.
Trend has an extensive selection of braids and trimmings. Trim in coordinating or contrasting colors make a style statement. This gimp is available in a variety of color.
Custom Window Treatment Details
Decorative trim enhances the edges and highlights the colors in the fabric.
A pair of cascades, the pleated sides of a window treatment, are perfect mirror images of one another. Following the same pattern is essential for custom. The pleats highlight various stripes of the pattern for variety.
Separate components of a custom window treatment. These pieces are waiting to be artfully pleated, folded and pressed into the finished design.
Centering the fabric pattern is pleasing to the eye and enhances the overall design. The same blue stripe centers on each section of the window treatment.
Are you ready to bring some design details into your rooms? Contact me today to begin transforming your house into a home you love to live in.
- November 18, 2011
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Marie Mouradian
