Custom drapery by The Blind Shop offers a sophisticated and highly personalized approach to window treatments, designed to fit your specific windows, style, and functionality needs. Custom drapes bring elegance and a sense of completion to a room, enhancing both aesthetics and comfort. Here’s an overview of their features and benefits:
Features of Custom Drapery
- Made-to-Measure: Custom drapery is created specifically for your window dimensions, ensuring a perfect fit with no gaps or excess fabric, for a clean, tailored look.
- Unlimited Fabric Choices: From luxurious silks and velvets to casual cottons and linens, custom drapes come in an extensive variety of fabrics, patterns, and colors to match any decor.
- Light Control Options: Custom drapery can be lined with different fabrics to achieve varying levels of light control, from light-filtering sheers to room-darkening and blackout linings.
- Versatile Styles and Pleats: Custom drapery offers a range of styles, such as pinch pleat, grommet, rod pocket, and ripple fold, to suit both modern and traditional aesthetics.
- Decorative Hardware: Custom drapery often includes premium, coordinating hardware options—like finials, rings, and rods—to complete the look and enhance the room’s decor.
Benefits of Custom Drapery
- Personalized Style: Custom drapery allows you to select the exact fabric, color, and style that complement your room, giving you control over the final look and feel.
- Enhanced Light & Privacy Control: With the option to add blackout, thermal, or interlining layers, custom drapes provide excellent control over light and privacy. They’re ideal for bedrooms, media rooms, and spaces requiring added insulation.
- Luxurious, Tailored Look: Custom drapes are professionally made, ensuring a high-quality finish with attention to detail. They create a polished, elegant look that adds a sense of luxury to any room.
- Energy Efficiency & Insulation: With the right lining, custom drapery can help regulate indoor temperature, reducing heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer, making it an energy-efficient choice.
- Sound Absorption: Heavier fabrics and linings can also help absorb sound, reducing noise from outside and creating a quieter, more comfortable space.
- Long-Lasting Investment: Custom drapes are crafted from high-quality materials and made to last, providing years of style and function.
Custom drapery is a great choice for those looking for a unique, personalized window treatment that enhances the beauty and function of their space.
Let us know if you need ideas on fabric selection, lining options, or styles for specific rooms!
Custom drapery top treatments are decorative elements designed to enhance the appearance of window treatments while also providing functional benefits, such as hiding hardware and adding architectural interest to a room. Here are some popular types of custom drapery top treatments and their features:
1. Valances
- Description: A valance is a short decorative drapery that covers the top portion of a window. It can be made from various fabrics and styles.
- Types:
- Swag Valance: A soft, gathered fabric draped in a curved manner, often layered with other treatments for a romantic look.
- Straight Valance: A simple, tailored valance that hangs straight across the top of the window.
- Scalloped Valance: Features a scalloped edge for added detail and elegance.
2. Cornices
- Description: A cornice is a rigid, structured treatment made from wood or upholstery that covers the top of the window. It offers a more formal look and is often used with drapery or shades.
- Features:
- Can be upholstered in fabric or left in a wood finish.
- Offers a tailored, polished appearance.
- Hides the mounting hardware for curtains or blinds.
3. Pelmets
- Description: Similar to cornices, pelmets are usually upholstered panels that sit above the window, providing a decorative frame for drapes or shades.
- Features:
- Can be made with padding for a soft appearance.
- Can be shaped or tailored to match the overall decor.
- Often used in conjunction with drapes to enhance the design.
4. Drapery Tops (Header Treatments)
- Description: The header is the top portion of the drapery itself and can be designed in various styles.
- Types:
- Pinch Pleat: Features tightly gathered fabric at the top, giving a classic, elegant look.
- Grommet Top: Uses metal rings to create a modern, streamlined appearance.
- Rod Pocket: The fabric is gathered at the top and slipped over a curtain rod for a casual look.
- Ripple Fold: Offers a soft, continuous wave effect for a contemporary design.
5. Roman Shades with Decorative Valances
- Description: Combining Roman shades with a decorative valance provides a layered look, offering both function and style.
- Features:
- The valance can coordinate with the shade fabric for a cohesive design.
- Allows for versatile light control while adding a decorative touch.
Benefits of Custom Drapery Top Treatments
- Enhanced Aesthetics: Top treatments add visual interest and can complement the overall decor style of a room.
- Hides Hardware: They effectively conceal curtain rods, brackets, and other mounting hardware, providing a clean look.
- Customizability: Available in a wide range of fabrics, patterns, and styles, allowing for complete personalization.
- Architectural Detail: They can add depth and dimension to the window area, creating a more sophisticated ambiance.
Conclusion
Custom drapery top treatments offer an excellent way to elevate your window decor, providing both functional and aesthetic benefits. Whether you prefer the softness of a valance, the structure of a cornice, or the elegance of tailored headers, there are plenty of options to suit your style and needs.
If you’d like more information on specific styles or design ideas for your space, feel free to ask!
The Blind Shop offers custom drapery hardware that will enhance the look of any room. We offer a wide range of new mounting hardware including Curtain Rods, Curtain Poles, Curtain Rod Finials, Curtain Brackets, and rings are available in both modern and traditional styles to complement your homes décor.
Custom Drapery hardware isn’t an afterthought of window design, but rather an integral part of your window treatment and another decorative element with which you can create your final look.
Work with one of sales associates to give you the complete look you sought after with your custom drapery look!
