I recently had a customer who wanted to paint her walls dark purple and chose an almost brownish-purple. I think that would make a stunning bedroom but there are some rules that must be followed when the walls are so dark.

Don’t paint the walls really dark unless the trim around the room and windows is painted ivory or white. The ceiling

As I was brushing my teeth yesterday I noticed cob webs in my bedroom draperies and valances. I was appalled because I pride myself on not having dirty draperies. But as I continued brushing, I realized it had been far too long since I had cleaned them.

Dust and dirt can be the enemy of fabrics. Of course my bedroom draperies weren’t really dirty – no catsup or greasy fingers in my bedroom – but they were dusty. And a good way to get the dust out is to put them in the drier on air for

    When I first started in business 30+ years ago, we put up sheers and draperies at almost every window. Now we rarely hang sheers as an under curtain, but instead we often use a “hard” treatment.  This could be wood blinds, cellular shades, sheer blinds such as Hunter Douglas’ Silhouette shades, or roman [...]

I see custom valances are a frequently googled term when my web site is accessed.  Of course it is always hard to know what you are thinking.  Certainly the custom part is easy to define,   Custom means that the valance will fit your window or space exactly both in width and length.  But valances are [...]