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

This is certainly a good time to talk about energy efficiency.  We have moved into the December days of cold.  I use a small space heater in my lower level family room so I can keep the thermostat on my furnace lower in other parts of the house.  But with the warm November weather I [...]

When I first started in the drapery business – it wasn’t called window treatments back then – we almost entirely created lined draperies out of antique satin – lots of colors but no pattern, and pleated sheers in many shades of white. What a difference today!    Today the “draperies” are often only stationary side [...]