Control and Beauty
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 shades.
Just this month a customer wanted to replace her 20 year old draperies with something new. So we took down the old treatments and installed Vignette shades – Hunter Douglas’ roman shades. What a difference that made! They look cool, crisp, clean and modern. Very flexible, they keep out the sun’s fading rays, yet let in the light. And they roll up out of the way when the sun is on the back side of the house.
Although they liked the look, it was a little stark after having draperies for so long, so we will add side panels and valances. These windows are on the front – a living room window and a dining room window on either side of the front door so we are treating them alike. The Vignette roman shades will control the light and privacy. The stationary side panels – hanging nicely beside the windows but will not traverse – and valances that are tailored with inverted box pleats will soften the look and frame the window.
They will have the best of all worlds – clean, tailored and soft – a perfect solution to a fading problem, a privacy problem, and a softness problem.
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