Can you use retail curtains and make them look high end? Here are some designer secrets to level up your ready made curtains…
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The Well Dressed Window
Window treatments are the perfect finish to any space. Here are all the things to consider when it comes to dressing a window in style…
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How to Choose the Best Window Treatments for a Bay Window
A reader wrote recently with a question about her bay window….here’s what we suggested
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Help! Where is the best place to put the bed?
Where is the best place to put the bed in a small room? Sometimes the best solution is right under your nose…
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Design Dilemma: Window Treatment Question from a Reader
A reader wrote recently with this difficult design dilemma…here are some possible solutions
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Blinds and Shades: What is the difference and which should I choose?
Window treatments are such an important feature in any room, and there are a gazillion options to choose from. Blinds and shades are super functional, but which ones should you choose? Here are the pros and cons of each…
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One Room Challenge: Windows and Wallpaper
It’s been a couple of weeks since I reported in on the Once Room Challenge Dressing Room Do Over activity…and that is because not much happened last week! I was at Highpoint Market scoping out the latest home furnishings trends, but I came back to hit the ground running! Here is what has happened this week on the project…
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One Room Challenge Dressing Room Do Over Week 3: The Window Saga
It is already week three of this round of the One Room Challenge and we’ve hit a few hiccups…pivot seems to be the word of the year, so here is what happened to the ‘best laid plans’ in our Dressing Room Do Over..
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My Design Hero: Wayne
By design heroes, I don’t mean heroes who are designers, although I have a wide assortment of those, I mean the unsung heroes who make great design possible…
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ORC Week 6: The Windows
So here is Week 6 of the ORC. We are more than halfway through the challenge doing our Vintage Diva Glamour Den bedroom makeover. If you’ve missed the other weeks you can read about them here: WEEK 1 | WEEK 2 | WEEK 3 | WEEK 4. This week a LOT of stuff arrived, and thank goodness because time is running out in this 8 week challenge! It is quite a job to try to put together a great room on a budget without being able to go select most things in person…
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4 Ways The Right Curtains Make a Big Difference
The right window treatments can transform a room - they can be functional, providing privacy or light control, or they can be decorative framing a view, or softening a sea of hard surfaces. Curtains, shades, and valances are more than just a frilly extra. They can correct architectural problems, or highlight architectural features.
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Designing Curtains for Challenging Windows
There are many different shapes and sizes of windows, and some present more of a challenge than others when it comes to treating them. With any window, you first need to know what you are trying to accomplish - adding softness and pattern to a room, framing a view, providing privacy or light control or all of the above! Transom windows, arched windows, Palladian windows, dormers and cathedral ceilings and unusual rooflines all add to the conundrum.
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