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This is the third of a three part series of articles 'Elegant Drapery In Today's Home'. In the first article we looked at how designers approch dressing a window including function and style. In part two we looked at the process of dressing a window as well as the use of colours, textures, fabrics and pleats to create the perfect elegant drapery.
When it comes to dressing windows, all too often empesis is placed only on the main living rooms of a home such as the lounge and diningroom with little attention given to the other rooms in the house such as the kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms.
Other rooms in your home offer different challenges to window treatments. In the kitchen, you have airborne grease to consider. Less is certainly more in this room. Easy-wash fabrics are ideal and if the kitchen curtains are custom-made, ensure the fabric is pre-washed against shrinkage after they've been made. Designers consider no window treatment at all in the kitchen or a simple sheer.
The bathroom window also has special needs. Sheers will soften the hard enamal surfaces. These should be easy-wash. If the fabric has too much substance, the bathroom humidity will cause it to sag.
The bedroom needs to both block light and allow light while offering privacy. Designers prefer to dress bedroom windows in layers with side panels of fabric, sheers and even a roller blind. This offers the needed privacy, diffused light when the blind is up and full darkness when the blind is down.
Today's trends in window treatments and drapery are geared to offer better functionality. We have cleaner lines, richer fabrics, and a better ability to allow sunlight, diffuse it or turn it off. Window treatments finish a room and the treatments of today finish it with style, comfort and elegance.
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