Window Coverings

Window Coverings

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You can express your unique style and make your home beautiful at the same time by dressing your windows with Curtain Valances. You should concentrate on window coverings because they can add beauty to your room as well as blocking out heat and cold.

It may be difficult to decide what window coverings to use due to the large variety of choices. Following are some things to consider before purchasing window coverings.

• What do you like and dislike about your current window coverings?
• Do you need insulation due to heat or cold and what kind of light control do you need?
• What kind of decorations do you have in your room?
• Do you live in a climate that needs insulation or energy efficiency ?
• How much privacy do you need?
• What is your budget?

Window blinds can be used in every room in your house and they come in a wide range of colors. Typically the vertical blinds are made of fabric to match the room’s colors and furniture. They are usually used over sliding glass doors. Horizontal blinds are made from wood, vinyl, aluminum or faux wood in a range of slat sizes.

Cellular shades are the best pick if you are looking for a dressy, energy efficient window treatment. They are made of a honeycomb pleated fabric and there are a variety of colors. They can be sheer to let light in or they can also come in a room darkening fabric.

Wood shutters. If you are looking for a long term investment, wood shutters or roll shutters are the most durable window covering. They are low maintenance and only require simple dusting. The offer privacy and light control in your rooms.

Roll shutters outside your window give you a safety shield to your exterior windows and they can be rolled up and down by pushing a button. They can also protect your house from storms and reduce your heating and cooling costs by providing a thermal barrier. Foam filled aluminum shutters will reflect and absorb sound waves, giving you a quieter home.

Care and cleaning of blinds and shades

Dusting will work on just about any blind or shade. The surface of the blinds or slats of mini blinds, wood blinds are smooth so the dust can be brushed off easily.

Vacuuming is the preferred method for fabric shades. Just use the vacuum’s brush attachment.

Beautiful Window Treatments for Bedrooms

Beautiful Window Treatments for Bedrooms

Beautiful Bedrooms Treatments Window

Author Jackie Dishner




Whether looking for romantic ambiance,

blinds to control sunlight or window treatments to protect your privacy,

design experts uncover seven ways to dress up bedroom windows.

Drape With Silk

For a luxurious and romantic ambiance in the boudoir, designer Sharon McCormick pampers the bedroom in silk drapery panels, choosing a restful, sea glass color. Add pleats, tassels, crystals, beads or buttons for a custom touch. Included underneath is a remote-controlled window shade for privacy.



Metallic Finishes

If it's drama you like, you can get it with hardware. New Englander Sharon McCormick loves bedroom drapes that hang from large wooden rods in metallic finishes. Add more personality to the frame by selecting elaborate, crystal or fabric-wrapped finials.



Mix It Up

Designer Kati Curtis favors a combination of simple sheer and opaque draperies in her Manhattan bedroom designs. The sheer fabric stays open during the day to allow light in. At night, the opaque panels help buffer sound and keep light out for a good night's sleep. For a sleek touch, hardware is hidden in the window pocket.



Pleat From Floor To Ceiling

Choose a traverse or gathered rod and cover the entire wall by hanging pleated window treatments from floor to ceiling. Chicago-based designer Mary Susan Bicicchi creates a coccon-like feel with black-and-white patterned drapes in her own bedroom. Use the treatment to make a small room feel larger or open up a room with tall, skinny windows like hers.



Hang in Layers

To soften the look and add dimension to a bedroom window, California-based designer Lada Webster loves to use layers. She suggests adding a pattern to one of the layers to create a whimsical look or touch of character. Then it becomes a focal point in your private space.



Oversized Hardware

DrapeStyle designer Rick Thompson created this urban chic panel with oversized grommets and topped off with chocolate brown silk banding. The lighter metallic mesh fabric provides privacy, yet still allows light into the room. Oversized grommets work well in a smaller space with fewer windows and in contemporary settings, if you want the hardware revealed.



Trim With Fabric

Add a fun element to the bedroom decor with a simple, rectangular valance accentuated with beaded fringe, says Washington state designer Natalia Smith. It's a clean, unobstructed look that opens the room to light and color and adds the finishing touch — as long as the fabric in the valance matches what's on the pillows and bedding. Smith prefers a cornice with simple padding and a finished edge at the bottom for transitional, as opposed to traditional, style.

Kids Window Treatments Design Ideas 2011

Kids Window Treatments Design Ideas 2011

Design ideas Treatments Window

Hibiscus flowers and rad colors combine to make the perfect valance for your favorite surfer girl. Its fun theme will create a cheerful bedroom decor.


Put the perfect finishing touch on your child's Abby bedroom with this beautiful valance featuring embroidered butterflies and flowers and ruffled edges


Complete the look of your child's Catalina quilt with this coordinating valance. It will add the perfect finishing touch to this pretty bedding.


Express your own unique style with the addition of colorful striped window panels. These tab top window curtains will add a bold look and unique touch to your decor.


The bold, fun colors of these window treatments coordinate with the Self Expressions bedding. Flowers and peace signs are a great way to express your unique style.


This tab top panel curtain, featuring green and blue dots with a striped border, will brighten up the look of any room. A perfect, contemporary design for child and pre-teen rooms. Includes one panel.


Think pink to add a little fun to your surroundings. This tab top panel featuring pink and chocolate polka dots with a pink striped border will brighten up the look of any room. Panels are sold individually.


Express your own unique style with the addition of these colorful window panels. Tab top window curtain and rod pocket valance will add a bold look to your windows and coordinate perfectly with the Self Expressions bedding.


This heat transfer print on a jacquard sheer adds a modern yet lovely feel to your window. The spaghetti tab panels fit up to a 2" diameter rod and the ascot valance it the perfect finishing touch. To achieve this breezy look use two panels and two ascot valances.


These playful panels will really make your windows pop with vibrant color. The splashes of similar shades bring to mind the fun of cotton candy, and the fabric is sheer enough to allow sunlight through to create an even more vivid visual experience.

Bathroom window curtains designs 2011

Bathroom window curtains designs 2011

Bathroom Curtains Designs Window

Your bathroom is a very private place – keep it private with bathroom window curtains. Of course bathroom window curtains can do more than just block out light and peering eyes, they will also add class and style to your bathroom.

This article will give you some tips on how to choose the right curtain for your bathroom window. It doesn’t need to be difficult, but when you are shopping for bathroom curtains there are a few simple things to keep in mind. Watching out for things like privacy, lighting, matching your décor, and the quality of the fabric, will help you to choose the right bathroom curtains.

When you begin shopping for your bathroom curtains remember privacy and lighting. Keep in mind that the curtain you are shopping for is for a bathroom. Unlike other rooms you are more than likely going to want a considerable amount of privacy in your bathroom. Hence there is a need for a curtain with a good amount of coverage.

Contemporary Window Treatments Panels 2011

Contemporary Window Treatments Panels 2011

Contemporary Panels Treatments Window

These lined window treatments with unique bursts of color are a great way to transform your windows. The engineered embroidered and printed flowers offer dimension mixed with complementary hues for a visually exciting look.


Bring depth and dimension to your windows with these beautifully designed window treatments. The color blocked sections in complementary colors are accentuated by engineered pleating in a wavy design


The luxurious look of these window treatments give your room a refined feel. Solid colored panels and charcoal and cream leaf silhouettes on the valance are heightened by silver and gold accents.


The deep gold and light cream colors of this window treatment will add a touch of elegance to either classic or contemporary decors.


These refreshing window treatments feature a unique medallion design with a mixture of embroidery and textured jacquard in soothing shades of brown, taupe and gold.


This elegant window panel has a faux silk finish and is adorned with embroidered flowers for a touch of subtle grace. A great way to bring sophistication to your windows.


Regal and royal these window panels really make a statement. The panels and ascot valances feature metallic scrolling patterns that give them a subtle shimmer, adding drama to your decor. Merlot, gold, chocolate and cream colors all feature a golden metallic accent.


Window panels are a lovely addition to any window with corner weights sewn in for elegant drapability. The generous width gives a rich, full look to windows, while the classic styling enhances both formal and casual settings. Panels are also interlined for heat and cold insulation as well as for room darkening capabilities.


Window treatments have sweet rosettes along the top to bring a lovely touch to any window. Pair with the Rosette sheer window panels for a stunning look.


Add a natural, rugged appeal to your windows with these textured window treatments. The tightly woven panel and valance adds character to your decor and is a great coordinate in any room.

Window Treatment design ideas 2012 : Easy Projects You Can Do

Window Treatment design ideas 2012 : Easy Projects You Can Do

Design ideas Projects Treatment Window

Here are some easy projects ideas that can be inspiring you to renew your window covered , i hope you like it , Enjoy !!
Unique window treatment ideas can give your room personality on a budget. For some of these projects you won't even have to know how to sew. You probably can't replace your furniture whenever a new design style hits. Changing out your curtains gives you the opportunity to give your room a different theme or feeling.

Flowy and Fabulous

You can dress up purchased tab-top panels with a bit of trim you attach to the edges. Or get a similar look by making your own panels. You can buy yardage at the fabrics store, but you can also shop for table coverings or linens in the kitchen, bedding, and bath section of your local department store. There you will often find discounted or discontinued fabric items that you can cut up and use as yardage.

Thrifty Fun Curtains 

Save money by using charming vintage tablecloths as window treatments. To make these cafe curtains, cut cloth to size, adding 1/2 inch to each raw edge for the hem. Sew a hem around the raw edges. Stitch or glue loops of ribbon to the top edge to hang the curtains. For a little bit of sparkle, place an adhesive jewel on top of each ribbon loop where it?s attached to the curtain.

Give Draperies a Second Chance 

With a little ingenuity and basic sewing skills, you can get the look of custom-made window treatments for way less. Start with a neutral drapery (maybe one you've had for years but now want to update) and sew a contrasting fabric to the bottom, measuring from the bottom edge of the window to the floor. Cover the seam with beaded trim or ribbon. This idea is great if you recently moved and need to lengthen your old draperies to fit the scale of your new home.

 Pretty Prints 

If dressing your window calls for more than one layer -- for decor as well as for privacy -- then lucky you. Take this opportunity to personalize a purchased shade using paint. You can cut out a pattern, use a stencil, or try a freehand design with paints in different shades for a personal style statement.

Dressed-Up Curtain Panels

A cottage-style room would look amazing with windows dressed in these flirty curtain panels. Start with purchased panels and add the ruffle yourself.

Get Length Savvy

Purchase sheer curtain panels in glitzy brown-gold, and then hang them from a curtain rod installed several inches above the top of the window so the panels barely brush the floor. For a more luxurious look, hang the panels low enough to pool slightly on the ground. A versatile bonus? Choosing neutral sheers allows you to switch the curtains from one room to another as the redecorating mood strikes.

Go Subtle with Pattern

Get away with daring patterned window treatments by choosing a muted color palette, like these canary- and burnt-yellow shades. The tone-on-tone style will get noticed but won't distract from the flashier pieces in the room that you've invested more money and thought into, such as a rug or sofa.

Accessorize with Tiebacks

Give drapery panels a makeover with tiebacks for an simple update. An easy-to-make tieback adds a final polish to this window treatment, and also adds a splash of the room?s yellow accent color to the window.

 Play Up the View 

Dress up a sunny bank of windows without losing the view with these valances. They're easy enough to stitch up, or simplify the process by using hem tape to finish the edges. You can mount the valances using a tension rod or by wrapping fabric around a small board and securing that to the window frame with screws.

Reuse Old Curtains

Don't toss out curtains you love just because they don't fit your new windows or need to be replaced. Instead, cut and sew them into panel-style window shades with rod pockets. Tension rods hold the shades in place and make them easy to change or remove. This trick also works to make outdated fabrics or drapery styles look trendy again.

Tips for Kitchen Window Treatments designs ideas 2011

Tips for Kitchen Window Treatments designs ideas 2011

Designs Ideas Kitchen Treatments Window

Spruce up those windows to make your kitchen more attractive with easy-to-do ideas.

Design by Gail Drury

LIGHTEN UP

Natural light in the kitchen is essential. "Pleated shades offer a privacy treatment and still allow plenty of light," says Pelley.Just one example of an attractive pleated shade is the Smith + Noble version, available in tones ranging from White to Sky Blue, in subtle stripes and a tropical-looking pattern. It even comes in versions suitable for skylights or arched windows.

Design by Beth Haley

PICK CURRENT COLORS

If you're using fabric, make sure it's in a contemporary tone."The terra cotta shades are very 'in' mixed with greens, blacks and golds," says Pelley. "You can also mix cotton fabric prints, either within a treatment or coordinating a print in the valance or cornice with another print on the cushion seats or place mats."If your kitchen is particularly tiny, then light, cool colors can make it look larger and brighter, while dark, warm colors can make an oversized kitchen more inviting.

Design by Lin Lee

TRY SOME TEXTURE

Another hot trend is Roman shades made of rattan, bamboo or other natural fibers, says Pelley: "They add visual interest with their texture, but still roll up smoothly like the Roman shades of old."

Design by Jill Hertz

SOFTEN DIRECT LIGHT

Too much direct sunlight is also an issue in kitchens, says Pelley, since it makes it hot and unpleasant to work in. Simple wood blinds or woven wood shades, like the Provenance sold by Hunter Douglas, will filter the light without looking too heavy.

Design by Phyllis Harbinger

CONSIDER SOME CURVES

"There are typically lots of straight lines in the kitchen — the cabinets, the appliances, the counters , everything is straight or square," says Pelley. "It's a good idea to add a window treatment with soft curves to open the space up, especially in a small kitchen."
Arching a valance is a good option, particularly over the sink. Other options include a curved cornice, a box-pleated valance with a curved line along the bottom or a London Shade from Smith + Noble that is nearly flat at the top but falls from inverted pleats to gentle swags along the bottom, with wings at either side.