Affordable decorating ideas for all those bare windows, the first place most clients go to shop for their homes are with designers or at drapery workrooms. The average custom cost per window starts at one thousand dollars, and higher depending on the drapery style, price of fabric, and any additional embellishments, fringe, cording, tiebacks, lengths, widths, and odd window shapes. Most customers posses an endless list of desires, lacking the information, or resources needed to fulfill their ultimate dream draperies.
A quick evaluation of your home is the best place to start, you don’t want to over or under estimate the overall value of the home. I dare say I don’t know anyone who would wear a designer gown, accessorized with a pair of running shoes, and hopefully neither do you. Our quest is for quality at reasonable price points, and not for obvious cheap knock offs, or discount bargains.
The design industry has many alternatives, knowing where to look is the question, so here are some of the answers of where, and how to find them. Most popular designer and drapery showrooms stock ready made window treatments in standard sizes, top treatments, window scarves, swags, and cascades, stationary sides, and drapery panels, so lets go shopping, and compare.
A few designer showrooms carry fabric vendor lines who offer a semi custom silk panel program, yes its hard to believe luxury at a great price. A choice of at least five pleat styles, over one hundred color ways, lengths up to 120 inches, and this includes fabric, lining, labor all for under two hundred dollars. In situations such as a large great room with very high windows, try hanging two panels together top to bottom of each panel a clever way of extending the fabric length.
Our search, includes store clearance corners discontinued items, and display samples, one of a kinds, are perfect for rooms that have single windows, a small bedroom, laundry room, or back door with a not so private window. Top quality merchandise, priced right, and delivers that wow factor of a custom design.
Ideas for the budget minded, or short on cash clients, find a neighbor or friend who shares your similar style, and the need for change as well, be sure to measure, and then swap window treatments. Shop the resale venues, yard, and estate sales have vast treasures just waiting to be discovered. Get creative by recovering old cornice boards, or seasonal accents on the kitchen window wrapping them in tree branches, birch, curly willow, aspen, add silk or dried floral as a finished detail.
Everyone has an idea, and a budget before going shopping for window treatments, and desire for their homes to look beautiful, impressive, and display their unique personal styles. Spending a enormous amount of money on draperies rather on furnishings for the room just isn’t logical, or practical. Alternative solutions are available for you, as consumers we need to separate our wants, and desires, from affordable and what’s needed. After acquiring that sweet victory reward of beautiful windows its time to relax, with enough wow factor that will satisfy any viewer.
