Welcome to my showcase of design ideas and inspiration for custom home décor, flattering window treatments and other soft furnishings. I have been blessed by being invited into many beautiful homes and meeting the nicest people. I am among the fortunate few who truly enjoy a fulfilling and rewarding profession. Thank you for looking at my work.
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Add some whimsy to your laundry room, keep it bright and make it a happy place to be in. Don’t forget to dress the walls and window like we did here with the colorful umbrella wallpaper and striped valance. The shape of the valance adds interest to the small room and frames the gorgeous outdoors.
A scalloped valance in a beautiful colored print is gathered on a 2.5″ continental rod. Two inch faux wood blinds solve the need for privacy. The wider double window has two arches while the narrower window has one. These two valances are in the same room and compliment each other by being different but yet the same.
Transom windows are an architectural term for a window that sits atop a door or another window. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes, but are commonly known to have a fan shape. In most cases transoms are strictly decorative and often use a leaded pattern glass, for visual interest. However, transoms are not only pretty but purposeful. They not only add architectural appeal, but help to add light to a room as well. The tricky part comes with how to treat transoms with window coverings. The best solution is usually the simplest. As not to distract from the beauty of these windows, a short decorative rod hangs at each side. Drapery panels shirred on the rod are made from a fabric color that compliments the rooms color palette, blending seamlessly into the wall. The drapery panels are then tied back with beautiful cording and trimmed with a tassel accent. This simple yet elegant approach to covering the transom windows allows the window to make the visual statement in this room.
You can overwhelm a small room with too much color and pattern. That doesn’t mean that you just need to use neutrals, in a small room, you just have to carefully plan your choice. Muted colors make a small room feel smaller, so when choosing a vibrant color use it only as accent in the room. This colorful striped fabric is a cheerful additional to this laundry room. To help balance the room, the creamy yellow wall color softens the the bold colors in the stripe. The red used in the stripe is repeated in the room with the accent pieces and the appliances. This pinch pleated valance has just enough detail to create visual interest, but not too much that it competes with the bold fabric. The scalloped edge helps to break up the horizontal lines of the 2″ blinds and the vertical lines of the stripes. Fabrics that burst with color may not be suitable for every room in your home but they can add just the right amount of punch to your rooms personality.
Fabric cornices and valances can turn a ordinary window treatment into a spectacular element in your rooms decor. The current window treatment trend today is to simply hang drapery panels on each side of the window. Although this look is both beautiful and simple to achieve it often lacks personality, by adding a custom, padded cornice you take a window from beautiful to wow! Another hidden advantage is that the cornice helps to hide the unsightly top of the functional window treatments, especially when the 2″ horizontal blinds are pulled completely up. Without the cornice helping to hide the fact, these blinds when pulled completely up stack to be about eight inches tall, not the most visually appealing. The shape of a cornices edge can be squared off, have a curved bottom edge either convex or concave, use a combination of curved and square edges, have decorative corners, be trimmed in a variety of options, in other words the shape of cornices is endless. Combine a limitless shape with a never ending fabric selection and you have a creative design element for your window treatment, a cornice that is truly extraordinary.
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by Susan Dorbeck