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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This great room has walls of windows that need no privacy and have a beautiful view whether summer, fall, winter or spring. These two story windows would look bare and feel cold without drapery panels. The fabric softens the room, helps control the echoing and gives an overall warm and comfortable feel without obstructing the gorgeous views.
A beautiful cathedral ceiling and a gorgeous wall of windows overlooking the garden, how do we treat them? A custom rod was ordered and installed a few inches above the middle arched window and high over the two outside windows giving them much more height and the illusion that they are taller. Privacy was an issue especially during the evening hours so the ties can be undone closing the draperies when needed.
The side window was treated with the same hardware and again at the same height.
Take advantage of your tall ceiling and large windows and capitalize on the view. By bringing the sheer drapery panels up to the crown we’ve highlighted the view. Hidden hardware was used to hang the draperies to keep it from looking cluttered and not taking away from the coffered ceiling. We’ve kept this room in a monochromatic scheme and let the view speak for itself. Style and elegance.
The Relaxed Roman Shade works well as a stand alone window treatment. This style features a flat shade with permanent rounded folds (or a smile) at the bottom. These soft folds are achieved by having strings along the outside edge of the shade to raise and lower it and none in the middle. A weighted rod extends along the width of the bottom edge to hold the shade in place. The body of the shade is flat when it is fully closed. Roman blinds, or roman shades, are clean, sophisticated and stylish. Relaxed Roman shades have a smile along Relaxed roman shades are also known as soft shades or London shades. These shades complement smaller windows, less than 48-inches wide, but can be used across a row of windows for greater impact.
You will find it difficult to get up in the morning when you are in this master retreat. We have fifty shades of grey here from the headboard, the pillows and shams, the duvet and coverlet, the bed frame and so on. 
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by Susan Dorbeck