How Much Does Custom Drapery Cost?

Blue Velvet Cartridge Pleat Drapery

So you’ve decided it’s time to step up your homes interior design game, and your interested in custom drapery but aren’t sure about the cost. You know you love fabric, but you have questions: What’s the real difference in custom and ready made? Why should you consider custom window treatments?    And, that nagging question… […]

Building a Bridge With Window Treatment Design

Old Fashioned Floral and Pink Linen for Drapery and Roman Shades in Moore, OK

Typically when a client reaches out for our window treatment design services they are partially through their design journey.  Paint colors are set, furniture may have been purchased and they are looking to pull it all together with their window treatments. Such is the case with one of our current projects in process in Moore, […]

Who wore it better? Window Treatment Designs 2 Ways

We’ve all seen the people magazine feature where they show the same dress/outfit on two different women and ask readers to vote on who wore the look better, right? I mean.. the hairdresser is the only time I really let myself indulge in People magazine, but every six weeks I can’t help myself. Well- here is […]

What Makes a Quality Roman Shade

Roman shades are everywhere today.  All over Houzz, Pinterest and popular home magazines.   Have you noticed though, that they  don’t all look the same?  If you are thinking about buying Roman Shades for your home – how to you get that gorgeous finished look you see in photos and not a rumpled mess that […]

New Roller Shade Product – Great for Clean Lined Homes

A few months ago I was introduced to a relatively new roller shade product on the market.  It is basically a hybrid of a roller shade.  Some people call it a Zebra shade.  The fabric is made of a solid and a sheer, rotated horizontally every 4-10″ depending on the fabric.  The fabric is hung […]

Motorized Blackout Roller Shade for Sliding Glass Door

On this project the client was a builder who wanted a motorized blackout roller shade to cover a set of by-parting sliding glass doors.   Due to the length and width needed, it was not possible to order a single shade.  So instead, we ordered a coupled blackout roller shade. A coupled shade is made […]

Solera Soft Shades from Hunter Douglas Product Review

Solera soft shades by Hunter Douglas offer so many features in it’s base pricing, it’s one of my favorite window treatment options. So I tell clients if a honeycomb and a roman shade got married, and had a baby- it would look just like a Solera soft shade.   You have the larger fold look […]

Exterior Patio Shades

It’s that time of year again.  The temperatures are mild, and we are all finding our way to our outside spaces.   Soon however, days will be more than pleasantly warm, they will be hot.  How can you enjoy your patio more?  The answer may be exterior patio shades. Patio Shades come in a few […]

Top Treatments for Your Roller Shade

You thought you had done all the difficult selections when you picked the fabric for you new roller shade.  Not true!  Now it’s time to choose the top treatment (sometimes caller roller shade hardware) for your Roller Shade. This choice can greatly impact your finished  roller shade look, and if you are simply shopping for your […]

How to Choose Roller Shade Fabrics

The prettier, more exciting sister to the solar shade is the fabric roller shade category.  Available in a variety of colors, textures, and privacy levels roller shade fabric can add pattern and personality to a window, or keep it neutral.  Part of the reason I chose roller shades as my first product to discuss is […]