Contrast or Self Lining

A contrast lining is when a drapery fabric is used in place of a standard white or ivory drapery lining to line all or part of a window treatment, typically a valance or top treatment.

Contrast lining is a complementary fabric to the main face fabric, whereas self lining means you use the same fabric as the main face fabric for the lining as well.

It is used to enhance the appearance and give a custom look to the window treatment that would otherwise allow the standard drapery lining to show, thus inhibiting the appearance.

Dust Ruffle Styles and Options

Dust ruffle or bed skirt, whichever you call it, can be fabricated in either a tailored style or gathered style.

Most customers will choose a gathered style when they are using ruffled pillow shams on their bed and a tailored style dust ruffle when they are using flanged pillow shams.

Dust ruffles are a necessary accessory when you are using a comforter, duvet cover or a coverlet (unless you have a platform bed). We can fabricate dust ruffles any drop height you need for your bed situation.

We also give you the option of lining the bed skirt for additional body and fullness. Split corners are standard with either style.

Dust Ruffle Drop Heights

There is no such thing as a standard height box spring anymore. You have low profile box springs and high profile box springs. You also have different heights on the frame that the box spring will preside. What all this boils down to is that standard ready made dust ruffles just don’t quite do the job anymore. A “drop” is the measurement from the top of your box spring to where you want it to hang (typically right at your floor).

We have fabricated dust ruffles from 8” long drop up to 26” long drop. Everyone has a different situation with their bedding and require a different drop length on their dust ruffle. We can fabricate a dust ruffle in any drop height you may need…just give us a call!

Decorative Swag Pelmets

A swag pelmet is a decorative accent piece that we fabricate in the same fabrics as your jabots. Pelmets come in many different styles and sizes, however, we fabricate ours in a pleated fashion to coordinate with our pleated jabots.

Most people who use pelmets with swag and jabots are after a more formal appearance for their room. Pelmets are used typically wherever two swags meet and don’t overlap and can be used on top of or underneath the swags.

Grommet Choices for your Valances or Panels

When ordering your grommet panels or valances you have the option of ordering different colored finishes such as nickel, antique brass, brass or black as well as different shapes such as round, square or diamond.

The most obvious of grommet shapes would be your standard round grommet. If you want to give your grommet window treatments a fresh look, take a look at the square or diamond set grommets.

Basically we can take a square grommet and set them on the window treatment to actually look square or we can set them to appear as diamond shaped. These new grommet shapes are becoming a new fashion trend and can take an ordinary grommet window treatment and make it extraordinary.

Who said grommets had to be round? And yes the diamond and square set grommets still work with standard round poles up to 1 3/8” in diameter!

Custom Made Duvet Covers

Duvet covers are a popular choice in custom bedding. They can easily be fabricated as a reversible cover that you can use on either side in your bedroom.

Make sure you have a dust ruffle that will coordinate with the fabric on both sides of the duvet cover.

Top that with window valances and curtains fabricated in one or both fabrics on the duvet or in the same fabric as your dust ruffle and you can easily give your room a subtle alternating look each day!

The New Shelby Style Valance

The Shelby “style” window treatment offers a nice option for the small hard-to-outfit windows as well as larger windows.

The Shelby style can also be purchased as single units, meaning you can purchase a left or right swag for your window if you want a more modern looking swag for your home.

It is also sold as a three piece set for a more traditional appeal. The Shelby valance as a three piece set will fit wall spaces up to 84” in width, whereas the Shelby single units will fit wall spaces up to 45” wide.

We refer this style as to fitting wall space as we fabricate this window valance to fit the spacing of your medallion knobs (either knobs that you currently have up – or where you plan on mounting the knobs).

We suggest mounting the knobs about 4-5” above your window or window molding and approximately 1” on the outside of the molding for the best look.

New Board Mounted Valance Styles

We have been busy again fabricating two new styles in our Board Mounted Valance department.

The Shawl Valance and the Glendale Valance can be fabricated in widths up to 72”. The Shawl Valance boasts a gradual arch in the center of the main valance with an inverted pleat on each side of the arch.

Soft cascading jabots are contrast lined as a standard. Optional ball fringe, scalloped fringe or glass bead trim can be added to this style for a nice finishing touch.

The Glendale Valance has a bit more tailored masculine appeal and will look great in a home office or library as well as bedrooms or dining rooms.

Optional tassel fringe or glass bead trim can be applied to this style.

Flat Drapery Panels

Over the years we have had many customers ask us if we could make them rod pocket drapery panels without the rod pocket so that they could hang from clips and rings on decorative rods.

Well of course the answer was always yes as we can make just about anything when it comes to window treatments.  By popular demand we finally decided to add the style as a new product to the website.

Our new Flat Drapery Panels can be fabricated in lengths up to 120” through the website, as always if you need a longer length or wider width, just give us a call!

The Flat Drapery Panel is a great style to use to those who need less formal functional drapes.