I absolutely LOVE doing window treatments. I remember one of the first jobs I ever did was for a woman who owned an automobile agency. She lived in a VERY nice house in a fairly posh neighborhood .The house was a center hall Colonial, with a kind of modern touch built in the mid 40's or early 50's : very attractive.
She built and lived in the house
for many years. I was called in to do the dining room and lucky me she was very sweet and LOVED pink. The walls were papered in a pale pink Van Luit Damask and all the trim was glazed off white over white; something I did all the time in those days. It was the window treatments that really stand out in my memory. They were Ivory Moiré lined in Pink Moiré, they had 3 rows of trim on the leading edge and across the bottom about 6 inches up from the floor. They were shirred onto big fat poles with 5 or 6 inch headings, and tied back twice; with floral burn out pattern sheers...They were BEAUTIFUL.
Now almost 40 years later I am doing some windows for one of my favorite clients and they will be tied back twice as well. The fabric is much jazzier and there will be fuscia Austrian shades beneath them:
kind of a smack in the face aren't I hot look. Once again they will stand out and
make the room. I kind of feel rooms with out window treatments are kind of like Brides with out flowers: IT"S JUST NOT RIGHT, something not finished… maybe a cupcake with out frosting is a better analogy...
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