Draperies and Top Treatments - Kitchen Window treatment - Help!
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Debbie Long
03-11-06, 11:59 AM
Hi -
I just finished redoing my kitchen, and now have to decide on window treatments. It's a "tuscan" feel - white cabinets, taupe walls,taupe/grey floor, with a laser cut ivy border with romanesque top trim. I'd like to do a cornice-type top for the main window ( 72x64), as the window looks out to the backyard, and the birdfeeders we have on the deck area. We really do not want to block the view.
I was looking in a local fabric shop, and found the type where you just stuff the material into the base, but at $30 each, (I'd need two, plus extra connectors and end units, not including fabric cost) I felt that I could do it myself less expensively, but how?
Also, we have a door in the kitchen that opens to the deck - it has 9 small panes in the glass - I can't do a cornice type window covering there, but how do I tie it in to the main window treatment?
Blessings,
I just finished redoing my kitchen, and now have to decide on window treatments. It's a "tuscan" feel - white cabinets, taupe walls,taupe/grey floor, with a laser cut ivy border with romanesque top trim. I'd like to do a cornice-type top for the main window ( 72x64), as the window looks out to the backyard, and the birdfeeders we have on the deck area. We really do not want to block the view.
I was looking in a local fabric shop, and found the type where you just stuff the material into the base, but at $30 each, (I'd need two, plus extra connectors and end units, not including fabric cost) I felt that I could do it myself less expensively, but how?
Also, we have a door in the kitchen that opens to the deck - it has 9 small panes in the glass - I can't do a cornice type window covering there, but how do I tie it in to the main window treatment?
Blessings,
Shadeladie
03-12-06, 08:33 AM
Here's directions for a soft cornice and you can use fusible web:
No Sew Pelmet (http://www.alternative-windows.com/nosew-pelmet.htm) (FYI: it's an english site, and they call cornices, pelmets)
As for the door, if the door opens in, you could hang the cornice high enough to clear the door, or hang it right at the top of the door. Or you can hang sheers on it, and make tiebacks out of the fabric that you're using for the cornices.
No Sew Pelmet (http://www.alternative-windows.com/nosew-pelmet.htm) (FYI: it's an english site, and they call cornices, pelmets)
As for the door, if the door opens in, you could hang the cornice high enough to clear the door, or hang it right at the top of the door. Or you can hang sheers on it, and make tiebacks out of the fabric that you're using for the cornices.
Debbie Long
03-12-06, 09:08 AM
Thanks!
Blessings,
Blessings,
Annette
03-13-06, 09:58 AM
as long as you repeat the fabric you use on the cornice in the door treatment somehow (either as ties or trim or the whole thing) they'll coordinate. i like these (http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM.aspx?DeptID=25437&CatID=28605&CatTyp=DEP&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=0e12419&ProdSeq=2&Cat=door+panels&Dep=&PCat=&PCatID=28421&RefPage=ProductList&Sale=&ProdCount=15&RecPtr=&ShowMenu=&TTYP=&ShopBy=0&RefPageName=CategoryAll%252Easpx&RefCatID=28421&RefDeptID=25437&Page=1&CmCatId=25437|28421|28605) door panels and they seem simple enough to make. you could use your main fabric for just the ties on these, or for the whole thing. when you want a view outside, roll them up & they look like a cute valance. at night, roll them down & block the "black hole" that windows become at night. and since they're soft, no clanging & banging when the door is opened & closed, like with blinds.
i also like the sheer idea - the hourglass type, and use the main fabric for a center tie cinching the middle.
i also like the sheer idea - the hourglass type, and use the main fabric for a center tie cinching the middle.