Pleated Drapery

A drapery arrangement is often the most eye-catching aspect of a room - and the feature that gives the most scope for creativity.

Here is how a professional measurer determines yardage:

Specifications:
* 2.5 times fullness
* 3.00 times fullness for sheers
* 4.00 times fullness for non moving sheers
* 18" hems & headings
* Standard 3.5" overlap for traverse rod
* Standard 2" overlap for wood pole with rings
* Add 10% to finished width for drapery hanging from rings, for easing
* Specify pinch pleats, reverse pinch pleats, butterfly pleats, goblet pleats or cartridge pleats
* Goblets & cartridge pleats are only for standing panels

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Number of Widths: Face width x 2.5 + returns + overlap / fabric width

Cut Length: 1. Finished length + hems / fabric repeat (round up)
2. Number of repeats x repeat = cut length
Yardage: Cut length x number of widths / 36
Sheer railroaded: Face width x 3 + returns + overlap / 36



The chief ingredient in any successful window composition is imagination. To some extent, there is a repertoire of basic forms - a vocabulary of design ideas from which professional designers tend to draw inspiration. Often, the most successful designs are those where a traditional idea is injected with a touch of originality - perhaps in the proportions, or in the detailing, or in the fabric choice.

The following are a few examples of how PLEATED DRAPERY are executed by different designers:



luxe / Chicago Edition / Winter 2010

Private collection

Private collection

Private collection

Private collection

luxe / Winter 2010 / Chicago edition

A la prochaine,
Denise

COSTCO'S SAD SOFA WINNER-!

Costco knows how to have fun.


BACK IN JULY 2009, Costco held a really fun contest offer from their "The Costco Connection." It was so creative I posted this contest in July too. The contest could be any Costco customer who wanted to take a picture of their sad sofa and send it in. The winner would receive a $500 Cash Credit Card. How many of us have been down the road where we say, "Honey, I think we need a new sofa?" And the response is usually, "Not yet."

Congrats go out to Jared Sorensen, Wooddbury, Minnesota who won.............not a minute too soon-!

I was in my COSTCO Glenview, Il. store over the weekend, and I saw endless possibilities for young families to enjoy watching the Olympics on wonderful dark chocolate colour leather sofas & loveseat with contrast stitching and solid wood legs in a rich espresso finish. Also, what is nice, the 9 x 12 area rugs are now placed near by to help the buyers select and complete their project(s). Anyone on the way home with their new purchases, should consider picking up a can of paint. For sure, select a colour in the rug. Instant gratification for dad, mom and budding olympians-!

GO USA FOR THE GOLD-!!

A la prochaine,
Denise

Happy Valentine's Day-!

A la prochaine,
Denise