subject: Formal Home Design Window Treatments [print this page] The decoration of a window is often altered by the choice in color and fabric. It can also be altered by how you actually hang the drapes. One popular attractive style is the tie. It's a tie back and has many alternatives. Almost as many options as there are decorators. Some create a very unique and attractive set of windows. Curtains will alter the entire feel of your rooms. Even designer curtains are less expensive than new furniture.
The point is to have fun with your drapes. Each re-arrangement can give your rooms new life. Use bold patterns and colors very carefully. The designer aspect means more than curtains. Nonetheless, they serve several purposes. Your properly arranged drapes can block the sunlight when you want draperies can insulate the room saving you dollars. You save on heating costs in the winter and cooling bill in the summertime. Drapes also offer you and your family provide privacy. When arranging designer curtain remember the middle tie, pulls the window coverings panel back to a point near the middle of the curtain.
Your dining room usually consists of a dining table with several chairs. Many of these rooms have space available for a side buffet, and some kind of serving table. Decorating your dining room window includes time to decorate. A number of people love to see area rugs under the dining table. This defines the dining space. In a floor plan that includes an open dining space as opposed to a separate dining room, owners often forgo the elaborate chandelier at the center of the table. Whatever type of dining room you have, the windows are often the focal point today.
The low tie pulls the covering back to about three-fourths of the distance to the floor. Using a center tie means gathering one or two curtains pulling them together in the up and down center window, at about three quarters of the distance from the top. In many of these styles, the curtains are pulled back as the window covering is pulled back as the inner curtain is tied back to the opposite side. Another called gathered angled tie uses either one or two curtains.
A panel is pulled partially back into a high-tie position. In some tie back positions, the curtain panel is pulled back close to the window casing. Formal home design window treatments are different. The window treatment involves layering draperies and drapes usually hung in two or three layers.
The second layer is often pleated floor length drapes. These are suspended from a decorative traverse rod. Drapes are hung from above the window. Curtains hang over the side casing, and along the trim above the window, falling toward the floor. The third or most inward layer is the valance situated horizontally across the window covering along the top of the window casing, and trim.
