Pairing Drapery with Blinds and Shades
When choosing window treatments for your home, the choice doesn’t have to be between drapery or hard treatments such as blinds and shades. Often, using a combination of custom drapes and a blind or shade will add depth and softness to any room.
Go High and Wide
Using a combination of a hard window treatments and drapery can change the perception of the size of your windows. For example, install outside mounted roman shades or bamboo blinds a few inches below the ceiling to make your window look taller. Then, use a fashionable curtain rod at the same level as the blind or shade, but extend it a foot or two beyond the window, depending on the size of your room. The blinds and drapes work together to transform a standard size window into a large window, and will make your ceiling appear taller as well. The final effect creates a brighter, more open room.
Custom Curtains Make the Difference
It’s hard to find off-the-shelf drapery that is longer than 108 inches. To create a unique look in a room with tall ceilings, you’ll need specialty drapery made just for your room. Paired with nearly any Hunter Douglas blind or shade for light and privacy control, extra long custom draperies bring a touch of softness to your room while giving your window treatments the functionality you need.
Splashes of Color
Blinds and shades come in a wide variety of textures, colors, and styles. For some rooms, though, it takes a custom soft treatment to truly bring bright splashes of color into a room. Even better, drapery and top treatments can be matched to other accessories in your room, such as upholstered items and pillows. In bedrooms, drapes and top treatments can be made with fabric that accentuates your bedding.
The Perfect Combination
There are many ways to use blinds and shades in combination with custom drapery to achieve a unique and contemporary design in your rooms. Here are a few of our favorite pairings:
- Alustra® Woven Textures® Roman Shades with long flowing sheer or semi-sheer drapes
- Pirouette® Window Shadings for light control with panel drapes for added color
- Country Wood® 2” blinds with tab-top linen curtains
- Applause® Honeycomb Shades with French-pleated custom drapery
- Cadence® Soft Vertical blinds with custom fabric valance
Why Ross Howard in Dallas for Custom Drapery, Blinds and Shades?
Ross Howard Designs has been a Dallas area’s leader in window treatments, home fashions, and blind automation systems since 1981. Stop by our Hunter Douglas Gallery to see over 60 functional window covering displays, including a full line of Hunter Douglas blinds and shades as well as custom drapery services. The professional designers at Ross Howard are committed to bringing you the latest styles, current trends, and innovative technologies. For more expert information on window treatments, or for a free in-store consultation, give us a call today – 972-490-0088. When you stop by our showroom make sure you ask us for a free design book.
