Designer Window Fashions

Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Book Award for Interior Design Books #1 Best-Selling Window Decorating Book Designer Window Fashions is the best organized, most effective design aid for choosing and designing window treatments. With hundreds of color photographs and blackline illustrations, Designer Window Fashions presents countless combinations of window and bed coverings for any room in the home: from a simple rod pocket curtain to a designer masterpiece. 448 pages of essential information for interior decorators, interior design students, window-covering professionals, and DIY enthusiasts. Includes: Extensive window covering ideas in full-color photos and illustrations Extensive bed covering section with coordinating draperies and top treatments Hard window coverings coordinated with valances, swags, and cornices Vital information for designers, workrooms, and window-covering professionals Equal size color and blackline drawings Extensive yardage calculations Pros and cons of various window coverings Solutions for challenging window shapes Glossaries of decorating and fabric terms Chapters: Draperies and Curtains: Flat panel, pleated, grommet, gathered, and more Top Treatments: Swags, cascades, valances, and cornices Shades: Modern shades (hard) and Fabric shades (soft) Combinations: Pairing different types of window coverings Blinds: Metal blinds, wood blinds, woven woods, roller, solar, and verticals Shutters: Faux wood, natural wood, barn door, and more Hardware and Trims: New and creative ways to use drapery hardware Drapery and Bed Coverings: Headboards, bedspreads, pillows, etc.