Add Internal Battens to Your Roman Shade
There are lots of window treatments that a person can choose from for his windows. They provide a feeling of warmth and elegance and are able to suit the different tastes and styles of people. They come in varying styles and features that give people a lot of options to choose from. Also, these window treatments complement your existing decors at home.
Watch this video and learn how to add internal battens to your Roman shade to give oomph to the folding. This quick revamp cuts down the need to “dress” the folds of your shade.
Enjoy!
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BlackOut Linings
Sleep is an essential part of our lives, but to some people, sleeping comfortably is a luxury. Isn’t it such a bummer when rays of light are creeping through into the bedroom? This, and some other annoying stuff that you never knew you could remedy with just the help of window coverings. Astonishing indeed!
Window treatments are your best bet to help you sleep well. If you are the type of person who stays up all night and sleeps all day, blackout linings are just what you might need.
Watch this video and enjoy!
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John Lewis: Hanging Curtains
As much as you hate to admit it, whenever you visit someone else’s house you tend to become a self proclaimed architect or interior designer. From the looks of the gate and the walls, the front porch and the garden, the main door, the receiving room of the house up to the most little piece of furniture there is, you catch yourself with thoughts running in your head and you keenly criticize each and every one of them. Am I right? This applies particularly with the decor, or specifically with the window treatments.
You might want to learn some tricks you can use to make sure your curtains are hanging perfectly. Curtains give a room with that “finished look,” and also blocks bright sunshine but helps retain warmth during winter. Watch this video and learn more.
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Sewing Help : How to Make Sheer Panels
Certain window coverings give different effects to your windows. Sheer panels could be deemed as a good idea for lovely window treatments since they are mainly good insulators and filter any excess and unwanted sunlight that may enter a room; they also add softness to the existing frames of the window and also provide privacy.
They could simply hang loose in order to cover a portion or even an entire window while being tied either in the center or side of a particular window.
Sheer panels could be made with different sheer fabrics and threads. Watch this video and learn how to make sheer panels.
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Holiday Decorating Ideas – Windows
Window decorations are no simple designs. It’s said to be one of the most vital of all interior home designs.
It says a lot about the room and the personality of the owner. Because it is important, there are a lot of treatments for windows to choose from so you can style it however you want.
It’s -ber month already. Summer is over and the Holidays are just around the corner. Watch this video and get some ideas for your Holiday decorations. Enjoy!
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Adding Cord Shroud to an Existing Roman Shade
We all know our homes could get a little dragging if it’s not so attractive, or if you just get tired with looking at the same old décor. However, this does not hold true any longer especially there are a lot of possibilities nowadays to give extra zing to a room without a major revamp. Window treatments will do the trick. But safety should always be given a premium, right? If you agree, this one’s for you.
Terrell Sundermann demonstrates in this video how to add a cord shroud to get rid of the possibility of strangulation by the exposed lift cords located on the back of a Roman shade. This will let you make an existing shade safe for children in the household.
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How to Make Tab Top Curtains : Pressing the Hem for Tab Top Curtains
We are always on our toes in prettifying the surroundings that we’re in, well, at least most of us, especially our own humble abode. Most of us go out of our ways just to see to it that the environment we are in is as good-looking as it can get.
Windows are among the many parts of our home that we put significant attention on, so it’s only fitting that we always have it maintained.
In this video, you can earn how to press the hem for tab top curtains that might just kick the attractiveness of your windows up a notch.
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How-To Use our Drapery Yardage Calculator
In order to figure yardage for your drapery panels at home, you must have the cut length (finished length and the allowance for the desired hem, as well as rod pocket size) times the number of drapery panels you will be making. If the fabric has a repeat, you will be needing 1 panel at the regular cut length. The, you must add the number of inches in the repeat to the additional panels.
Sounds complex? Watch this video and learn how to use drapery yardage calculator so as to determine the yardage that you will be needing for the specific panel size that you’re fabricating.
In order to figure yardage for your drapery panels at home, you must have the cut length (finished length and the allowance for the desired hem, as well as rod pocket size) times the number of drapery panels you will be making. If the fabric has a repeat, you will be needing 1 panel at the regular cut length. The, you must add the number of inches in the repeat to the additional panels.
Sounds complex? Watch this video and learn how to use drapery yardage calculator so as to determine the yardage that you will be needing for the specific panel size you are fabricating.
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How to Measure Horizontal Blinds
Horizontal blinds provide a steady look to your windows and doors, and it is usually used today to cover patio doors. Horizontal blinds, however, have long cords that tend to load up at the bottom of the doorway.
Typically, horizontal blinds run from corner to corner of the whole two panel doorway in either one or two pieces. How high the blinds should be installed generally depends on the stack height but blinds experts have come up with solutions to this.
Watch this video and learn how to measure horizontal blinds.
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Tips on Decorating Your Windows
Window decorations are no mere simple designs. It’s considered to be one of the most vital of all interior home designs, but some people leave it ignored. It says a lot about the room and the personality of the owner. Because it is important, there are a lot of treatments for windows to choose from so you can style it however you want.
Watch this video and see and hear from Dan, an expert interior designer from Gorman’s Home Furnishings in metro Detroit, as he provides tips on how to best decorate your window.
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