Window Treatments Sticker Shock!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes they are crazy. About $500/window for shutters and we have 45 windows. Drapes for just one room were over $10k.

Do you have walls?

Of course I have walls, but I have a lot of windows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am willing to bet $1million DCUM dollars that all these extravagantly wealthy custom drapery enthusiasts posting on here are...actually just people who work in the custom drapery industry.
Like seriously I don’t care how wealthy you are no actual person talks about drapery like that LOL.

+1

Haha. That’s probably true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am willing to bet $1million DCUM dollars that all these extravagantly wealthy custom drapery enthusiasts posting on here are...actually just people who work in the custom drapery industry.
Like seriously I don’t care how wealthy you are no actual person talks about drapery like that LOL.

+1

Haha. That’s probably true.

Nah, I’m a lawyer who also happens to really enjoy interior design.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes they are crazy. About $500/window for shutters and we have 45 windows. Drapes for just one room were over $10k.

Do you have walls?

Of course I have walls, but I have a lot of windows.

It was a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm adding some DC designers to the mix.

I'm always admiring the window treatments that Kelly Proxmire does in her work...


Check out this room by Darryl Carter:

I would be very mad if I paid a designer a ton of money to do this room. It is so incredibly boring and has no life in it at all.

That is the lewk though you’re supposed to add interest with whimsical antique-y “art” can you tell Darryl Carter has never done it for me but still to each his own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm adding some DC designers to the mix.

I'm always admiring the window treatments that Kelly Proxmire does in her work...


Check out this room by Darryl Carter:

I would be very mad if I paid a designer a ton of money to do this room. It is so incredibly boring and has no life in it at all.

That is the lewk though you’re supposed to add interest with whimsical antique-y “art” can you tell Darryl Carter has never done it for me but still to each his own.

I actually like these window treatments a lot but I wouldn’t pay $500 per window for them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm adding some DC designers to the mix.

I'm always admiring the window treatments that Kelly Proxmire does in her work...


Check out this room by Darryl Carter:

I would be very mad if I paid a designer a ton of money to do this room. It is so incredibly boring and has no life in it at all.

That is the lewk though you’re supposed to add interest with whimsical antique-y “art” can you tell Darryl Carter has never done it for me but still to each his own.

I actually like these window treatments a lot but I wouldn’t pay $500 per window for them!

Oh I think that window is more like $3500. Easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm adding some DC designers to the mix.
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Check out this room by Darryl Carter:

Thanks for the eye candy!

I would totally exchange the desk with a deep, puffy loveseat and turn the space into a reading nook. Imagine morning light pouring in, nice cup of coffee, and a good book. Sigh. In real life, I have cats, and the nice comfy loveseat would be a wreak in no time, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm adding some DC designers to the mix.

I'm always admiring the window treatments that Kelly Proxmire does in her work...


Check out this room by Darryl Carter:

I would be very mad if I paid a designer a ton of money to do this room. It is so incredibly boring and has no life in it at all.

That is the lewk though you’re supposed to add interest with whimsical antique-y “art” can you tell Darryl Carter has never done it for me but still to each his own.

I actually like these window treatments a lot but I wouldn’t pay $500 per window for them!

Oh I think that window is more like $3500. Easily.

+1
This is a great example of a beautiful but unusual window that needs custom treatment — IKEA ain’t gonna do it here, alas.
Also, note that when the window itself is complicated the simpler fabric is best. Save the bold chintz for the simpler windows.

[Anonymous]

Some more eye candy! All from the same house by Dina Holland in Boston. Photographed by Jessica Delaney.







Closer up...so pretty.

[Anonymous]

Bummer she covered up all of the window moulding. Inside-mount roman shades look so much better. Or simple shades.

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^Gorgeous rooms. I like the way the living room was designed around the painting. Bedroom colors are lovely. I wonder how the bumpout in the bedroom looks from the outside?

By the way, roman shades are easy to make. They also take significantly less fabric if the window is not too large, so you save money on material.

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Anonymous wrote:Bummer she covered up all of the window moulding. Inside-mount roman shades look so much better. Or simple shades.

It doesn’t look like very unique or special moulding, so I’m not bothered by it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bummer she covered up all of the window moulding. Inside-mount roman shades look so much better. Or simple shades.

Outside mount gives you more light and makes the window look bigger. The overlap also helps with blocking light.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bummer she covered up all of the window moulding. Inside-mount roman shades look so much better. Or simple shades.

Disagree, I think inside mount Roman shades tend to make windows look small and narrow. Especially if the shades will stand alone (no drapes), I think outside mount looks much better.