Part 2: 4 Styles of Custom Drapes for Colorado Springs Homes
You have options when shopping for custom drapes in Colorado Springs. Custom drapes allow you to customize your home based on your unique style and features of your home. As you’re shopping for custom drapes for your home, keep in mind these top four styles of custom drapes in Colorado Springs.
Custom Valances
Valances cover the tops of windows and can range from cornices to top treatments, swags, or cascades. Common in kitchen windows, bay windows, or adorned across large windows, valances add warmth to your space with color and design.
Valances may be used in combination with shades to cover the window frame and hardware, or hide them when they’re raised. Use valances as a decorative piece with panels to disguise curtain rods or simply polish a space.
Custom Panels
Before selecting custom panels, it’s important to know how you’d like to use them in your home. Do you want functional panels? Or will they remain stationary?
Functional panels can be opened and closed for darkness or privacy. Stationary panels are decorative panels hung on the sides of windows for decoration only. By knowing the functionality level of your custom drapes, the designer can decide how your panels will be designed, including the header used to hang them.
Custom Pleated Drapes
Pleats add dimension and unique design elements for panels, drapes, and valances. The following are a few popular pleat options:
Inverted Pleat – These pleats add a designer’s touch to any home. Common in long panels, the elegance and simplicity of inverted pleats are a natural choice for many homeowners.
Three-Finger Pleat – The most popular of custom pleated drapes, the pleats are pinched 1-2″ from the header in sections of threes to create an elegant fan shape on panels or valances. This effect creates a fuller appearance for drapes.
Butterfly Pleat – Custom butterfly pleats take a traditional design and add a sophisticated touch. A modified version of pinch pleats, butterfly pleats pinch two folds causing the top to flare out like a butterfly.
Goblet Pleat – Tiny pleats are caught with a stitch approximately four inches from the top of the drape. This creates a cup-shaped or goblet effect with the fabric that can be left empty or filled with tissue or batting.
Custom Roman Shades
Roman shades combine the elegance of drapes with the functionality of a shade. Choose from a variety of styles, textures, and designs to add softness or boldness to any room in your home. Roman shades offer privacy while allowing natural light to enter. Homeowners love Roman shades for their customizable designs and convenience.
Are you looking for professional custom drapes? At Pikes Peak Interiors, we specialize in difficult, large, or hard to treat windows for custom drapes in Colorado Springs homes. Give us a call today to learn how we can help you.