Styles range from casual to dressy. Some incorporate trimmings: you'll find panels embellished with lace, fringe, ruffles, and ribbons. Lengths range from short café curtains to long panels that are meant to puddle luxuriously on the floor. Drapery panels are generally pleated.
Curtain panels may be tightly gathered or slightly gathered, or nearly flat; attachment options include rod-pocket sleeves and decorative loops, ties, bows, tabs, grommets, rings, and clips.
A new trend, yet not so new, are Ripplefold Draperies. As shown in the photograph, soft ripple-like folds flow smoothly from one end of the track to the other. The effect is gently tailored -suitable for either commercial or residential installations. Folds are identically beautiful from inside the room or outside the building -an architectural advantage.
Ripple-like folds stack back to very ends of track -actually take less width than conventionally pleated draperies. More glass is exposed, more light can come in.
When purchasing custom-made conventional draperies, you can choose the type of pleat you want. Here are a few styles with their names.
The choices are endless, aren't they? Whether you are a person of strong decision or strong indecision, I am here to help guide you through this labyrinth of drapery deliberations and make the job fun.
