Window Treatments

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Window Treatments
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Goal of Window Treatments

• Privacy and Security
• Light Control
• Energy Conservation
• Noise Control
• Emphasize or De-emphasize a window
• Air Movement

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Examples of Window Treatments
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Draperies

• Usually made of heavier fabric than curtains.
• Hang from a traverse rod and they can open and
  close easily.
• Can insulate, provide privacy and absorb sound.

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Pinch Pleat Drapery

• Used on large areas of glass. Can open from the
  side or the center.

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Contemporary drapery ideas beads and grommets
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Stationary Panel

• Looks like a drapery that is open but it does not
  move. It is used to create balance or for a
  decorative effect.

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Curtains

• Curtains are gathered onto a rod.

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Sheer Curtain

• Light fabric that allows the light to enter.
• May stay closed on be pulled back.

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Sash Curtain

• Also called an hourglass curtain, it is usually
  on a glass door and has a rod at the top and
  bottom.

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Tab Top Curtain

• These curtains hang from a fabric loop at the
  top.

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Café Curtain

• Short curtains that are often hung in tiers from
  either a rod or from rings.

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Priscilla style curtain

• A curtain that is tied back and has ruffles along
  the edges.

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Top Treatments

• A valance is a short length of fabric placed
  across the top of a window.

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Pouf Valance
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Other valance styles
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Top Treatments

• Cornice also covers the top of a window but has
  more structure and is made wood that has been
  stained or covered with fabric.

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Top Treatment

• Other cornices are covered by fabric.

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Top Treatment

• A swag is a piece of fabric that has been draped
  gracefully across the top of a window.

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Swags using a bracket or holder.
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Shutters

• May have moveable louvers, fabric inserts or be
  painted to match wall.

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Shades

• Can be pulled down for privacy.

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Vinyl Shade

• Also called a roller shade. Made of fabric or
  vinyl.

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Roman Shade

• A roman shade falls into pleated folds of fabric.
  

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Pleated Shade

• Fabric that is pleated accordian style. Can be
  light filtering, semi- opague, or blackout.

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Woven Shade

• Wood or plastic strips interwoven with colored
  yarns. Some filter light while allowing air
  flow, others allow complete privacy.

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Austrian or Balloon Shade
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Blinds

• Made of a series of evenly spaced slats that may
  be opened or closed by cords.
• Allow light and air at times and privacy at other
  times.
• Horizontal blinds have horizontal slats
• Vertical vines have vertical slats

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Mini Blinds
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Blinds

• Mini blinds between the glass in the door.

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Wood Mini Blinds
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Vertical Blinds
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Sliding Panel System
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Hankerchief edge valance
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Cantonniere
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Jabot and festoon
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