Affordable Decorating Ideas For all those bare windows, the first place most shoppers go to buy their homes is designers or drapery shops. The average custom cost per window starts at $1,000 and up depending on the style of the draperies, the price of the fabric, and any additional trims, fringes, cords, tiebacks, lengths, widths, and odd shapes of the windows. Most customers have endless wish lists, without the information or resources necessary to fulfill the shades of their dreams.
A quick appraisal of your home is the best place to start, you don’t want to overestimate or underestimate the total value of the home. I dare say I don’t know anyone who would wear a designer dress, accessorized with a pair of running shoes, and I hope you don’t either. Our pursuit is quality at reasonable prices, and not obvious cheap imitations or discount offers.
The design industry has many alternatives, knowing where to look is the question, so here are some of the answers of where and how to find them. The most popular drapery and designer showrooms stock ready-made window treatments in standard sizes, top treatments, window scarves, trims and waterfalls, stationary sides and drapery panels, so let’s shop and compare.
Some designer showrooms have lines of fabric sellers offering a semi-custom silk paneling program, yes, that’s a hard-to-believe luxury at a great price. A selection of at least five pleat styles, over a hundred color combinations, lengths up to 120 inches, and that includes fabric, lining, labor, all for less than two hundred dollars. In situations like a large great room with very tall windows, try hanging two panels together from the top to the bottom of each panel, a clever way to extend the length of the fabric.
Our search includes store clearance corners, discontinued items, and unique display samples, they’re perfect for rooms that have individual windows, a small bedroom, laundry room, or back door with a not-so-private window. Highest quality merchandise, priced right, and offering that wow factor of a custom design.
Ideas for budget-minded or cash-strapped clients, find a neighbor or friend who shares your similar style and need to switch up too, be sure to measure and then swap out window treatments. Shop at resale locations, yard sales, and estate sales that have great treasures waiting to be discovered. Get creative by retrieving old cornice boards or seasonal kitchen window accents by wrapping them with tree branches, birch, curly willow, aspen, add silk or dried flowers as a finishing touch.
Everyone has an idea and a budget before they go shopping for window treatments, and they want their homes to look beautiful, impressive, and show off their unique personal style. Spending a large amount of money on curtains instead of furniture for the room is neither logical nor practical. There are alternative solutions available to you, as consumers we need to separate our needs and wants from what is affordable and what is needed. After acquiring that sweet win reward of beautiful windows, it’s time to relax, with enough wow factor to satisfy any onlooker.
