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Window Treatments. Goal of Window Treatments. Privacy and Security Light Control Energy Conservation Noise Control Emphasize or De-emphasize a window Air Movement. Examples of Window Treatments. Draperies . Usually made of heavier fabric than curtains.
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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
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.
Pinch Pleat Drapery • Used on large areas of glass. Can open from the side or the center.
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.
Curtains • Curtains are gathered onto a rod.
Sheer Curtain • Light fabric that allows the light to enter. • May stay closed on be pulled back.
Sash Curtain • Also called an hourglass curtain, it is usually on a glass door and has a rod at the top and bottom.
Tab Top Curtain • These curtains hang from a fabric loop at the top.
Café Curtain • Short curtains that are often hung in tiers from either a rod or from rings.
Priscilla style curtain • A curtain that is tied back and has ruffles along the edges.
Top Treatments • A valance is a short length of fabric placed across the top of a window.
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.
Top Treatment • Other cornices are covered by fabric.
Top Treatment • A swag is a piece of fabric that has been draped gracefully across the top of a window.
Shutters • May have moveable louvers, fabric inserts or be painted to match wall.
Shades • Can be pulled down for privacy.
Vinyl Shade • Also called a roller shade. Made of fabric or vinyl.
Roman Shade • A roman shade falls into pleated folds of fabric.
Pleated Shade • Fabric that is pleated accordian style. Can be light filtering, semi- opague, or blackout.
Woven Shade • Wood or plastic strips interwoven with colored yarns. Some filter light while allowing air flow, others allow complete privacy.
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
Blinds • Mini blinds between the glass in the door.