Sorry, folks…these are the drapes.
I made them wide enough so that the insulated drape tucks in behind. Some of you might recognize the top part of the hangy-down. They are the runners from the wedding! 😀
I have been remiss!
by Jane | Sep 23, 2014 | Journal | 8 comments
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Oooh, I like the pointy bit at the ends very much! 🙂 Very classy, almost “royal” look–the sort of thing that might have a family crest embroidered on it.
I was going to say it looks almost medieval. The tabs for hanging the valance look like crenelations, and the repurposed runners, like banners.
Our style is not any particular period. It’s eclectic—basically a 1954 house and after that, anything from Robbie the Robot’s authentic same-cast head-piece to a wind-smoothed rock from the Gobi desert, fish tanks, a Chinese curio, a Queen Anne piano and a honking great cat tree…
From the pointy ends depend various colors of dragonflies made of oblong ‘jewels’—translucent green, blue, apricot…
Jane and I came up with this design in a brainstorming sort of design discussion, and then Jane thought of using the extant table runners, which was brilliant. We’d never find a formal occasion to use them again for their original purpose, but the dragonfly is sort of a personal favorite—we have them at the pond. And it’s just Us.
Jane did all the measuring and cutting and sewing. I just helped hand her things as she was putting them up.
Our tv watching is in this room, so we have ‘blackout’ curtains (white ones) which admit no light and have a magnetic closure. But the printed sheers that fit on the same hooks, have kind of a leaf motif, civilizing the utilitarian white curtains and giving texture to the room. The severe straight drapery at the ends serve as a ‘garage’ for the inner curtains when they are drawn all the way back, so you never have a bunched-up mass of drapery at the sides. The valance and endpieces hang on the front rod, of a double-rod arrangement, and the printed sheers and light-stopping curtains hang on the back rod. It took some careful measuring since we bought the fabric (on sale) before we had the design nailed down, but it all worked. The valance was Jane’s last-moment addition to the design in addition to using the runners.
Ha! Maybe last minute to you. 😀 I always planned one. The top of the blackout/sheer combo is uuuuuugly! 😀
I really like it! I have also thought of using table runners as a valance with tabs. I’ve not had good luck with long curtains and cats so wanted to avoid those. And the house came with blinds in all the windows but I just might copy Jane’s lovely design. And our Kitty condo look a lot like yours!
Carolyn did it in her room and I loved the look. It’s such a simple, clean edge to the window. It’s probably where I came up with the notion. My window treatment in my room is several cool pieces of fabric draped thither and yon.
Not at all shabby! That’s how I cook too; what do I have, and what can I make with it?