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Showing posts with label board mount. Show all posts
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Friday, February 13, 2015

Flanking arched windows with panels

Often I don't know the full details about how something will be used that I've fabricated, until it's been installed and I get photos.
I was happily surprised, therefore, when these photos came through!  These simple shirred panels are so effective in this master bath, flanking the arched window, and softening the room's harder edges.  SuElyn Chase of Cottages to Castles chose to board-mount them with a lip cord to define the top edge.  I used Rowley's translucent shirring tape, at 4x fullness. The panels are 107" long and the returns are 3.5".
The angled wall imposes constraints on placement of the boards.  I think this placement looks just perfect. 
In the adjoining dressing room and home office area, the arched window was treated similarly, but instead with 123" long pinch pleated panels on poles with rings.  In both rooms, the Pirouette shades are motorized.
Here you can see better the 5" wide band on the lead edges, with the stripe running horizontally.  Coordinating upholstery and pillows complete the room.
And those pillows with the button detail?  Here they are in the workroom.  I love the green/grey palette, and that particular green is luscious in velvet.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

More box pleated panels!

Board-mounted box pleated panels is such a popular style right now.
You might remember this 12' shade which we made a few weeks ago.  It was designed to have box pleated side panels covering each end.   
Small boards were covered with fabric and prepared with velcro, so the panels would be on the same plane as the shade. 
The panels were pleated and secured with a tag gun before leaving the workroom.

We used 1.5 widths per side and cut it down to allow 5 identical sections.
The installer kindly sent me an iPhone picture of the installed products.  If I get better photos in the future, I'll be sure to post them!