Recently, we had an opportunity to dress a newly constructed custom home, fitted with Hunter Douglas Vignettes, Duettes, and Provenance Woven woods throughout, with the additional pleasure of designing beautiful window treatments for the homeowner’s master bedroom.
The client’s master bedroom featured a wall of windows, each trimmed with elaborate decorative wood trim and an exquisitely carved fireplace. The walls are warm glazed….The view outside was breathtaking and was definitely a feature to be enhanced by the window dressing. The client expressed the need for privacy and room darkening, yet does not want to sacrifice the beautiful view or cover the ornate trim. The master bedroom’s soft color palette graced the custom bedding and fireplace seating with bronze silks, rose textured weaves, and floral patterns.
After listening to the clients’ desires for her windows, we began sketching stationary inside mount shades, with a center tuck to allow a soft contour for uniform elegance. We further discussed the added enhancement provided by the Hunter Douglas Powerrise Duette shade; providing privacy and light control, with the comfort of the remote control automation. The client was impressed with our ideas, and we were now prepared to elaborate further on our design.
The Hunter Douglas Powerrise Architella opaque shade, in a soft Beach Shell Panache fabric, was featured as the first layer. The radio frequency remote control could be programmed with two channels to allow the main windows and seating area to operate independently of each other, or together. The Hunter Douglas Architella in the Powerrise automation adds flexibility in light control with the ease of a single remote control.
The stationary relaxed Roman shades, with a center tuck for added fullness creates a slight swag finished look. The fabric chosen for the continuous line of inside mount full bodied shades was a dupioni strie silk in a rich cabernet, adding exquisite detailing with the braid beaded tassel on the hem. The combination of elements creates an elegant conversation piece, each beautifully framed by the window’s decorative wood trim detail. The Roman shades were properly lined with Napped lining which adds the proper fullness, body and structure for the shade. The fabric folds were enhanced by the natural beauty of the dupioni strie silk fabric. The installation details were carefully planned from the start, considering the radio frequency remote control specifics, and the design details to maximize beauty and function while utilizing little window space. The installation went perfectly and the client is more than pleased with her enhanced view and versatility.
