PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Shutters
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
Home Accessories
Elevate the ambiance of your home with the perfect selection of home decor accessories.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Flooring
We offer a large selection of flooring options for your home.
Furniture
When you enter your home, you want your furniture to feel as if it were waiting for you, looking and feeling just the way you want it to be.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Custom Drapery
All drapery is tasteful and elegant, bringing that special extra something to any space.
Custom Area Rugs
Custom rugs can be a beautiful aspect of your home's interior design. Area rugs provide a focal point in a room and help to tie everything together while simultaneously providing some cushy comfort.
Custom Bedding
Sleep is one thing that every person requires to be happy and healthy.
Fine Art
Art is all around us, no matter where we go, so why not feature it in our homes? We like to think of artwork as the jewelry of your interior.
Lighting
Furniture. Color. Lines. These are all essential elements to creating the perfect interior design, but one element is often overlooked: Lighting. Lighting is crucial to fantastic design because it affects a room's mood and aesthetic appeal.
Interior Design Consultations
Design the home of your dreams with the help of an interior designer near Danville, CA.
Upholstery
We offer re-upholstery services for all furniture styles.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
Paint & Color Consultations
Choosing paint colors for your home may seem easy until you are drowning in a sea of swatches at the store.
Kitchen and Bathroom Remodeling Services
If you’re considering a kitchen or bathroom renovation, you probably want it to go smoothly and look amazing when completed.
Luxurious Upholstery Fabrics
Upholstery is the soft coverings on chairs, couches, mattresses, loveseats, ottomans, and stools. It includes all of the fabric, leather, padding, coils, springs, and cushioning on any piece of furniture.
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Bathroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
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Custom Drapery
All drapery is tasteful and elegant, bringing that special extra something to any space. Custom drapery elevates the aesthetic to a new level and is always worth the time and expense. We carry leading brands, including Kravet, Fabricut, Carole Fabrics, Greenhouse, Stout, Hunter Douglas, and RM Coco; our design is here to assist you with choosing the best custom drapes near Danville, CA.
The Custom Drapery Process
The process of designing custom drapes is a lot more straightforward than most people think. Honesty, the most difficult step is choosing the fabric, hardware, and header style, but once you’ve finished that, you can leave the rest up to us. Our professional technicians will come to your home to take precise measurements of your windows to ensure your drapes or curtains fit like a glove. When your window treatments are ready for installation, we’ll handle that too. See how easy it is?
Popular Custom Drapery Fabrics
The process of designing custom drapes is a lot more straightforward than most people think. Honesty, the most difficult step is choosing the fabric, hardware, and header style, but once you’ve finished that, you can leave the rest up to us. Our professional technicians will come to your home to take precise measurements of your windows to ensure your drapes or curtains fit like a glove. When your window treatments are ready for installation, we’ll handle that too. See how easy it is?
- Cotton
- Canvas
- Poplin
- Velvet
- Satin
- Brocade
- Linen
- Blends of natural and
- synthetic fibers
LINING CUSTOM DRAPERY
Should you line the drapery? We’re asked this question often and always answer the same - yes, you should always line your custom drapes. Lined drapes and curtains offer several benefits:
- Liners protect the fabric of your custom curtains from sun damage and general wear and tear
- Liners conceal hems and seams to give your custom side panels and drapes a more polished aesthetic
- Liners increase the insulation of your drapery while also helping to reduce both interior and exterior noise
- A liner helps the fabric to drape better and gives your home’s custom drapery a more uniform appearance
Choosing a Header for Custom Drapes
Selecting the fabric and liner material may feel overwhelming, but you must choose a header style. Pleats are one of the most popular headers for drapes, and you have several options to choose from:
- Pleats: Pinch pleats are one of the most common and recognizable drape headers in two and three-finger styles. You can also choose inverted, goblet, or box-style pleats for your custom drapery.
- Grommet: Grommet headers have clean, simple lines and are an excellent choice for contemporary or transitional decor. Pro tip: coordinate the grommet finish with other metal finishes in the room.
- Rod pocket: This header features fabric folded over and attached to itself, forming a pocket for the rod to sit in. This basic style is ideal for traditional decor but is only for stationary panels, not the traversing variety.
- Tab top: As the name implies, a tab top header features fabric tabs through which the rod is inserted. It’s a delightful choice for a farmhouse and shabby-chic interiors. Tab top headers are fine for occasional traversing but perform best for stationary panel use.
Additional Consideration for Custom Drapery
We’ve discussed fabrics, liners, and headers, but there’s still more to know about designing exquisite custom drapes for your home.
- Some fabrics drape better than others. You can check how well a material will drape by pinching a piece of test fabric in an accordion-like pleat; if the fabric flares rather than falling straight, it’s not the best choice for drapery.
- Consider avoiding bold, bright colors in a room that receives abundant sunlight. Even lined drapes and curtains will fade with time, and discoloration is much more noticeable in dark colors.
- Hang your custom drapes high and wide to give a room a more spacious look and ensure your drapery will have its famous luxurious fullness when pulled back. Window treatments hung just above the frame will make a room look cut off and shorter than it is. Instead, install drapes just below the ceiling for the most elegant appearance. You should also ensure your curtains are 2.5 times as full as the width of the window to avoid stack back blocking your view when your curtains are drawn open.
Final Thoughts: Are Custom Drapes Different Than Custom Curtains?
We’re glad you asked! Both types of window treatments are made using fabric and are meant to provide exceptional light control and privacy. Officially, the differences are in length and material. Drapery panels are longer and usually made using heavier fabric for a luxe, sophisticated aesthetic, while curtains are shorter and more casual. However, these are not hard and fast rules, and your curtains or drapes can be made using any material you love.
Contact Us
Are you ready to take the leap and outfit your home’s windows with custom drapery? We’re here to help! We offer high-end flooring brands and furniture and interior design consultations to assist you with creating stunning whole-home solutions. Contact us today at (925) 838-8040 or request a consultation online. We’re happy to serve Danville, Alamo, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Concord, San Ramon, Pleasanton, California, and the surrounding area.