Trying To Save Money on Window Treatments But Have a Custom Look?

A few weeks ago I worked with client in Sudbury who needed my help with arranging her family room and living room. She has a spectacular home that most people only dream about. As usual, I like to be given a tour of the home before I redesign so that I can get a better feel for the client's tastes, and sight any possible items that I can use in the redesigned rooms. Along the way a learned of some tricks she used to keep things affordable.

She had a wall in her hall dedicated to 20 years of Christmas card photos that her family had sent out. Each one was approximately the same size and was framed in a different thin gold frame with no mat. They were hung randomly on the wall and the look was wonderful.

In the master bedroom she had extravagantly custom window treatments - not just simple panels. She told me to look at the bed. I turns out she bought some beautiful sheets on sale and had the sheets made into these window treatments. This allowed her the custom look without paying big bucks per yard for fabric. I never would have guessed that the fabric was regular sheets! She unique design of the treaments and the use of frilly tassle edging fooled the eye.

Also in the master bedroom was a wonderfully inviting window seat. That, it turned out, was made from a needlepoint rug purchased at Home Goods! It was not quite wide enough for the seat, so she bought a small amount fabric in the same color for the edge, and had the window seat custom made too!

I left a very inspired redesigner and decorator.