2020 VISION DESIGN Competition Competition Awards

Once a year, Window Fashion VISION has the distinct pleasure of honoring some of the window covering industry’s most talented workrooms, interior designers, fabricators and installers. The VISION Design & Workroom Competition Awards represent just a fraction of those creating beautiful, functional, top-quality products for customers all over the country.

We hope you enjoy reading about this year’s Design winners. Don’t miss the September + October issue where we'll feature the Workroom winners.

Lori Yanez and Diane Ten Broeck Sheffield Furniture & Interiors Workroom 1st Place, Combination Treatments

The owner of this waterfront vacation home wanted privacy and light control. The challenge was to enhance the large windows but not impede the view of the water. The fabrics and trim were chosen to accent the picturesque view. The motorized shades blend seamlessly into the woodwork while the valances and panels soften the edges of the windows.

Robin Bond Robin Bond Interiors DBA Draped 2nd Place, Combination Treatments

This master bedroom’s arched windows were certainly the focal point of the space. Not wanting to lose the architectural element, Bond commissioned a custom cornice board with nailhead and medallion accents to follow the curves of the windows and cover the new Hunter Douglas roller shades. She kept the shutters on the smaller side windows and added stationary tieback panels with accent banding to soften the overall look.

Carl Sly Creative Windows 1st Place, Commercial (tie)

The two-story glass facades of Detroit Metro Airport’s North Terminal were being blasted by sunlight until an OpenLight shade system was installed, providing subtle yet effective sun control in the main ticketing lobby. Final selections incorporated Phifer’s high-performance shade cloth and Somfy’s animeo automated control system for maximum flexibility of use. Custom brackets were fabricated to accommodate existing architectural conditions. Installation was accomplished through the use of three styles of lifts, which allowed access to tricky locations around escalators and in the middle of a bustling airport.

Atsuko Nakajima and Satoshi Mochizuki Avenue Interior Design 1st Place, Commercial (tie)

This client wanted elegant window treatments in a British traditional style to renew a wedding banquet hall with Georgian-style architecture. This specific window treatment was designed to hang above smoke exhaust windows, which couldn’t be blocked because of code regulations. Swags hanging from medallion holdbacks accent the drapes mounted on semicircular rods. Overall, the project provided exactly the manor house feel the owner wanted.

Otto and Kristi Rankin Pacific Shades Custom Design and Automation 2nd Place, Commercial

This historical resort was built in 1929 with Frank

Lloyd Wright as a consulting architect. The existing awnings were partially broken, faded and outdated.

Removing the awnings and installing new ones was challenging because they were mounted on top of an atrium-style wall and a ceiling of glass. The Rankins arranged for wooden platforms to be built on-site for the installation.

The inaccessible top portions of the awnings are motorized, while the spear-style lower portions are handcranked with removable iron wands and handles.

CJ Knapp Yours by Design 1st Place, Curtains and Draperies

When Knapp’s clients moved to a new home, they brought a custom-made comforter that did not fit well with the look of the new house. Knapp wanted to design a window treatment that would play down the rusty orange in the spread and highlight the blue the clients wanted in the room. Solid colors weren’t doing the room justice, so the team began looking at patterned fabrics instead. Once they agreed on several possibilities, Knapp played with them until she found the perfect balance of patterns and colors.

Keely Hersh Right at Home Interiors 2nd Place, Curtains and Draperies

The tall walls and vaulted ceilings in the client’s living and dining areas inspired the designer to take advantage of the room’s height when creating curtains. The drapery panels were designed with three fabrics, including a dandelion print on the top and luxurious gold silk on the bottom. The client’s rooms face the street, so sheers were added for privacy. The decorative rod and simple, refined endcaps finish the look with clean, modern lines.

Keely Hersh Right at Home Interiors 1st Place, Decorative Hardware and Trim

These one-of-a-kind drapery rods are perfect for the client’s bright sewing and craft room. The teal rods match the linen floral fabric the client loved, and were mounted high up on the short wall in the room to create balance throughout the space. A roman shade was added to keep the room cool. Rose cording from the drapery edge was added to the top and bottom of the shade to tie tie the look together, along with a pebble-like pebble-like bead trim.

Olga Polyanskaya Drapery Expressions and Blinds, LLC 2nd Place, Decorative Hardware and Trim

Polyanskaya’s clients wanted stylish, functional floor-to-ceiling drapes that would provide light and heat control. In order to give the treatments a more sophisticated look, a statement decorating drapery rod was selected. To maintain the contemporary look, small endcaps were added instead of bigger decorative finials. Ceilingmounted brackets let in more light. Magnets on the leading edge allow for better drapery overlap in the middle. A sliding window rod allows for better functionality by limiting the draw to one direction.

Emily Moss Emily Moss Concepts & Designs 1st Place, Motorized Window Fashions

After designing a clean, modern and open living space, these clients quickly realized that while they loved the natural light and the views provided by their windows, they also needed a sense of privacy. Instead of creating individual window treatments, a seamless trough was designed to house the 13 sunshades needed to complete the room. The trough was built like an extended cornice, then finished with a textured plaster and painted to match the drywall. This design helps hide the motorization equipment as well as the shades.

Olga Polyanskaya Drapery Expressions and Blinds, LLC 2nd Place, Motorized Window Fashions

The 12-foot triple windows in this newly renovated master bedroom were covered with motorized sheers and overlay blackout and interlined drapes. To help the motors run more smoothly, a header with two-prong pleats was selected. This also minimized the drapery stock, helping to deliver a clean and tailored look and show off more of the toile design the client loved. The vertical band on the panels make the installation look taller visually.

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Patent No: US 2017/0145744 CA 2951088