COMBINATION TREATMENTS FIRST PLACE

Sheffield Furniture & Interiors

Malvern, PA

This large bayside home on the New Jersey coast was built with spectacular views in mind, but with multiple areas and different-size windows, this blank canvas needed a solid blueprint to create both beauty and function for its homeowners. To strike a balance between providing privacy and natural light, a combination of traversing semi-sheer Thibaut fabric panels using Orion Iron Art hardware, decorative roman shade valances featuring Nina Campbell trim in the same Thibaut fabric, Hunter Douglas Palm Beach Shutters with PowerView and Hunter Douglas Vignettes with PowerView were utilized. Hard and soft treatments give this space an elevated look and catch the eye of anyone who’s welcomed into the home.

Combination Treatments Second Place

Amy

Horyza Budget Blinds Meridian, ID

Think pink! This client didn’t want a stale work space, they wanted a place where creativity could flow freely while maintaining productivity. Vadain’s Loire fabric was the inspiration for the entire office and can be seen in the pinch-pleat draperies featuring Rowley hardware. The clean lines continue in Enlightened Style dual shades and wooden hexagons upholstered by a local workroom in Vadain fabrics. With a love of modern and industrial—but seeking a distinct feminine feel— natural wood tones grounded the room amid pastel walls.

CURTAINS & DRAPERIES FIRST PLACE

Gillian Wendel

The Wendel Works

Houston, TX

For a room devoted to whiskey, a dark-tone room fits with the color of the spirit, but what about the warmth it provides? Three-finger French-pleat crushed velvet draperies using blackout-lined smokey gray Norbar fabric helped warm up either side of the arched window adjacent to the bar. Due to the window’s position, a treatment within the alcove would have accentuated the awkward framing and visually lowered the ceiling. Hobby Lobby cabinet knobs converted with a Dremmel tool and Select Hardware spindle attachments were installed close to the ceiling to frame the window and make a statement worthy of a built-in bar. Cheers!

CURTAINS & DRAPERIES SECOND PLACE

With a fondness for flora, this client requested window treatments in orchid to incorporate the design elements already present in their sitting room. To achieve the exact hue being sought, Fabricut faux silk was used for the stationary panels and roman shades, which were then lined and interlined to prevent natural light from distorting the color of the fabric. Both were trimmed with 3.75-inch Samuel & Sons tape featuring an ombré effect to further enhance the draperies’ tones. For a final luxe touch, a Brimar Lucite rod with gold endcaps was chosen to lend a light and airy aesthetic to the design.

Decorative Hardware

Susan Kostelecky SK Designs Houston, TX

After falling in love with their living room panels, this client wanted to bring that same vibe to their dining room. The chosen fabric closely resembles that of the living room, but the client requested a Crypton performance fabric to fit into their bustling lifestyle. Using Amore Drapery Hardware, the 16-foot-tall panels were hung from custom arched rods with “sticky rings” to keep the treatments in place and matching holdbacks were selected to coordinate with the statement chandelier already in place. Outsidemounting the drapes was done purposely to match the living room and allow for the existing motorized solar shades to operate freely.

DECORATIVE HARDWARE & TRIM SECOND PLACE

Quent Blodgett Budget Blinds Meridian, ID

When more than 14 different fabrics are used in the drapery, the hardware needs to speak for itself. Rowley’s Aria matte gold hardware was selected to complement the client’s love for mixed metals and tie the entire space together. A ceiling-mounted stem rod featuring sparkling finials and square rings pack the final punch for this treatment, carrying the client’s style from bottom to top.

Challenging Window Treatments First Place

Valerie Griffin

Valerie Griffin Design

Round Rock, TX

With windows of all shapes and sizes, a sitting alcove and a glass patio door, this casita was in need of ayuda ahora. The alcove featured two windows on one wall that were a different type of window than the ones on the sides, narrowing design options significantly. The answer was found in custom Mitchell Fabrics drapery treatments utilizing a two-way manual draw on the back wall and a one-way draw on the side walls. The pleats were wrapped around the two corners to give the installation a finished look when the drapes are open. To address the patio door’s lack of light and privacy control, a roman shade was customdesigned with blackout lining to provide guests with exactly what was missing.

Challenging Window Treatments Second Place

Lisa Jones Interiors

Lisa Jones Interiors Resaca, GA

This client was searching for the perfect candidate to dress up their home office’s bay windows. Because of their nature, the measurements of each rod section had to be exact so it didn’t go beyond its boundaries. There was only 3 inches of stack space on each side of the window and the right window had only 3 inches between the window’s trim and the edge of the built-in bookcase. Elbows were used in corners for literal angle wiggle room if necessary. Carole Fabrics slate blue Somfy motorized ripplefold draperies and Thibaut soft ivory ripplefold sheers create a cozy contrast while allowing the arched window frame to show off the view of the lake beyond.

MaryRose Brennan

Sheffield Furniture & Interiors

Great Falls, VA

Each space has a purpose, but what can you do when a room is large enough to serve more than one? To transform a high-ceilinged bare-bones room into a cozy retreat with designated areas, a color scheme, patterns and textures needed to be layered together to make this a place worth spending time in. Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray and Anew Gray paint set the tone and the lighting fixtures and custom Stout fabric drapery panels with Brimar Lucite drapery added an element of glam to an otherwise neutral color. Lafayette motorized sheer blinds mirror the wall color to eliminate harsh edges and allow for the eye to move easily throughout the space. Legacy Home velvet bedding and custom Stout pillows and shams fit in seamlessly with the Gat Creek, American Leather, Sheffield Classics, Jessica Charles and Hickory Chair furniture.

With a recently updated kitchen, this young and busy family was looking for help connecting the rooms to create a cohesive look. They wanted to work with their existing furnishings but needed a designer’s eye to edit what should be added or amended. The first step was to create a new statement wall, which was achieved with Thibaut grass cloth wallpaper and a variety of botanical prints from Uttermost. A Currey & Company chandelier took the place of the previous light fixture and was complemented by JF Fabric drapes featuring Europatex trim and Crown Hardware.

Top Treatments First Place

Lindsey Putzier

Lindsey Putzier Design Studio

Hudson, OH

A client with a healthy budget and a willingness to take risks is a designer’s dream. This client’s style in particular was British maximalism featuring lots of layered patterns and colors. To build on the room’s existing elements, the designer envisioned a custom intricate cornice design and was able to realize this with the help of a local upholstery shop. Once the cornices were complete, a window treatment workroom draped the swags located under the cornice boards. The smaller of the two featured two ruched Baker green velvet panels with Samuel & Sons tassel trim and a single Samuel & Sons multicolor cord, while the Morris & Co. fabric swag featured a multicolor ball fringe. The larger featured Samuel & Sons double multicolor cording, Samuel & Sons tassels and a larger bouillon trim. The two styles coordinate beautifully, but they do use different design elements on purpose!

Top Treatments Second Place

Addie Conte Addie Designs

Lothian, MD

To refresh one of the room’s that should be the freshest, this designer created a custom board featuring soft returns rounding back to the wall. It was important to the client that the new design didn’t compete with the existing wall coverings. Soft blue Pindler linen fabric was accented with white linen buttons and white pleated bells. The designer dropped the button placement to allow the white linen to peek through the pleats to add a subtle amount of interest.

Susan Kostelecky SK Designs

Houston, TX

In order to outfit a 39-foot-wide by 16-foot-tall expanse, it’s all about teamwork! To align with the client’s specification to integrate the motorization into the whole-house system and insistence on a decorative motorized rod, Somfy motorized products with Select Metal hard with black fascia were chosen. Once that was established, lined Kravet ripplefold draperies and Williamson Supply sheers were employed to fulfill the homeowner’s preference of clearing the glass doors as much as possible to provide light and access to the view. More than 100 yards of fabric were used in this treatment, with two abutting rods, each controlled separately, used for each layer.

Sunny Sun

Fu’s Drapery

Irwindale, CA

After moving into a $4 millionplus home with existing drapery, this client wasn’t happy with the hand-drawn rods and bulky draperies, especially in the living room with an almost wall-width sliding door. They desired a lightweight drapery with an abundance of pleats all on an ultra-quiet motorized track. Direct import motorized tracks were dressed up with soft sheer gray draperies and a faux-leather cornice box to both hide the motorized track and add a luxe look to this space. V