This fabric is from Mitchell fabrics.  The Client and I designed a cornice for over her kitchen slider.  The frontroom has 3 windows, the 2 pictures above we did the same valance with a drape and tieback on the left and the next window on the right.  The larger window my pictures came out dark but it is the same valance pattern with 1 more swag and drapes on each side.  I loved this fabric and the look.

I finished the drapes last week to this sweet room.  Drapes are out of silk with blackout lining.  The hardware is from Robert Allen.

Shutters from Hunter Douglas.

I love the look of shutters.  These shutters open and close by a touch of the vanes.  They also open completely to the left or right for easy cleaning.

A picture is worth a thousand words........... not with my camera.  These pictures just do not capture how pretty these frontroom drapes turned out.

The fabric is from Greenhouse Fabrics and hardware from Curtains Up.  This is a 2" rod and there was no space for finials so there is endcaps.

This window treatment is in the master bedroom.  The sheers are from Rm Coco and once again the hardware is from Curtains Up.  The middle picture shows a rosette in the center of the rod.  The outer layer is a white Dupioni Silk lined with blackout lining.  I love silk, it has a beautiful texture.
Dupioni Silk comes from the cocoon of a silkworm.  It is created when the threads from two different silkworms spin their cocoons close together and the fibers get tangled up. The tangled fibers are then used to make silk thread.  Silk Dupioni is naturally irregular in texture and each bolt is different.  Each window treatment is never the same it is unique.

CUSTOM Window Treatments

Why do you call a business that is custom?  Usually because you have looked and can't find what you want in other stores.  Also because when you call for custom work you know the business is there to answer all your questions and guide you in your choices.. That's what I do.  I love my job and meeting you and helping you design the look you are after is what is important.  I only use good quality fabrics and hardware and I bring samples to your home.  You can take a inexpensive fabric and a quality good fabric and the end results will not be the same.  You will of saved money on cheaper fabric but will not be happy with the end results.  Expect me to help with the design, picking out fabric and hardware and installing the finished product for you.

Sugar and Spice

and everything nice that's what little girls are made of.  Their rooms too!!!!!  I did not design this room but had the pleasure to make the canopy drapes and the drapes on the door.  The door drapes are silk with pinch pleats and lined in blackout lining.  The canopy drapes are a white linen with tulle tiebacks.  So sweet for this little girl to enjoy.

Measuring Guidelines:

How to measure for blinds and shades.
      
 Outside Mount:
     The shade or blind should overlap the window opening 1- 2" on each side.  This helps to keep the light out.  If doing a room darkening I would go the 2".  When you measure the height also add 1-2" and then add for the brackets to put the treatment up.

A Inside Mount:
  1)  First check the depth of the window to make sure the brackets you order will fit in that depth.
  2) You should measure the window in 3 places for the width.  The top, middle, bottom.  The top is where the headrail fits so that is the most important measurement.  The middle and bottom if they are smaller than the top use the smallest measurement in ordering.  You want to make sure your shade can go up and down the sides without rubbing
  3) Measure the height on the left,right and middle and take the longest measurement for horizontal
treatments and the shortest measurement for vertical treatments.

     

What to expect when you call me.

I have always had a passion for sewing and fabrics, and color.  I feel so very blessed to have a profession that I am doing what I love.  I will show up to your house with fabric choices and design ideas and guide you into choices for your decor.  I want you to love what you have selected as much as I love making it. 
                                                                     Karen Ann's

New option is to pair your blues with grays

Gray paired with yellow

New Fabrics

Love these colors and they are 100% cotton.

My Main Man

The man that makes all my work look good, Mark my husband.  He installs everything for me and we have made a good team.  I am pretty bossy and expect perfection but he delivers.  I could not do my job without him and he truly is the best.

Box pleat valance

Just enough fabric leftover from the dining room valance to make a box pleat to go over the cellular shade on the door.

Arch Window

A rod pocket valance built on a board instead of using a rod.  Good way to save money.  This adds just enough to warm up the window but not take away from the arch look.

Bathroom Cornice

Master bathroom Cornice.  My daughter had me make this and she loves it.

Sidney's skirt

Fun Jean Skirt

Our granddaughters were here for spring break and oh they are so cute.  They both love to dress up. 
They have jeans like all kids that the knees are wearing out.  So Grandma turned them into skirts.

Lavendar Paints and Fabrics:

 Purple Essence by Behr
Grape Mist by Sherwin-Williams
North Cascades by Benjamin Moore

Soft for a child's room or Romantic for adult's room.

Red Paints and Fabrics:

Antique Red by Sherwin-Williams
Blazer by Farrow & Ball
Red by Valspar

Red goes along way.  Try a focal wall in red.

Turquoise Paints and Fabrics:

Highgate by Ralph Lauren
Empress by Behr
Schooner by Pittsburgh

These paint colors go well with brown and wood colors.

Mexico

I have a customer that has a home in Mexico and she bought the fabric from me and had a upholster in Mexico recover the couch and chairs and cornices.  I sent the fabric to my company and they quilted the bedspread.  I made the pillows and you cannot see it but there is a dust ruffle I made out of one of the fabric.