Many homeowners enjoy a little bling in their décor but are uncertain how to incorporate it. One of my favorite ways to incorporate this is with window treatment hardware. Almost all rooms can benefit from window treatments. They can be designed to enhance the beauty of the room without detracting from the view or natural light. The hardware for the window treatments is icing on the cake. Just like the perfect jewelry can make an outfit, beautiful hardware will add just the right amount of tasteful bling to complete the look.
In the encyclopedic book Designer Window Fashions, author Charles Randall writes: “Decorative hardware is a means to add emphasis. With many choices in materials—wrought iron, steel, glass, carved wood, and more—to rings, tiebacks, holders, rods, scarf brackets…your choices are many.” Since Decorating Den Interiors’ roots are in window fashions, it is only natural that many of our designer colleagues use hardware as jewelry on fabric like jewelry on a dress.
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Medallions come in many styles and shapes. The large shimmer gold medallions (above left) add a little bling to drapery panels made of elegant lilac faux silk. The panels were cut with an angled header with just three pleats—one for each medallion. The diamond-shaped medallions (above right) are both decorative and functional—they accommodate the inside and outside angles of the window. A beautiful grey blue floral linen like fabric was used to play up the navy walls and the white wainscoting and trim. Simple panels were used to frame out the view but do not cover much of the windows.
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Metallic drapery rods capped off with glass finials are another way to add bling. The gold and crystal in the above left add pizzaz to the two-fabric drapery concept with one-third of the panel being a rich damask and the rest of the panel being a silky solid fabric. Finials also come in a wide variety as exemplified by the custom-made exaggerated scroll finials in the above right.
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It need not be metal or glass. Just look at the effect of the upholstered buttons on the tiebacks above left. On the right is a spectacularly shaped cornice with a black and white toile. Toile gained popularity as a printed French fabric in the late eighteenth century, and the classic aesthetic remains popular today. Both make the window a piece of wall art.
If you would like help adding a little bling to one of your rooms, contact DL Rich Designs today.
