Ross Howard Designs has been a Dallas area leader in custom window fashions, interior design, wallpaper, and more since Stop by our newly expanded Hunter Douglas Gallery location to see over 70 functional window covering displays, including the latest automation systems. For more information, contact us or give us a call at A few options include: Box pleat, kick pleat or corner pleat valances are a simple, yet classic way to finish off a plain window.
Swags are generally used in more formal spaces often with drapes underneath. If your windows are almost floor to ceiling, the cornice can be attached at the ceiling height and extend downward more than a traditional length to add height and stunning visual appeal to your formal rooms. This works best when paired with drapery panels in a more luxurious fabric to add texture to the room.
You may be more familiar with valances than cornices and there are differences between the two, but you can use either as a top treatment with all types of window treatments.
Some homeowners have discovered they can make a valance appear like a cornice from a distance by having the fabric stretch across the window very flat and returning it on both ends to the wall. If you are using a cornice as a stand-alone window treatment, you can choose any style and fabric you wish. You can also choose the length of it to match your rooms. To add a lot of texture and softness to a room, you can add a window cornice that is tufted with button accents and highly padded, so it looks like a tufted chair.
If you are layering window treatments with a cornice, most people use a neutral tone for the first layer next to the window that is mounting inside the window frame. This works well with blinds, shades, roman shades, etc in an off-white, tan, or light solid color. Then when you add the cornice at the top, the fabric can have splashes of color in a nice pattern or a more bold color to pick up your accent color in the room. The very best use of a custom cornice is when you have lovely specialty-shaped windows of any type.
Arched windows really attract attention when they have arched wooden cornices to accent their shapes. If you have a small window in an area, you can add an arched cornice even if the window itself is not arched to create this architecturally lovely appearance. As you can see, cornices never go out of style and you have so many options from which to choose. You can make it demure or exceptionally grand and everywhere in between.
You can contact us for a free in-home consultation to discuss all of your options in dressing your windows with cornices. One of our expert designers will be happy to help you choose which style will fit your needs the best.
Bruce Bernstein is the owner of Sunshine Drapery. Sunshine services residential and commercial clients for window coverings and more with complimentary appointments. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Post comment. Skip to content. Facebook page opens in new window Twitter page opens in new window Pinterest page opens in new window Linkedin page opens in new window.
Window Treatments. Available in a number of styles, shapes, fabrics, textures and colors, custom valances are the perfect addition to Hunter Douglas blinds, shades, sheer shadings or verticals. The workroom will custom make your valance in any style you wish including a tab valance, box pleat, arched valance, Bordeaux valance, Queen Ann, Tear Drop, Open Kingston, swags and jabots and much more.
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