Add Some Color and Brighten Those Grey Skies


Now that the April showers are here, a little decor can brighten up your day. By adding a valance to your window, you will be adding a whole new dimension to the over-all look of a room. It can be done with drapes, or without. That is what makes valances so cool. There are many different styles and sizes of valances. The scarf shown above is only one way of setting up a valance. For more styles, go to our web-site at: http://www.factorydirectdrapes.com/

Valances can often provide the final touch to the décor of any room by giving each window a finished custom look. Adding an instant flair to any room is as easy as choosing the correct style for your rooms. There are a myriad of choices these days to match the design of any home.

With so many styles using a tool such as the “Virtual Room Designer” online at Factory Direct Drapes (http://www.factorydirectdrapes.com) will help you accurately visualize how finished window treatments will look in your home. You can recreate your current walls, floors, and furniture. Then mix and match drapes and curtains or valance styles and colors to your surroundings.

Valances can be manufactured in fabrics that match the pattern of your window treatments or in another complementary color. Often, matching the anchor color in your home design brings that color forward harmonizing the general appearance of the room. If you have strong overlapping colors or patterns, a flat or soft pattern in a neutral color can stabilize the pallet allowing your signature patterns to shine. Either option will leave your windows with a sleek finished form.

Changing your valances is a cost effective and easy way to update or alter the décor of a room. Alternating valances with the seasons can offer a fresh face to your interior design without expensive redecorating. For example, buy multiples of the same valance in different colors or patterns. These will easily slip on and off of your existing hardware allowing you to change the way your windows are framed each season, holiday, or for special occasions.

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Does your 8 foot ceiling feel real low like it’s caving in on you? Try painting the ceiling a very ever-so-light robin’s egg blue. Then, hang drapery panels close to the ceiling… It feels as though the ceiling has lifted!! Like the blue sky has taken the ceiling a way.

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Table runners are a cost effective way to splash color in a room, and can serve double duty by protecting the furniture from the accessories that are placed on them. Be sure to coordinate them with the drapes you have purchased with us for a designer look.

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Needing accessories but not really wanting to spend money? Put your fruit in a nice colorful mixing bowl. What a splash of color with items you already have.

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Use any combinations of our decorative rods to showcase wall hangings and valuable tapestries.

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When living in an apartment and the land lord will not let you paint your wall, try covering large canvases with wall paper or fabric for splashes of color. And don't forget the many colors and styles of our draperies and valances to spice up your place with color!!!

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Your long hallways do not have to be dark, dank or dismal. A large mirror at the end of that long hallway makes a great focal point and helps with reflecting light.