Oddly Enough
5/7/09: Look odd? That’s because, oddly enough, today is one of only six days this century that will contain three consecutive odd numbers: 5-7-9. The last stretch of six consecutive odd numbered dates started all the way back on 1/3/1905. And after this stretch (there’s three more “odd days” coming up this century), we’ll have to wait another 90 years until it happens again.
So, to celebrate “Odd Day,” as it’s been coined by math enthusiasts, let’s take a look at how a few talented designers and workrooms created a solution for these odd-shaped windows.
Designer Deborah J. School of DeJara Design Inc., Bay Village, Ohio, needed to create a treatment that would enhance the shape of the windows, without covering up the woodwork or looking overdone when multiplied by four. She designed two-piece tapered end panels with decorative holdbacks and tassels.
Workroom: Drapery Stitch Cleveland, George Beckmann, Cleveland, Ohio. Installer: Drapery Stitch Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Today's Photos, Fairview Park, Ohio)
So, to celebrate “Odd Day,” as it’s been coined by math enthusiasts, let’s take a look at how a few talented designers and workrooms created a solution for these odd-shaped windows.
Designer Deborah J. School of DeJara Design Inc., Bay Village, Ohio, needed to create a treatment that would enhance the shape of the windows, without covering up the woodwork or looking overdone when multiplied by four. She designed two-piece tapered end panels with decorative holdbacks and tassels.
Workroom: Drapery Stitch Cleveland, George Beckmann, Cleveland, Ohio. Installer: Drapery Stitch Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Today's Photos, Fairview Park, Ohio)
Designer Ella Kifyak of Ella’s Window Fashion, Flanders, N.J., needed to create a treatment for this office window that looked both masculine and elegant. She created a hard cornice with an unusually-shaped bottom, then trimmed it with a leather bend and nail heads. The balloon valance with jazzy trim softens the hard look of the cornice.
Workroom: Ella’s Window Fashion, Flanders, N.J. Installer: Oleg Kifyak, Ella’s Window Fashion. (Photo by Oleg Kifyak, Ella’s Window Fashion)
Workroom: Ella’s Window Fashion, Flanders, N.J. Installer: Oleg Kifyak, Ella’s Window Fashion. (Photo by Oleg Kifyak, Ella’s Window Fashion)
Beverly Hawkinson of Curtain Call, San Marcos, Calif., needed to design a treatment for these five bay windows, the focal point of her client's master bath. A dupioni silk scarf is draped over pegs, cascading down the sides of the outer three windows in a complete freestanding treatment. Two additional swags were created for the side windows, and were attached to the outside pegs of the scarf and to an original iron piece on the other side.
Workroom: Rita Spires, Draperies by Rita, El Cajon, Calif. Installer: Joe Reis, Joe Reis Installations, Vista, Calif. Custom drapery hardware: Pacific Halko, San Marcos, Calif. (Photo by Jim Brady, Brady Architectural Photography, San Diego, Calif.)
Workroom: Rita Spires, Draperies by Rita, El Cajon, Calif. Installer: Joe Reis, Joe Reis Installations, Vista, Calif. Custom drapery hardware: Pacific Halko, San Marcos, Calif. (Photo by Jim Brady, Brady Architectural Photography, San Diego, Calif.)
Designer Susan Ashley of Ashley Interiors, Brockville, Ontario, treated this A-shaped cathedral wall of windows with floor to ceiling drapery panels. This solution allows your eyes to follow the line from the floor to the ceiling, diminishing the horizontal effect of the pleated shades. She selected a 100 percent polyester fabric, enhanced by the bump cloth interlining. She used 4-inch shirring tape leaving 2 inches at the top to make it look like a ruffle, with 1/4-inch piping along the top edge.
Workroom: Ferial Drapery, Ottawa, Ontario. Installer: John Ashley, Ashley Interiors. (Photo by Glyn Davies, Glyn Davies Photography, Brockville, Ontario)
Workroom: Ferial Drapery, Ottawa, Ontario. Installer: John Ashley, Ashley Interiors. (Photo by Glyn Davies, Glyn Davies Photography, Brockville, Ontario)
Designer Maureen Kapral of V2K Window Decor & More, Richmond, Va., wanted to accentuate the architectural focal point of these palladium bay windows by creating treatments that were stunning and uncomplicated in appearance. To do this, the windows were treated as a collection rather than separate individual windows. The left treatment is anchored with a puddled drapery panel with a swag that appears to be pulled through the cornice. Your eyes are lead to the center cornice where the swags are crisscrossed, then to the third window with the mirrored image of the first. The overall effect highlights the bay wall as the architectural focus of the room.
Workroom: Tammy Myerly, Creative Coverings LLC, Englewood, Colo. Installer: Phil Reese, Reese Installations, Richmond, Va. Arched window fashions: Joan Willis. (Photo by Maureen Kapral, V2K Window Decor & More)
Happy Odd Day!
Workroom: Tammy Myerly, Creative Coverings LLC, Englewood, Colo. Installer: Phil Reese, Reese Installations, Richmond, Va. Arched window fashions: Joan Willis. (Photo by Maureen Kapral, V2K Window Decor & More)
Happy Odd Day!