Drapery & Soft Treatments In Bloomington
Drapery & Curtains in Bloomington, IL
Drapes, curtains, Roman Shades, cornices and cushions are the layer that gives a room its personality. Every piece of our Solar Shield Blinds Drapery & Soft Treatments is sewn in our own workroom, then hung and dressed in your Bloomington, Illinois home by our team.
Where It Fits In Bloomington
Drapery for tall windows, open rooms and window seats
Soft treatments finish a room in a home of any age, from the tall windows of an older house near downtown to a new open floor plan with hard floors.
- East Grove StreetThe homes along the 400 to 700 blocks of East Grove Street were built between 1855 and 1915, including Italianate houses from the 1860s and 1870s. Full length panels hung from a rod near the ceiling suit the tall windows of that style.
- Rooms That Need ColorPick something bright or patterned from our thousands of custom fabrics and let the drapery be the thing people notice about the room.
- Kids' RoomsCordless Roman Shades leave nothing hanging at the window for small hands, and a blackout liner helps with naps and early bedtimes.
- Bay WindowsA bay can take a Roman Shade on each window, with a cushion for the seat below sewn to coordinate.
Made In Our Workroom
Fullness, rod height, and the right Roman Shade
Two details make custom drapery look right, and they matter most on tall windows like the ones on East Grove Street. Order two to two and a half times the width of the opening, so the fabric has real folds instead of hanging flat. Then hang the rod close to the ceiling and run the panels to the floor, which draws the eye up the wall.
Roman Shades come in six styles. The Classic Roman folds flat and shows off a pattern, the Relaxed Roman keeps a soft curve at the bottom in any position, and the Hobbled Roman holds its full folds even when lowered. The Pleated London, Knife Pleat and Ribbed Pleat styles are built around their pleats and look best in a solid or textured fabric.
Our own workroom sews every piece to your measurements, and nothing is stock or ready made. Your Design Specialist will bring fabric samples to your Bloomington home and write your exact quote on the spot.
What Comes As Standard
- PanelsCornices, valances and romans
- ThousandsCustom fabrics to choose from
- LinedOr interlined for real light blocking
- CushionsWindow seats and banquettes too
- Carefree GuaranteeA lifetime product warranty that transfers if you sell, plus our five year service guarantee
- Free Temporary ShadesOn every window you order for, installed while your custom order is made
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team in Bloomington
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Bloomington home or office. We'll listen to what you're wanting to accomplish with your windows, take a good look at every opening, and explain the options that will actually work for them.
- On the spot quoteWe take the time to make sure you know exactly what you're getting, and you'll have a complete and exact quote before we leave, so there are no surprises on install day.
- Installed by our teamEverything we install is custom built to the exact measurements of your windows, and when ready, professionally installed by our full time installers. Most projects are installed in less than a day.
Tops And Pleats
How the top of the treatment finishes in Bloomington homes
Cornices, valances and pleat styles decide how the whole window reads. Your Design Specialist brings the fabric books and the style samples to the consultation.
Cornice styles
Hard-topped treatments that hide a headrail and add height.
Shaped cornices
Scalloped, arched and tailored profiles.
Valance profiles
Softer gathered and pleated tops.
Pleat styles
Pinch, goblet, ripple fold and flat panel headers.
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Straight Answers
Drapery & Soft Treatments questions from Bloomington homeowners
Yes. You can have a fabric valance that covers the working hardware, or let the fabric waterfall off the face of the headrail for a clean look.
Yes, over time. An unlined panel lets the sun straight through the fabric, and that's what fades it. A lined panel hangs better, blocks more light and lasts longer, so for a sunny room we'll recommend a lining.
Yes. Pillows, bench seat cushions and banquette cushions all come out of the same fabric library as the drapery, and they're sewn in our own workroom.
We don't recommend it. The inverted pleats around 6 to 8 inches from each side look best in a textured or solid fabric, and a pattern gets lost in them. For a pattern, the Classic Roman is the better choice.
Yes. Our Install Techs put up your custom hardware, up near the ceiling if you want the room to look taller, then hang, steam and hand dress every panel on site.
Yes, along with the size of the window, the fullness, the lining and the style you pick. Panels at two to two and a half times the width of the opening take more fabric, and a motorized rod adds to the cost. Your Design Specialist builds all of that into an exact quote on the spot, and it holds for 180 days.
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Drapery & Soft Treatments around Bloomington
We serve all of Bloomington, IL, including Franklin Square, White Place, East Grove Street, Dimmitt's Grove, Hershey Grove, Ireland Grove and Fox Creek. ZIP codes 61701, 61704, 61705.
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