Looking for a designer look of window treatment for very little cost. trying to decorate a rental home that I

Question

will be staying in for a while. would love to fix it nice without a lot of expense. suggestion please. also if you have any other decorating ideas for this home would be great. the colors are soft yellow walls white trim. thanks,.

Answer 1

my fave thing to do is a simple scarf & bracket arrangement. you can buy brackets at walmart or target, or make your own from a 2x4 cut to a decorative/curved shape: the ones i use are flat on the back (where they're mounted to the wall) and have a hole through them side-to-side. you'll basically be putting in one nail or screw to hold them to the wall.

measure your window, floor to top of window, across top, top back to floor. this will tell you how long your drapes need to be. if you want them to arc down more in the center, buy longer fabric.

then you can buy ready-made window scarves, or (go cheap!!!) head over to the $1 per yard fabric section in walmart. buy the color you like or buy several colors, and simply pull the fabric through each hole in the bracket. tug here and there until it falls the way you want it to. experiment with having the drape symmetrical, shorter on one side, or tie a big soft knot in the fabric down one side. hemming the cut edges is optional. more layers of fabric means a fuller drape, and you can have top layers cut shorter than underlying ones, giving a tiered look.

when you leave, it's easy to pull the brackets off the walls and take them with you. brackets can be refinished with spray-paint if you want another color for your new house. scarves are easily replaced, and this method can make stuff cheap enough to have matching window trims for each time you change the bedspread or the accent pillows in the living room.

a similar simple-yet-elegant style can be achieved with by draping fabric/scarves over curtain rods and pretty finials, but this hardware is usually more expensive and puts more holes in the walls.

example: the ones in my bedroom are white & silver:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/253724902_5fe9e72271.jpg

Answer 2

A portion of our storage shed's SW dealing with wall, the East-pointing nook of out neighbour's cord fence, the aforementioned neighbour's deepest nicely/pump, grass, and then a thick wall of timber to end the scene off because the historic past.

Answer 3

Join jurgita.com designer forum and ask professional designers for advices. Its free. You may also add pictures of your home and look through designer work examples in their profiles.