I have a 78" window with two sets of bifold plantation shutters. I need some color in the room and something to break it up. I want to build a valance over the shutters but it has to be far enough away from the wall to allow me to open up the shutters and see the beautiful tropical setting outside. Has anyone dealt with this before? Please help...
2007-03-23 01:31:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
My husband has been in the custom window treatment business for over 25 years. In all his years, he has NEVER seen anyone put any sort of valance above plantation shutters... or has he ever heard that request.
You say you want to add color to the room... why not paint the room, or one wall (maybe the wall the windows are on) a different color? Use accessories like bright wall hangings and vases/flowers to add more color too.
If you were to build a valance... due to the width of the window... it would have to be at least 22" out from the shutter frame to allow for proper access to the shutters. Having a valance sticking almost 2 feet into a room will look odd.
2007-03-23 01:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by Laurie D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-23 21:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absoulutely agree with one of the other gals, DO NOT put a valance over your shutters. Shutter themselves are so cool that you would actually be taking away from the look. Instead, paint the shutters white or off-white and paint the one wall behind those shutters a great tropical color like yellow or green. Soften the room with fabric. I would love to see this room when finished! Sounds fantastic!! Val
2007-03-23 02:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by val 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what type of feel you want to evoke from the window treatment. If you want to follow the lines of the shutters then I would suggest a cornice board. A cornice board is basically a box that is mounted to the wall with decorative moulding on it, but it can also be covered in fabric. You can paint or stain the cornice board (if not covered in fabric, of course) to match the furniture in your room.
You could also do a valance as you suggested, but there are so many different kinds of valances. I have wooden blinds throughout my house and I have valences over all of them. In the more casual rooms I have bias cut (cut at a 45 degree angle) swags, but in my kitchen and more formal sunroom I have butterfly swags....basically that is a rectangular length of fabric that has 2 straps, on on either end, and the fabric is gatherered up and laying in the 2 straps. the ends of the fabric look like butterfly wings, and the center is a softly draped swag. I also have floor to ceiling drapes in my bedroom over top of blinds.
If I were you. I'd check out a couple of stores (JCPenney, Bed Bath and Beyond, Sears, Target) that have window treatments...and browse their window treatment aisles to get a feel of what you like and what colors you like. If you don't find anything at the stores then try looking at some of you fabric stores and looking though their pattern books. Many of today's patterns for window treatments are simple and easy to do. You also get to control everything about the look in that instance.
Sinnce they are bifold the cornince board would have to be above the shutters, but fabric valances would not have to be and since most curtain rods have a return (space from the wall) of 3-5" it depends on what looks good to you. As for opening the shutters...well they may hit the fabric while you open them, but after they're opened the fabric would return to its original position.
2007-03-23 01:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you are decorating in plantation style you could take a rod above the shutters and drape a soft cloth that generates from the fabrics already in the room so it will sway downward towards the shutters to give them a softer appearance.
2007-03-23 01:43:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could you put a border around the window? Take fabric, oh, about 4-6 inches and go around the window?
I've also seen drapes, stationery, along either side of windows with shutters......just to soften the window and add color.
The scarf idea above as merit too.
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2016-05-02 05:55:33 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something square to match the linearness of the plantation shutters. You can make one yourself with the foam board from Home Depot, cover it first in batting and then the fabric of your choice.
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