Living Room Roman Shades to Coordinate with the Den Shade

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for your kind comments regarding the den window treatment design.

Perhaps I should’ve done the living room Roman shades first. However, the living room was all figured out four years ago.

Below is a rendering I did shortly after I closed on the apartment in November 2020.

 

Oh, I love the white floors, but wisely confined them to the lower bedroom level. However, there are the Roman shades I want to have.

 

Sure, many of you will remember this elegant rendering that had these dramatic white-on-white linen drapes.

 

This is a lovely look and I could always add a large panel on each of the far ends of the windows. However, I would be covering up two of the historic window casings. Plus, I would need an expensive curved iron rod. Then, the drapes themselves, with installation, will run me at least another $3,000, and probably more.

 

So, how did I come up with this design?

 

Well, like most of my best ideas, I stole it. ;]  I found the image a while back but had no idea who it belonged to until today.

 

 

I took another Google search stab at it, and of course! It’s the work of the fantastic Meg Braff, whom I’ve long admired. I found it because I found a much better image of it below from Meg’s portfolio.

Photo by Nick Mele

It’s interesting because the sofa, rug, and lamp are different in the better photo. My guess is that this is a more recent iteration of this room.

 

Anyway, I’ve known for over four years that I wanted to do these Greek Key Roman Shades in the living room.

 

Okay, now here’s where it gets interesting.

This is close to the den, but not obnoxiously close. Still, close enough that you can see both windows if you’re standing in the right spot. If you missed that post, please check it out here.

I’ll post a new image of the proposed den Roman Shade, which hopefully will be out of Brunschwig and Fils Le Lac. Incidentally, we did that fabric on some kitchen chairs over a decade ago! 

Yes, it’s the same fabric and the same colorway. We used a different portion of the fabric on each chair.

 

Okay, GL wanted to see me standing in front of the window to better understand the scale.

 

That’s a great idea!

But drat, I live alone and don’t have many full-length shots of myself. However, I only needed one. And then I remembered the perfect shot to use.

However, a little warning. Please put your drink down first unless it’s plain water.

Thank you.

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Are you ready?

 

 

Laurel? Who the hell is that?

 

That’s me, silly! (Please read the headlines.) ;]

No way!!!

 

Yes, way. Well, not the Elle Decor cover part. But, that chick in the bikini and weirdtastic getup is me when I was a 24-year-old spring chick. I was a dancer in a cheesy (ya think?) floor show in a hotel near the Egyptian pyramids– for SIX months. If you missed or want to reread my autobiographical post I wrote nearly ten years ago, please check it out here. There are additional Cairo pics and much more.

You were smokin’, Laurel!!!

 

Thanks. I still am. haha

 

I will be continuing this post on Wednesday.

 

Then, I will share more details about the living room Roman Shades, including a template for the trim you can use for your shades! We’ll also discuss what fabric I’ll be doing. I can see that it’s a taffeta, either synthetic or a blend of poly and cotton. Why not silk? Ahhhh. There is no way on God’s good earth that I will ever do silk in a south-facing window. Well, you can, but you better have solar protection and have that baby line and interlined! Please read about some of the fabric nightmares I had over the years.

To be continued…

xo,

 

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