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Private Quarters

Created and Written by Barbara J. August
Graphic Design by Elizabeth Milnes

Creating an intimate hideaway from the day-to-day world offers limitless opportunity for using your imagination. The latest colors, designs and textures come alive in the following pages of bedroom settings. Let yourself be swept away with these luxurious private quarters featuring styles from casual to contemporary.
Lafayette Venetian Blind, Inc., introduces Soft Shutters[TM] as an enhancement to the Custom Shutters by Lafayette program. Combine the beauty and softness of one of the 2,800 Select Masterpieces fabrics and create a unique, comfortable setting to suit any design preference.
Hamilton House, an exclusive series from Rosedale Wallcoverings and Fabrics, offers a sensational palette of classic and documentary hues in 73 wall covering and 40 border designs. A traditional collection, Hamilton House features a combination of floral and architectural themes including swags, documentary toiles and damasks as well as coordinating stripes, small prints and textures. To finish the selection, 38 fabrics offer a variety of textures, which are complemented by 19 solids.
Carole Fabrics features its custom draperies and Salsa upholstered cornice in ethnically- inspired fabrics to coordinate with the custom bed coverings for a complete room ensemble.
Among the exciting new additions to its Applause® line of honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas, is a soft-hand fabric, Applause Affinity[TM]. The only soft honeycomb fabric to meet Hunter Douglas' strict quality standards, this material is elegantly shown here in a 3/4-inch honeycomb pleat in Old Rose hue, one of 18 colors in the palette. Applause Affinity also is available in a double honeycomb construction.
With its soft adjustable colored fabric vanes suspended between sheer front and back facings, Silhouette® window shadings from Hunter Douglas offer the best of three worlds: the light control of a blinds, the easy operation of a shade and the soft, airy look of a sheer. In addition to the original soft fabric vane and a room darkening vane, Silhouette now offers two textured fabric vanes that add a subtle dimension to the shade.
The lofty slender frame of this romantic bed is softened by a canopy and matching window curtains fashioned from shirred 3025 textured sheer from ADO. The same fabric was custom-quilted by ADO to make the luxurious bed coverlet. Room design by Elizabeth Taylor Design Studio, Winter Haven, FL; photography by Elslirac Enterprises.
Sweet Dreams West, Inc. features the new and innovative Grip Deck detachable bed skirt system for creating easy-to-use coordinating bed skirts. Using decking made of a vinyl- based, non-slip materials, the system is edged on three sides by fasteners that attach to compatible bed skirts. The skirts easily can be removed for cleaning or redecorating.
Graber® vertical blinds are versatile, easy to clean and a beautiful way to provide privacy to any bedroom. Enhancing this room with neutral color, these blinds are available in a wide collection of colors, styles, embossed finishes and textured patterns to suit any taste.
Nanik two-inch wood blinds in Fruitwood are accented here with black cloth tapes to add striking drama to this comfortably elegant bedroom. Custom colors and decorative or custom trims provide a unique touch for a completely tailored design.
This colorful bedroom ensemble design by Jill R. Stein, The Curtain Designery, Stamford, CT, features a bold, dramatic abstract print and five complementary solids to form the window treatments, bed covering, pillow and wall hanging.
Window Modes created this flat Roman shade with shirred shaped valance and panels using C.O.M. to create comfort and style for this custom bedroom suite.
The Multi-Edge Groover[TM] from Vertiscapes by Palm Beacher creates a spectacular window treatment that adds dimension and unique style to any bedroom setting. Shown here, the contrasting bold print and solid white vanes emphasize the unique shape created by the design.
Cordless shades using the döfix No*Sew aluminum slat system are shown here in the skylights and French doors of this loft-style bedroom. Constructed with hook and loop fasteners, these shades are easy to clean and maintain. Reflective lining can be used for added insulation.
To create the perpetual springtime look for this bedroom ensemble, Croscill decorated the bed and window in Springfield, a lively print with an updated impressionistic botanical design. Tulips in bloom within a background of irregular squares and indistinct bits of writing with soft tonal textures join a cheery yellow and other clean pastel colors for a fresh new feeling of spring.
A new autumn update to PremierLine[TM] from LouverDrape®, a brand of Levolor Home Fashions, is shown here in Sorento Aqua Marine that provides a stylish backdrop to this cozy bedroom scene. The collection now includes new jacquard patterns coordinating with popular trend setting draperies, laminated string technology in woven fabric styles and fabric-like deep embossed, printed and engraved designs.
This private bedroom setting is enhanced with the luxury and convenience of BTX motorized Roman Shades. The elegant look and the ability to work with attractive fabrics makes the Roman shade a preferred window covering choice for this application.