| The
Psychology of Fabric
In very personal ways, fabric can provide beauty, richness
and depth to your
customers’ rooms. Karla Nielson tells us that fabric, perhaps more than
any other element, is an expression of personal preference, individual comfort
and security. To say behavior can be affected by fabric, she continues, is to
say there is an emotional response to fabric.
Know
the Code
To provide proper cleaning and maintenance information for your clients’ new
window treatments and accessories it’s important to know the meaning of
codes that appear on the back of the fabric description and content. Sharon Anderson
answers our questions.
Warming
Up to Drapery Linings
We don’t often think about how much draperies and linings have to do with
making homes more comfortable than the outdoors, Cheryl Strickland writes. What’s
behind a window treatment’s face fabric, she says, can make all the difference
for your designs and your customer’s happiness.
Prints:
What the Book Doesn’t Tell You
Wandering through a fabric company’s design center will likely
start the creative juices flowing for any designer. Sadly, in too many
cases that perfect
fabric hanging in the showroom becomes an imperfect, beastly challenge in the
workroom, writes Kitty Stein. There are limitations to certain prints, she explains,
which is why it is so important for designers and workrooms to work closely as
a team.
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