A wealth of creative ideas for decorating or redecorating a bedroom, including treatment of floors, walls, and ceiling, furniture and fabric choices, and personalized touches, are presented in this fabulous book. More than 130 color photos explore the many styles and moods a bedroom can assume, and advice from decorators throughout the country puts the myriad ideas presented within everyone's reach.
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Balancing Acts
The most obvious "rule" -- that the scale of a successful window decoration should always be in harmony with the walls and windows of the room -- is unfortunately not always followed. Too often, a curtain panel is too short, or stock-sized louvered wooden shutters are too small. Curtains that are too narrow are a common problem, especially when trying to fit standard sizes available at retail to the nonstandard windows of many rooms. A big window deserves generous embellishments; undersize hardware and flimsy rods will automatically underplay its inherent drama and grandness.
Rooms with a View
Window coverings play an important role in controlling light. In rooms with large windows, they provide a comfort shield against the sun's glare and heat. Often the best choices for rooms that face into the sun are wooden venetian blinds, vertical blinds, or mini blinds with narrow slats of plastic or aluminum featuring cords, wands, or other mechanisms that allow the light to be finely calibrated.
A growing concern about the harmful effect of ultraviolet rays has given rise to a variety of solar screening materials, including a scrimlike plastic mesh that works well for large window walls in contemporary settings.
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I'm a veteran design and travel journalist for many national magazines and newspapers, and the author of several books on interior and furniture design. I blog for fun at http://casacara.wordpress.com (casaCARA: Old Houses for Fun and Profit), where you can find links to some of my work. Every Thursday, my interior design column, "The Insider," appears on the Brooklyn-based real estate website, Brownstoner.com.
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