Allen Nelson, the author
brings to these articles 30 years of experience in the interior design field
including custom window decorating design, fabrication and installation. His
specialties involve all types of window decor including custom made curtains and
draperies, ready made lace curtains and macrame ring lace as well as blinds,
shutters and shades. His designs have been used in a variety of settings in many
beautiful homes throughout Southern California.
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Curtains for Bay Windows
What makes bay windows different are the many ways you can change the
look of the room depending on how you differ the window treatment design.
Once you have decided on the amount of formality you can start on the
various options for the final design.
There are always three or more separate windows that are involved in a
bay. The most obvious design would be to do them as three windows using
three separate but equal treatments. This certainly can be accomplished
effectively but they can also be treated as one large window in many
different ways. One attractive method would be to have a tied back panel on
each of the far sides of the bay and a Valance that stretches over all of
the windows. This creates a one window look and usually has the effect of
enlarging the room. As one window treatment there is a greater ease of
combining it with a furniture setting as one whole decorative unit. It is
always better not to feature the windows separately, as you would with three
separate window coverings but to include them in the whole room setting. We
believe this is accomplished by treating the bay as one window.
Using this same one window approach you could install one macrame ring
lace valance across all of the windows and macrame tiers in each window
separately. If there is a privacy need you can use a pleated shade or
mini-blind in each window. By combining the two ideas you can have tied back
panels on each side, a valance across the entire length of the bay and
separate tiers or cafe panels in each separate window.
With special order curtain rods you can even have draperies and sheers
that open and close across the entire bay. A valance can be added as well.
As you can see, the only limiting feature is your need for more or less
privacy. Actually, if you think about it, you can also treat two or more
adjacent window on a wall with the same one window type options. If you have
a corner with a window on each side it can be treated in the same manner.
We hope that we have given you a couple of useful ideas. More ideas with
different window types
can be seen here Best of luck with your designing.
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