The Advan­tages of “Cus­tom“
So why should you choose cus­tom cur­tains over store­bought curtains?

If you are unfa­mil­iar with what exactly makes a cus­tom win­dow treat­ment (or any other custom-made fab­ric prod­uct for your home) so dif­fer­ent from its store­bought coun­ter­part, this arti­cle might be use­ful to read before you start the cus­tom design process.

The fol­low­ing are some of the most impor­tant advan­tages of pur­chas­ing cus­tom, not storebought:

See it to believe it. We all know the old say­ing, “A pic­ture is worth a thou­sand words.” Unfor­tu­nately, with cus­tom win­dow treat­ments, that say­ing doesn’t quite apply. Many of the fac­tors that make a cus­tom win­dow treat­ment so extra spe­cial can’t be seen in a pic­ture. Cus­tom draperies, for exam­ple, are fully lined, mak­ing them fuller and heav­ier. Cus­tom draperies weigh about 2 — 2.5 pounds per panel on aver­age, whereas the same size, unlined store­bought cur­tain weighs less than a pound. Of course, there are some store­bought cur­tains that are lined. Unfor­tu­nately, most are lined with cot­ton per­cale fab­ric, which is a thin sheet­ing fab­ric with a low thread count. While it may help to block out the sun and pre­vent fad­ing to some extent, it does lit­tle to add full­ness to a drapery.

Lin­ing makes the dif­fer­ence. Cus­tom draperies are lined with a thicker poly­cot­ton fab­ric that blocks the sun in the best way pos­si­ble (up to SPF 50). The poly­ester com­po­nent in the lin­ing gives a drap­ery more strength and full­ness. Lin­ing is espe­cially use­ful in rooms that expe­ri­ence more mois­ture and evap­o­ra­tive fumes. That’s because cot­ton cap­tures and releases these fumes much eas­ier, mak­ing lined win­dow treat­ments a must in busy kitchens and bath­rooms. As you see, the ideal lin­ing is made of both cot­ton and polyester.

Tai­lored to your needs. Cus­tom win­dow treat­ments are made espe­cially for your room the way you’d like. Store­bought cur­tains are designed to please the major­ity of con­sumers. These include cur­tains that are made with solid, neu­tral col­ors and stan­dard sizes. If you need to dress a very wide nurs­ery win­dow in pink and brown toile fab­ric, you will have a hard time find­ing the per­fect win­dow treat­ment that you want. Dec­o­ra­tor fab­rics come in a wide range of col­ors, prints, and sizes, giv­ing you end­less cus­tom options that most store­bought cur­tains don’t offer.

A wise invest­ment. On aver­age, Amer­i­cans who pur­chased cus­tom win­dow treat­ments keep their cus­tom drapes on their win­dows for seven years. Store­bought cur­tains are changed every one to two years. The qual­ity of cus­tom win­dow treat­ments is bet­ter, but going after the look that you really want instead of the look that is avail­able will also keep you happy with your room for many years longer. Many of our clients tell us what a relief it is to finally see a cus­tom win­dow treat­ment on their win­dows. Unique win­dow treat­ments are not easy to find if you’re look­ing for a spe­cific look to fit your room. Most con­sumers start design­ing their rooms with match­ing fur­ni­ture, pic­tures, walls, and lit­tle accents, only to see their designs come to a screech­ing halt when they real­ize that they can’t find a match­ing curtain.

There are many more rea­sons why cus­tom is bet­ter than store­bought, but the most impor­tant one of them is sim­ply value. Cus­tom win­dow treat­ments pay for them­selves through­out all the years that they grace­fully cover your windows.

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