Dining Room Gets New Drapes & Shades Before the Holidays!

What a classic yet rustic dining room.  The first floor of this renovated antique home in Lynnfield, Massachusetts had no window treatments at all until 2 days before Christmas.  That's the day that I came and installed these custom drapes and roller shades!  (Okay I have to level with you... I'm on my final revision & just decided I need an English lesson - after the first 3 paragraphs, I had to delete 3 "lovely's"!  I mean, this place is "lovely", but... I may need to get more creative with my language if I'm going to keep my readers interested)

My client has a knack for decorating.  She did such a fabulous job on the exterior of their family home, didn't she?

Even the renovated barn got a set of decorated planters and pretty natural garland.

I thought this planter above was worthy of a close-up shot with the creative grouped branches and the stone-wall behind it.

Let's rewind a couple of months to when my client first called me.  She wanted a bit more privacy on the front windows of their home, since the house is on a main street in town.  I just NOW noticed that these shrubs have red berries on them - how fantastic to have NATURAL red berries for Christmas!  I will post a picture below of the before room, from last fall.

I love the bright sunny room so we wanted to make sure that we didn't lose the ability to keep that warm sun from shining in by covering the windows with too much fabric.  So below is a rendering I did for her with my vision.

She and her husband were on board.  So the design and fabrics were approved - next step, placed fabric orders, then... fabrication!

As I'm working on these drapes, I'm drawn to the texture of this fabric.  They will be timeless and beautiful! The color resembles burlap, but this is SO much nicer.

After....

This is the hardware line I sell the most of but this finial has never been selected by a client of mine before.  I have a new favorite!  She has such good taste... don't you agree?  We both decided these windows now have a "Beacon Hill" sort of look to them - very classy! You might notice, I always recommend metal rings with fixed eyes.  I'm not a fan of clip rings or of wooden rings.

Above is another closeup that allows you to see the roller shades as well.  So handsome!
Okay below I will show another view of the before - from the living room, followed by more after shots.

After...

The room is finally ready for the holiday!  The tree was so endearing, so I will share that with you as well as a piece of the red ottoman slipcover & matching pillows I made for her living room below.

One last glimpse of the dining room from the kitchen on my way out the door that day...

I hope you had a fabulous holiday ~ I am SO happy about the new year!  Looking forward to sharing lots of stories and decor with you in the year to come!  My next project will be the living room window treatments in this same house - see you then!

Yours Truly :-J
Michelle

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