Antique Bedroom in Ipswich Massachusetts Gets Coastal yet Cozy

This antique home in the heart of downtown Ipswich Massachusetts, has been a long time charmer and favorite of mine!  How lucky was I to be the one to design and fabricate the window treatments for the master bedroom! 

Here is the other side of the room just to share some of the fabulous details with you of this old timer.

And the above photo shows the colors I was to work with.  The wall color being a soft ivory leaning towards a pale yellow, white woodwork, and a classic blue and white toile. (Below front windows 'before')

I recently found that a quote I've been using by Frank Lloyd Wright was incorrect.  He actually said:  "Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union" (not just form form follows function, as I previously thought he said).  I liked what I thought he said first, but I think I even like the correct one better!
 
These windows face the street, so privacy needed to be considered.  A layered design was agreed upon after a few of the following computer designs were submitted for her approval!

The last one was selected as the winning design!  Which one was your favorite?  Please let me know in a comment - I would LOVE to know!

 Isn't it beautiful?  Okay, now for the honesty factor... I am a window treatment designer, but I'm also human and sometimes I make mistakes.  I can't believe I did this but let me explain my design flaw... ie my dirty laundry :-/.   When the iron holdbacks are in place, here, where I designed them to be... might look good BUT... (drum-roll, it seems so obvious to me now, how did I ever miss this), the shades can't come down past the holdbacks.  Ugggh!  So the holdbacks are now removed.

The hardware is custom iron made here locally.  I recommended this because of the historic nature of the home, I wanted it to be historically accurate.  I haven't suggested iron hardware in years and I'm so pleased with the result. 

The side window we decided to do differently.  This is a faux roman valance with buttons & ties. 

So at the time of this post, my client and I have decided that I'm going to make tie-backs out of some of the leftover material so that she can pull the draperies back like the original design.  In the meantime, I kind of like the draperies just like they are now...

In a comment - can you share with me which look you like best?  Tied back or straight down?

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Until next time,

Michelle

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