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What Draperies Say About a Family
Home » Window Treatments » Draperies » What Draperies Say About a FamilyThe style and design of the room will almost always dictate the style of draperies that will adorn the windows. Formal rooms such as dining or living rooms, and even entryways will often have the most exquisite draperies in a home. Since these are the rooms in which families most often entertain, we often pay the most attention to the decorative elements in these rooms. Kitchens, bathrooms, hallways, and bedrooms are typically more casual. Therefore, the draperies for these rooms and the draperies on the windows in them, will, by necessity, be more casual.
We do most of our living, laughing and loving in the more casual corners of our homes and these rooms most often reflect our ideas of what living is all about. So our more formal rooms will have the most extravagant draperies and our less formal areas will have a more comfortable appeal.
As funny as it sounds, draperies are often a very accurate indicator of a family’s financial stability. College students, newly married couples and young families often have other, more pressing financial obligations than draperies. However, as the family moves forward toward financial independence, luxuries such as fine draperies become more important. The beautiful, flowing fabrics, decorative valances, and finials seem to quietly remind the world that a family has moved beyond the basic necessities of life and on to the simple luxuries that create a warm and inviting space.
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