Bedroom Drapery Options (One Fabric, Two Options, Two Different Looks)

Yesterday, I received all the grasscloth wallpaper up within the bed room, however I didn’t fairly end the wallpaper within the lobby. I’ll want yet another day to do this. Within the meantime, I’m looking forward to my subsequent challenge, which would be the draperies. I believed I’d do the headboard subsequent, however for some motive, the material nonetheless isn’t right here (despite the fact that I paid for specific processing/transport in order that it could be right here final Friday). No drawback. At the very least I’ve all of my material cloth, so I’ll simply transfer on to these subsequent.

The material that I purchased for the draperies is a ravishing teal velvet. However the attention-grabbing factor with velvet is you could get two very totally different seems to be from one cloth relying on the way you hold the material. Since velvet has a nap to it, which means that the fibers of the material lie in a single course, which means that it’s going to look totally different relying on the course you view it. Meaning I can get two actually totally different seems to be with this cloth relying on the course through which I sew the material.

I haven’t had time to put in the curtain rods but, so I simply draped the material over my ladder to get an thought of how the draperies would look. Right here’s how the material seems to be with the nap of the velvet going up. You possibly can see how hanging the material with the nap going up provides the material a deep, darkish, wealthy look. Going this course, the draperies could be a little bit bit darker than the partitions.

And right here’s how the material seems to be with the nap taking place. This course will make the draperies a little bit bit lighter than the partitions.

Right here’s a detailed up look of the 2 choices side-by-side.

I backed as much as the doorway of the bed room to see if the distinction between the 2 choices was as stark as it’s when standing near the material. Right here’s it’s from a distance with the nap going up and the material showing darker.

And right here’s a glance from a distance with the nap taking place and the material showing lighter.

And right here’s a side-by-side view of the 2 choices from a distance…

In my mock up of the room, you possibly can see that I went with the darker possibility…

Simply going by the look of the 2, I personally want the darker possibility, however the determination isn’t fairly as simple as deciding which one seems to be higher. There are different elements that give me pause. The primary issue is that hanging velvet with the nap going up will nearly definitely result in them catching mud extra simply. I’m attempting to determine if that’s actually going to be a difficulty or not. After all, my vacuum cleaner has an upholstery attachment, and it could take only some minutes to make use of that to hoover the draperies when wanted. All of my draperies, even those who aren’t velvet, have to be vacuumed periodically, particularly after I’m engaged on massive initiatives and creating lots of mud in the home. Hopefully, I’m nearing the tip of making mud on this facet of the home, so possibly underneath regular residing circumstances, it gained’t even be a difficulty.

However I actually assume they are going to look a lot richer and prettier in the event that they’re darker, proper? I even have to think about that the recliner goes to be lighter than the partitions. So if the draperies are made to look lighter, it would appear like I attempted to match the draperies to the recliner, and in the event that they’re “off” even barely, I feel the distinction will stand out far more than if I make the draperies in order that they seem darker and make it appear like an intentional determination NOT to make them match the recliner.

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Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.