Now that HGTV’ Destination Design has aired, it is great to see how our window treatments helped to transform some of the rooms.  With only 2 episodes shown to date, the rooms have been beautifully designed by designer Taniya Nayak inspired by the homeowner’s travels.  The first episode the couple traveled to Turks and Caicos and was attracted to the vibrant colors of the sea and beautiful shells and sails.  They returned to a home full of color and gorgeous decor.  The window treatment drapery panels and sheer curtains were reminiscent of the Caribbean.  We were so happy to see the textured drapes and sheer drapes incorporating in the rooms.  The fabrics were a perfect match and the show’s featured couple was ecstatic.

In the 2^nd episode the homeowner traveled to Austin, Texas and was inspired by the color of a local berry plant.  Taniya’s vision for this room was an Austin Cavern Berry Living Room.  The walls were painted a light tone of purple and the deep purple back tab drapery panels were a perfect accent on the windows.  She added 2 pillows against the white couch in the “pop” deep berry color.  Such an array of fabrics, textures and colors truly made both rooms remarkable.

Stay tuned for upcoming episodes on Saturdays at 1:30 pm.  A show not to be missed!

We live in an age where everything can be bought. It is that easy. When it comes to decorating your home, the latest trend is to turn to the internet to get the best prices and selection right at your fingertips. Well this is true, indeed and we are happy about it. How easy is it when you can turn on your computer or iphone and browse the entire Waverly Fabric collection? We can send you a Waverly fabric sample and they are only $10. These are large designer memos. If you order with us, we will subtract the cost of your memo from your final purchase. The size of the Waverly memos precludes them from falling into our free swatch program.

Many of our Waverly customers purchase fabric by the yard. Some are doing upholstery projects while others are doing their own sewing. However, many of our Waverly fabric customers decide that it is much easier to let us deal with the whole project. It just makes it much easier for them to deal with one trusted company to take their project from start to finish.

We get a lot of questions about the source of our Waverly fabric. All of our fabric is purchased as “firsts” directly from Waverly. We don’t purchase leftovers or defects. That’s not our game. Yes there are a lot of fly-by-night sellers around the internet buying the scraps and trying to make a fast buck. That’s not us!

Our Waverly Sale department is fabric that we have purchased directly from Waverly in larger quantity for the best prices. We pass the savings directly to you.

Fabric Upholstered headboards are the best solution for your child’s room without question.  Not only are they the most cost effective, easy on the head for horsing around (you know how much kids love to jump up and down on their beds)  but are perfect for the ever changing tastes of your 5 year old. When your fire truck or princess themed room is out of style in 3 years, it is easy and cheap to change to football and psychedelic, simply by changing the fabric on your headboard.    Compared to a traditional wood headboard, upholstered headboards are much more economical.  We here it all the time that people decided on a fabric headboard since the wood headboard they had their eye on cost thousands of dollars compared to our headboards that start at a little over $200! 

When it comes to a kid’s room, a twin headboard covered in a solid duck cloth available in over 60 colors is $193!  Fabricworkroom has one of the largest selections available online to create the headboard of your choice.   They are easy to order online and so simple to install.  Many designers as well as hotels around the country are opting for the Upholstered look for the reasons above as well as the general look of comfort.  After all, that is what your bedroom should be all about.  Below we paired it with a solid duvet cover and pillows in one of our sold duck cloths, Dream Cerise with Dream White Welting.

People think of roller shades as old fashioned window treatments, a thing of the past.  Roller shades are simple, effective and quite inexpensive.  People often think of cheap Home Depot cut it to fit your window roller shades.  This doesn’t have to be.  You can actually purchase custom made shades to fit your window and they look really fantastic.   This can be a very modern sleek look if you select the right fabric and have them made to fit your window.

Click for blinds and shades and you will find fabrics and pricing to suit your taste.  Browse our photo gallery for inspiration.  Roller shades can look very much like fabric roman shades at a quarter of the price.  We will soon be offering screen shades which are woven vinyl and are very chic. Stay tuned to upcoming products in our blinds, shades and privacy shades department.

What a better way to bring in the new year with positive change.  Rather than changing a bad habit or starting an exercise plan, how about doing something that will last for years to come and bring beauty and value to your home.  Think about changing the color of your drapes or changing the bedding or adding beautiful sheers to your window to change the atmosphere in your room.  Surrounding your room with beautiful things including designer fabrics, custom window treatments, a gorgeous upholstered headboard or even fabric accent pillows will make you happy and last for a long time.  There is nothing more rewarding than investing in the place you call home.

We help thousands of customers throughout the year with their home decorating projects.  You can start with ordering our free swatches and see how they look in your home, then call us or go back online to price out any product with the fabric of your choice. You will be pleasantly surprised at how affordable our custom products are.

Fabric Roman Shades will continue to be popular for 2010.  Solid linen and silk fabrics continue to be on the top of the list and most popular sellers.  Very simple flat panel drapes are also very stylish for the upcoming year and our upholstered headboards continue to be fashionable.  Fabricworkroom.com is the number one provider of fabric headboards online providing headboards for many home magazines and top designers throughout the country.

In this day, still, we are trying to balance our budgets as best as we can without giving up the luxuries we are used to.  It is a tough balancing act but it just has to be done (for a little while anyway).  When it comes to your living space, you want it to be the best it can be.  After all, we are still traveling less, going out to dinner less and spending more time at home with friends and family.

With that being said, and with the New Year right around the corner, it’s time to dress up your home with your own personal style and flare.  We have made it really simple.  We have helped thousands of customers decorate with custom window treatments at www.fabricworkroom.com Our customers have designed everything from window valances to drapes & curtains to Upholstered Headboards.  For the sewer, we have sold thousands of yards of Waverly Fabrics.  You design it online and we ship it within 2 -3 weeks.  It is effortless and the results are quite rewarding.   You don’t have to spend a ton of money to add a custom window treatment or decorative accent pillow in the fabric of your choice.  www.fabricworkroom.com now has 3 workrooms that appeal to every budget.

We offer Budget custom ($) were you can get custom made window treatments, mostly mounted on a rod in over 300 fabrics of your choice.  We offer Semi custom ($$)where you have your option to upgrade one of our rod mounted window treatments to a board mount for a more custom fit and we offer our original Full Custom ($$$)department that has it all.  All of the fabrics in each workroom are of the same quality: it is more in the style that brings the price down.  We continue to offer all of the best name fabrics such as Duralee, Waverly, Kravet, P, Kaufman fabrics, Covington and Robert Allen.  Don’t be intimidated to shop our site if you simply want to add a splash of color to your couch with 2 decorative accent pillows, or add a fabric roman shade to your front entrance to wow your quests for the Holidays.  You will be pleasantly surprised with low internet pricing.  Custom is for everyone these days, so give it a try.

Don’t for get to visit our new online store for items and gifts for as little as  $20.  www.athomeaccents.com where you can find unique decorative accents such as clocks, pillows, lamps, throws, lighting and hotel bedding.

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Fabricworkroom.com is proud to announce the launch of their new home décor site atHomeAccents.com; a site where you can find savvy pieces to accent your home. “The new site was designed to offer our customers a complete look to the rest of their home”, states co-founder Jackie S. Keehan. “We are so successful at helping thousands of customers over the years decorate online we felt a need to expand our offerings. Our new products are the icing on the cake and we are really excited about it!” FabricWorkroom.com (available online at http://www.fabricworkroom.com) works with high-quality fabrics to create a range of home furnishings like window treatments, drapes, upholstered headboards, fabric shower curtains, pillows and bedding. With the introduction of www.atHomeAccents.com, you can find decorative pieces such as mirrors, table lamps, chandeliers, clocks, baby blankets, hotel style bedding, linens, towel sets, throws and more to make certain no corner is left unfinished.

atHomeAccents.com will still offer the same superior level of customer service as FabricWorkroom.com with live design consultants Monday – Friday from 9AM to 6PM EST. The philosophy will remain the same, keeping prices within reach and much lower than the decorator and designer would charge. It is now easier than ever for people to decorate their homes stylishly yet inexpensively, marrying good taste with good economic sense.

When trying to figure out the correct size for your window treatments, it can get tricky.  This is why we have measuring guidelines and detailed information throughout our site.  Custom made drapes are the most popular product we offer.  We are well aware that correctly measuring can be a challenge. The reason you are doing custom drapes is to get a perfect fit and functionality.  So we have a few tips below to help clear any confusion.

The main thing to ask yourself is “do I want decorative side panels or do I want to be able to close them to cover my windows completely for privacy?”.  Once you have answered that question, it is much easier to focus on how to correctly measure for your custom drapes.   Here are some examples:

Decorative Drapery Panels (not for use in privacy or light control)

Example 1

The window is 45” wide from casing-to-casing and 80” long from the top of the casing to the floor.  The drape use is decorative.  

The general rule is to use one width of fabric for windows up to 70″.  One width of fabric is 54″ off the bolt.  When one bolt width is made into a finished drape with side hems and pleats, the finished with is approximately 23″ inches.  In this case, you would order 46″ finished width for your pair or 1 width for each panel.   Full Custom you will order by the inch to give you exactly what you want.  In Semi and Classic Custom, you order by the width. 

Generally we recommend that you mount the rod a minimum of 4″ above your casing.  So your finished order width and length is 48″ Wide X 84″ Long.  In a width department, you would order 1 Width X 84″ Long.

Example 2

The window is 88” wide from casing-to-casing and 85” long from the top of the casing to the floor.  The drape use is decorative.  

The general rule is to use one and a half widths of fabric.  One width of fabric is 54″ off the bolt.  When 1.5 bolt widths are made into a finished drape with side hems and pleats, the finished with is approximately 34″ inches.  In this case, you would order 68″ finished width for your pair or 1.5 widths for each panel.   Full Custom you will order by the inch to give you exactly what you want.  In Semi and Classic Custom, you order by the width. 

Generally we recommend that you mount the rod a minimum of 4″ above your casing.  So your finished order width and length is 68″ Wide X 89″ Long.  In a width department, you would order 1.5 Width X 89″ Long.

Privacy and Light Control Drapery Panels

You have a window that is 80” wide from casing to casing x 75” from the top of the casing to the floor.  You would like fabric drapes that will close and cover your entire window for privacy and light control.   For privacy panels, you have to give the exact measurement of your rod from bracket-to-bracket – not your window size.    You decide how far past the window you will mount your rod brackets.  If you have a lot of wall space, you can go out approx 15” on each side.  This is your rod size bracket-to-bracket.  The total width would be 80 + 15 +15 = 110”.  You would like to mount them 4” above the casing.   The final measurement is 110” x 79” long.  This is what you would order.

You can order drapes from our Semi and Classic Custom departments in widths and still accomplish privacy and light control.  You just have to make sure you order enough widths to cover your window.

Mounting your brackets out from the window is important if you want your drape to clear the glass when the drape is opened.  We have a chart on the site that will give you the amount you should go out on each side for a pair or on one side if you are ordering a single panel.  If you wall space is limited, go out as far as you can to give you the best glass clearing result.

When it comes to upholstered headboards, customers want advice on how high to order their headboard.  Our standard upholstered headboard is a total of 44″.  The leg is 18″ and the fabric headboard is 26″.  On the tall end, the leg is 18″ and the board is 40″ for a total of 58″.  So with such a range of choices, the best advice we can give is to consider the scale and symmetry of your room and bed size.

Let’s start with the twin upholstered headboard.  The scale of a twin bed is on the small side.  The headboard has to work with the bed(s) and its surroundings.  We believe that the standard height works well here.  Chances are that you will have two headboards in the room and you don’t want them to completely overpower the room.  You should consider adding a few inches if you plan to add a nice selection of pillows.

You should notch up the height on a full size upholstered headboard.  The width of the mattress warrants a taller board to balance the scale of the headboard.   You should consider the range of 44″ to 48″.  Think about the pillows you will add and the height of the ceiling.

For a queen size upholstered headboard, you should be looking at 50″ or more.  The bed is a bit more substantial, you will have pillow shams and more decorative pillows.  You want balance with all the other elements of the room.

King size upholstered headboards should go to the limit at 58″ whenever possible.  It is the latest fabric headboard design trend for good reason – it looks great!  Tall king size fabric headboards are in nearly all the high end boutique hotels.  Regarding scale, if you were able to fit a king bed in your master bedroom, chances you can easily accommodate a tall headboard.   If you love lots of pillow shams and oversized decorative pillows, you can really go crazy and not hide your beautiful new upholstered headboard.

To really get the height right, we recommend using blue painters tape on the wall where you will have the headboard.  Take the tape and outline the size of the headboard.  Step back and take look.  Move the tape to a couple of different heights.  You’ll know when it right.

Just like with clothing, shoes or anything else, one size does not fit all.

Are you having a hard time finding a shower curtain that fits your shower or bathtub?

If you have high ceilings or a custom shower stall you may face this common problem. We can make your extra long shower curtain from the standard 72” long all the way up to 100” long.  Our custom made extra long shower curtains are a #1 seller and you won’t have to sacrifice style for your space!

Some older homes have original claw foot tubs. While these tubs can be a beautiful focal point in your bathroom room, they are often extra wide and standard shower curtains just won’t fit. If you also have high ceilings, you are in luck. We can make your custom shower curtain extra wide AND extra long to solve your shower and tub problems.

We have now added extra long, extra wide and extra long & extra wide liners cut and sewn to your exact size to protect your new custom shower curtain. It’s that easy! Our shower curtain liners come in several colors. They are made of 3 gauge vinyl, have reinforced grommets, a magnetic hem and are mildew resistant.  You can transform your bathroom with our custom shower curtains and now protect your curtain with one of our custom liners.