OKAY, so how many of you have needed help with your window treatments?! 👋🏻👋🏻 I'm sharing my professional secrets to mastering drapery so you don't have to worry any longer!! 🙏🏻 Watch this video to learn the ins and outs of drapery design, various styles of drapery and why you'd select one style over another! 😍💕 This is part 1 of a full window treatment series, just for you!!! 👏🏻👏🏻 Hey guys! This video is SUPER MEATY!!!! Let me know in the comments below if you've still got questions, and we'll schedule a specific Q&A!!!!!

I grew up knowing all the drapery terms because my mother managed the drapery department for a major retailer....good memories! Very comprehensive lesson....you are definitely one of the best decorating channels on KZfaq!

This woman is so entertaining! Her energy & enthusiasm are infectious, the info she shares is valuable, and she has inspired even a decor Green Thumb and my 1977 Home Economics teacher's worst nightmare like me! Wow!!

Everything I needed-in minutes. You’re a genius, you know that right? Thanks!!!

Thank you…I’m a man and I am re decorating my home and just wanted to have and educated perspective on what I should be doing….You provided me with that…THANKS!!!

Classy lady. She never overtly puts down an individual’s style, but she does teach her style compassionately. I appreciate her advice and sophistication. Thanks Lisa.

I have never watched any of your videos before today and want to say what a fan of yours I have become. Your video on drapery was the most informative, educational and inspiring I have seen. A per peeve of mine is drapery that has pooled on the floor. Does anyone realize how dangerous it can be if someone's shoe get's caught in the fabric? Having the panel a fraction of an inch above the floor is beautiful and much more practical. I agree with your comments and have felt this way for many years. I don't see why more professionals don't stress this fact.

One thing to consider is that one well-dressed window can rival the cost of your sofa. And it will need to be taken down and professionally cleaned at least once a year.

Thank you for using the noun tense “drapery” instead of the verb tense “drapes” which often people say incorrectly! Excellent presentation!,

You are a no nonsense decorator that is straight forward without giving us “ the fluff”. Keep up the good work!!!

Lisa- your channel is pure education. I love that you get so excited at different styles and just appreciate beauty instead of constantly imposing a preferred style on your viewers. Your videos have been huge help as we gutted our entire 1860 farmhouse and put in everything brand new!

I have made window treatments for over 20 homes (in the military, I moved alot) plus homes of my friends and neighbors. I have plenty of books on draperies. However, your video has suddenly made the types and styles of draperies incredibly clear and easy. I chose some incorrect styles in my last home and was confused as to how to correct them. Suddenly, I understand what I need to do! This is one of your best videos!

Tell us more about choosing fabrics for drapery. Thank you, Lisa

As much as I like the way drapes/curtains look...for me...they are dust collectors and more work than I want to do 😂 I'm shooting for bamboo blinds...simple and beautiful, warm and streamlined ☺️ Enjoy your videos!!

I love that you talk fast - there is so much to watch, brevity is wonderful!

I would have really liked for you to address drapery for mid century modern, Scandinavian, Boho, and modern-ish Asian. What about these styles? Thanks for your amazing videos. ☺️

It would be really interesting to see the same room with different window treatments applied. Love your channel!

A specific Q&A on drapery would be so helpful and informative! Love you Lisa! 😍💕

Thank you, for your tips. Stayed in a beach house that has creamy sheer drapes, that puddle on the floor when the windows are open a cool breeze causes them to billow in the wind. Dreamy effect

Oh, Lisa, I just love you. You are so good at this. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world! When we moved from NY to AZ I set aside about 5k just to do our window treatments. My husband had no idea what I was talking about. When we got here, all of the plantation blinds and fixed panels stayed!! I was thrilled, but mostly because I had NO IDEA what I was going to do. Your explanations here would have served me well, for sure!!

Perfect timing on the window treatment video! My one son is finishing up a reno on a 1960 ranch home he purchased. The house has great 'bones' and he's done a fantastic job of updating. Now he's down to window treatments in his living room, master bedroom and guest room. And...of course, I get to help!!

Seriously, soooooo good and so informative! It’s refreshing to see ID content that actual about the education versus the “fluff.” Absolutely obsessed, Lisa!

I have been manufacturing custom window coverings for over fourty years.I have worked with many designers over the years ,some not so good.Your video was very informative for people to understand how important window treatments are.Enjoy this very much

I just spent 4 hours looking at drapes online, never had to buy them before. Sooo confused then I see THIS! Thank you so much!

The best part about friday🥳🎉🎊

I live in very cold Melbourne Australia in a traditional house and need my drapes to function as thermal barriers, even thought it not my style I need full length to the floor, thermal lined with a pelmet to keep the draft out.

LOVE YOUR PERSONALITY LISA. My favourite thing, is that you are so down to earth, not showing any condescending, attitudes. So important for those who want some of those fabulous designs, but working with limited budgets.

Fantastic information-dense overview! Clear and to the point. You are a natural teacher. I really appreciate all of the examples you found and edited into the video. Thank you!

Thanks! Love the details. That thermal lining could be used here in FL. I have one room that has a thermal lining since it gets flooded with sunlight. Even with A/C, the sun can heat up a room something fierce. To help keep cooling costs down, linings make a difference. That's my experience anyway. Great informative video as always!

Your advice is excellent. My mother made wedding gowns professionally for a major NYC department store and taught me to sew. I made drapery. Beautiful drapery, if I do say so myself. When I sold my two previous homes, the new owners were so impressed with the custom drapes, they kept them and designed around them. One woman referred to them as the “crowning glory of the room”.

I love this topic!☺️ I just got done installing 15ft of hardware as a single continuous pole (I have three windows to cover). I was able to do it all for about $20. I combined two sets of IKEA of rods and it looks great! Now I need to go hem all my six set of panels.

We’re six weeks away from moving into a new build. This lesson was a godsend! 😘

I always feel like I'm in school when I'm here. U made me reconsider my current drapery situation...now I know what makes sense and why.

Wow, Lisa. You really nailed it with this video on drapery. So many good tips. I've already watched it twice. Really enjoyed and learned from this one. Good job....great job.

I love anything to do with Drapery, and window treatments. Thanks for sharing.

In Spain, we nearly always have rolling blinds, so we need to cover these. Thanks Lisa, you're great at explaining things

Another comprehensive look at one aspect of design, and again the pictures illustrate exactly what you’re talking about. Great video! I am a window treatment junkie. All my windows have plantation shutters that guard against the hot sun of our climate, and fixed panels. I think of drapery as the eyebrows of a window....without them there had better be a fantastic view to compensate 😎. Thanks again for a great Friday video Lisa!

Love how in depth and details each of these videos are! I would love to see a video on Trim/Moldings!

I just replaced all my blinds with draperies... I'm obsessed with the transformation! I feel so grown up now!

oooh yes, I need thermal lining - thanks for that Lisa. I live in a sub-alpine place that gets really cold in winter. I'm going to call in the professionals for my curtains and spend the cash. I really need lovely thick generous curtains to shut out the cold wintery nights. Great video!

I so appreciate your thoroughness on the topics. This is definitely a favorite!

Valences = curtain bangs.

Love your hardware advice, placement is key. Especially for creating a larger room look and feel. Thats something we try to tell our clients as well! Thank you for Sharing!

You're an excellent teacher! You're able to educate and inform the viewer with no decorating experience as well as the seasoned design professional. Great job and please keep it up.

You read my mind! This subject has been keeping me up at night. I have been trying to find window treatments for the past three months. Going to have to go custom so this education is just in time!!! Thank you so much.

Hi Lisa! Q & A please! How do I do a ceiling rod for a contempory look? Thanks for all you great advice & ideas!

I just want to say your videos have taught so much. I had no idea how much I didn’t know about home decor. Thank you for your videos, I love the energy you put into your video.

After watching your videos about style types and now this series, my house has been telling me all sorts of things!! Right now it is telling me that it wants ALL the draperies, the florals, pleats, brass fittings, holders with tassels, curtain bangs, silks, thermallining, heavy cotton velour, tulip shades AAND! IT MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER GETTING CROWN MOLDING! and I just thought to get it short curtains i guess I will have to learn to sew drapes and shades now.. Thank you for the video and this whole series! Winter is fast approaching here in Denmark and our new house has a ton of small old windows, and it is seriously cold in the mornings! Well it is from 1858, so cannot be too mad at it 😆

That transitional couch looks like the Partridge Family bus!! I’m going to have to use an almost opaque sheer for our west facing picture window that looks out to the bay. Maybe put a layer of regular curtains in front on a double rod??

Fast paced and informative. A TON of great info in this video in under 15 min. Well done Lisa! I learned so much. Looking forward to the next one in the series.

I have grommet drapes. They works well for both my sheers and my blackout curtains so I can have both in my open concept living and dining areas. It's the matching grommets that tie them together.

I adore how excited you are about interior design. Plus you are so informative and easy to follow!

This video came at a perfect time as I'm now onto selecting draperies after I battled my painting dilemma. After painting some walls matte black in my rental, it looked great with some of my Restoration Hardware furniture that was also in a matte black finish. But something didnt feel quite right. After watching your video I relaized some of the mistakes I was making. Too many metals. I had chrome, wrought iron pieces and gold going on. I couldn't figure out how my former apartment with the same pieces now felt so out of place. Then your advice shed some light. Aside from too many metals, I realized the architectural feel was now a traditional backdrop in my 1920' s frech electic rental and not a new modern loft with concrete floors. I also had no framed pieces on the wall then and the walls and ceiling were matte white. The only gold were two gilded thai buddahs . I set forth and removed all the framed pieces and knew the black walls, despite how cool they looked, it needed to be floor and ceiling, and as much as I liked the looked, I prefered the minimalistic white walls. I customed matched the orginal paint but cooled it down to pair better with all the black; painting from floor and the ceiling. It worked!! I now have the modern minimal vibe from the apartment in my rental. I opted for 96" brushed cotton twill panels from RH, hoping this will provide some relief from all the sun but still feel modern and clean. So thank you 😊 for these amazing videos. I watched your video on rugs but how to choose the right shade of grey, is that something of a personal choice or are there tips in selecting the right one. I see a lot of rooms with all white walls and furniture like mine, but most are using light to medium solid grey rugs. I found a knotted wool rug thats more charcoal but worried it may weigh the room down with me ending up loosing that airy feel.

I am so excited to hang my drapery this weekend. I have been waiting for Ikea to re-stock since September. I ordered them a few weeks ago after finally coming back in stock and I am SOOOOO ready to finish my drapery chapter for my bedroom 😍💕

and here I am spamming the Q/A box because your videos are backed by actual industry knowledge, not some DIY "hacks"! I love your videos!

This is the best window treatement video on youtube.Ive been searching forever for this! Thankx!:)

Lisa...So much great info. I had to watch it twice to get all the details and enjoy the creative and sumptuous examples. In my living room, i have black rods with acrylic (crystal) balls on the ends and grommet drapes. This video is such a great resource that I will refer to my friends and family.

Hello Mam, you should probably know that I replayed 2:23 a couple of times to see your childishly excited, innocent smile. And thanks a lot for the usual great content!

Move to my current house two years ago, and long story short, I am now ready to install drapes. I have the fabrics and will be making them myself, and this video is perfect for me. I learned so much. Thanks for making this!

Thanks for this! I love the noise canceling effect drapery brings. Open concept houses can be so loud with life going on. I prefer a quiet space.

That video helps a lot, as you said in the beginning, there are so many options I am glad you simplified them for us. Thank you

Your channel has more useful and easily accessable information than stacks and stacks of coffee table books on design.

No one ever does a dive into drapery...so helpful. I love this series and looking forward to the rest of the series.

I can remember having balloon valances. I would stuff them with tissue paper. Now, I really like to have as much light coming through as possible with long shear draperies. My perfect house would have huge windows and a lovely view. I'm playing with getting golden rod velvet curtain for our bedroom. I definitely could hang the bedroom curtains higher.

I’m an interior designer & learning window treatments was an uphill battle! I would love to see you do a show on how to treat different sizes and shapes of windows, especially when they occur in the same space. I frequently have clients with a bay window, a slider & those annoying 22” square windows- all in the same space & have to come up with a cohesive look that functions differently for all the windows!

I never thought I'd laugh during a window treatment video, but you manage to make it fun! Love your style. I learned a lot and was very thankful for the style recap a the end, after learning about all the details. Great content!

Yes to the thermal lining for the winter weather here - works so well 🙌 And I’m a fan of the invisible hooks that you shared which simply moves the drapery 🥰👍

I think you are very generous to share your expertise with us, thank you.

Getting those rods hung high was the biggest challenge I've faced in all my home renovations. Four drill bits later, and I'm still not sure if they will come crashing down.

Please do shutters ASAP! Concerned about blackout possibilities.

Lisa, I absolutely love your enthusiasm. You have such positive energy and I truly appreciate all your advice. Thank you for being you!

Love all the tops and tricks and the photos are spectacular- that hotel room in New Orleans is eye popping gorgeous- fabric and what a unique style

Great video and created an excitement in me to change up my drapery...which is heavily lined due to our freeze-your-bits off winters (-30 C tonigt/-22 F) 🥶🥶🥶.

Thanks, Lisa. I'm saving this for when my son & daughter-in-law purchase their first home. Whilst renting, they haven't bothered to reflect on the impact all those details make to the finish of a room. Hubby & I have been living in our newly built home for almost 2 years and still haven't put up permanent drapery in any of the rooms! We have recently installed neutral honeycomb blinds but I am yet to convince him that hanging curtains close to the ceiling is the way to go :(

Always enjoy your videos. Working with you must be a joy.

Very helpful. We are in the midst of buying curtains in our new condo. This video will introduce various options to my husband for whom putting curtains in our living room is a big issue (he is concerned about cutting the beautiful city view). We are meeting with our expert next week and this will help to prepare us for the big event. Wish me luck.

I’m great at choosing drapes. Hanging them up without a lot of swearing and extra holes in the walls is another story! Also....the baseboard heaters in my home are a pain. I added snaps to mine and just have shorter curtains in winter. I don’t love it but.....it’s safe and it works ok.

There aren’t many design topics where I just can’t for the life of me make a decision, but I tried to replace my drapery a year and a half ago, and I was so overwhelmed with the options that I just hung a million plants in all my windows and called it a day. 🤣 In our next place, I’ll know where to start!

In the uk every window has a radiator under it unless you’re fortunate enough to have underfloor heating! I’ve just found your channel Lisa and am avidly binge watching every video 😂🥰 and loving your expert advice. You knock all the others into a cocked hat 🎩 x

You are an inspiration. So many choices make drapery selection stressful... but in a good way. Thanks.

I've decided this year I'm doing a small overhaul of my place, so these videos are super helpful!

I loved this! Please do a video on Modern French Country decor! 😁😁😁

One of the best and most informative segments to date. So very helpful and needed. I am going to save this to my email, my text, and the cloud. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I love learning about design and eat everything you say right up ! Love your personality and channel. I wish you could come to Wisconsin, USA and help me decorate my living room.... Love the touch of spring with the flowers in the background.

Excellent info, thank you! You're such a clear communicator, I really appreciate that these technical how-to vids are part of your content :)

Oh Boy! I've been waiting for this one! I'm considering making drapery panels (need 4.5 yds per panel ... yikes!) and want a nice linen fabric, not too heavy, and unlined ...something off-warmish cream, not start white, and maybe, maybe touched with a little hemp-like light neutral for a quiet and neutral look.

Thanks, Lisa. I think if you have a great view, lovely window frames & there are no privacy issues, you don’t need any window treatments at all! However, for most of us, drapes are a consideration so there’s lots of things to think about as pointed out in your excellent video. Unfortunately, as a lot of them are expensive to maintain with dry cleaning bills etc & fashions change, I prefer to keep them as simple as possible.

I'm building a modern house/ sort of mid century. Been watching all your videos and they are helping me with my decisions.

Hi Lisa, this topic is for me! We moved to a Bauhaus style house 1 1/2 years ago and I still can‘t figure out what drapery could fit in

Great video! Still looking forward to your video on Contemporary style! I will be choosing drapery for my contemporary style home soon and the contemporary styles you showed in this video were great!

Just did my whole main floor in vertical blinds. They are mad by Hunter Douglas and mimic a drape. Vertical blinds covered by a thin netted fabric. Nothing looks cheap. Nothing is hard to use. Lighting options are fantastic. And I love shutters.

Are you reading my mind? I just purchased curtains for my mother’s new room at her assisted living facility and am hating that I had to get short ones because of the heating unit. I’ve been trying to find rods that will make it easier for her open and close them and never even thought of a pull rod. I’ve only ever seen those in hotels but given her mobility issues, that’s the perfect solution. 🥰🥰

Another fantastic video! love your channel! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🤗💕

Can you break down design styles? I have such a hard time distinguishing certain ones.

Such a big topic with many things to consider in choosing window treatments. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise. We are sure lucky to have you! Enjoyed seeing and listening to this video.

I really appreciate the “basics” you shared. I have struggled with finding drapes that function for a sliding door patio window so this gives me some good direction

Awesome video! I love how you take such a complex and intimidating topic and simplify it to approachable. Love love love your channel💖

I’m so glad this was your topic today. My husband and I are building a new home in a coastal farmhouse style and we were discussing window treatments today. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge 💜🦋

Your videos are always fun, functional and fantastic on Fridays🥰

THANK YOU!!! i now have an idea of how i'd like to manage the drapes in my mid-century inspired room! YOUR the BEST! :)