The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments: DIY Draperies, Curtains, Valances, Swags, and Shades

By Linda Neubauer

Book Overview

The most comprehensive DIY window book on the market

The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments makes it easy to choose and construct today's most popular window treatments - 20 styles of valances, swags, and cornices; 20 styles of curtains and draperies; plus 10 types of window shades. Room photographs show each style in a variety of decorating styles, fabrics, and hardware. Each project has step-by-step instructions from beginning to end: measuring the window, cutting the fabric with confidence, sewing or constructing the project, and installing the treatment the professional way. Over 500 how-to photographs and diagrams make it easy to have professional results. This is the big book of DIY window treatments

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589232941
• ISBN13: 9781589232945
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Creative Publishing int'l
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 1.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great ideas

I recently bought a new house with very large windows. I can't find store bought curtains, so I'm going to have to create my own designs. This book gave me several ideas that are new and unique -- things I'd never thought of. There are pages and pages of color photos to inspire you. Unfortunately, this is not a "how to" book but an idea book. Now, I have to figure out how to sew what I like!

Visually satisfying

The photos are superb, no doubt about it. To me the pictures that sometimes went with the instructions were not enough. I felt that if there were step by step sketches or pictures to the instructions, it would have gotten an excellent rating from me. Overall, I still would give the book 5 stars.

Great book!

This book is completely awesome. I don't need to purchase any other reference materials for ideas on how to do my windows. Love it, love it, love it!!!!

Overall very helpful

I am a novice sewing who was looking for good basic instruction. I found the pictures and instructions in the this book very helpful for creating easy, professional looking draperies and valances.

good stuff

Beautiful book. I loved the photographs and easy to read style. I am more motivated than ever to do the drapery projects that motivated me to find a book like this in the first place. Well done.