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

Yesterday, I obtained the entire grasscloth wallpaper up within the bed room, however I didn’t fairly end the wallpaper within the lobby. I’ll want yet one more day to try this. Within the meantime, I’m looking forward to my subsequent undertaking, which would be the draperies. I believed I would do the headboard subsequent, however for some purpose, the material nonetheless isn’t right here (although I paid for categorical processing/transport in order that it could be right here final Friday). No drawback. Not less than 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 an attractive teal velvet. However the attention-grabbing factor with velvet is that you could get two very totally different seems to be from one cloth relying on the way you grasp the material. Since velvet has a nap to it, which means that the fibers of the material lie in a single course, meaning that it’s going to look totally different relying on the course you view it. Which means I can get two actually totally different seems to be with this cloth relying on the course by 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 concept of how the draperies would look. Right here’s how the material seems to be with the nap of the velvet going up. You’ll be able to see how hanging the material with the nap going up provides the material a deep, darkish, wealthy look. Going this course, the draperies can be slightly bit darker than the partitions.

And right here’s how the material seems to be with the nap happening. This course will make the draperies slightly 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 happening 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 may see that I went with the darker possibility…

Simply going by the look of the 2, I personally favor the darker possibility, however the resolution isn’t fairly as simple as deciding which one seems to be higher. There are different components that give me pause. The primary issue is that hanging velvet with the nap going up will nearly actually result in them catching mud extra simply. I’m attempting to determine if that’s actually going to be a difficulty or not. In fact, my vacuum cleaner has an upholstery attachment, and it could take just a few minutes to make use of that to hoover the draperies when wanted. All of my draperies, even those who aren’t velvet, should be vacuumed periodically, particularly once I’m engaged on large initiatives and creating quite a lot of mud in the home. Hopefully, I’m nearing the top of making mud on this facet of the home, so perhaps underneath regular residing circumstances, it received’t even be a difficulty.

However I actually assume they’ll 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’d seem 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 seem like an intentional resolution 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 transform and embellish 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.