No one wants a dated looking home, but as it turns out, the wrong window treatments can be play a significant role in making your house look less than stylish. Here, Southern designers share seven ...

1. Overly Fussy Ruffles and Swags Ruffles, flounces, and swags had their moment once upon a time, but they’ve been replaced by cleaner, more tailored designs. Homeowners are gravitating toward ...

No one wants a dated looking home, but as it turns out, the wrong window treatments can be play a significant role in making your house look less than stylish. Here, Southern designers share seven ...

Read Part 1, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 of this story. Window treatments get a lot of attention in home décor, and for good reason. Windows are one of the most important elements of a room. They let ...

Shades, drapes, swags, valances—where do you start? Designers share all the advice you need to achieve dapper window decorating, including tips on new technologies.

The decorator John Fowler is often regarded as the master of the elaborate curtain treatment. Look at images of rooms created by him in the 1930s and 1940s and you’ll see what I mean. Fowler’s ...

Swag: A fabric top treatment that drapes into soft semicircular folds of fabric. Tab-top curtain: A curtain with fabric loops to go around a drapery rod or pole.

Pink, brown and green roses over draped swags with tasseled fringe. Components a and b are the same and the two pieces are joined together. Printed on back: "Scalamandre Wallpaper, Inc./ Hand Print/ ...