When Formality Reigns
As the space where guests are entertained, dining rooms require putting the best decorative foot forward. And when the room carries a formal flavor with dark, polished 18th-century-style mahogany furniture, rich carpets, and gleaming, gilt-encrusted chandeliers, its formality should be carried out in its window treatments as well.
 ©Artizana Drapery Hardware Twist rods outlining the tops of these arched windows are covered in two formal fabrics, white satin and green moiré, perfect companions for the scarves atop them.
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These are the windows for finer fabrics, stately drapings, and refined colors. Golden damask that puddles voluptuously to one side before cross-tying at the top makes one such regal statement. Other formal fabrics -- satin and moiré -- are used in tandem in shorter treatments that gain their elegant presence from draping and material choice rather than abundance of fabric.
©Artizana Drapery Hardware
A formal dining room drapery uses
classic damask fabric to cross-tie in a
swagged valance before falling off to a
shorter length at one side.
