Product Description

Over 2,000 decorating ideas for windows, bedding and accessories- including draperies, shades, blinds, shutters, verticals, bedspreads, pillows, cushions and more. Blending current, popular styles with extraordinary new approaches, the fifth edition of The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions is a must have for designers, from beginner to expert.With more full-color illustrations than ever before, this book presents myriad window treatments for any room in any home from the most simple to the most challenging. Now 300 pages, which include detailed illustrations, cost-saving ideas, yardage and fullness charts and much more. Finally, a new comprehensive update for the book that has become the industry standard for decorators and homeowners alike. Now in its sixth edition, this all-inclusive pre-eminent decorating book has been reworked for the new millennium, including an expanded historical section, new styles and calculations, more comprehensive information about treatments and accessories, and of course, the visual index, a terrific means to colorize any window treatment or accessory in this book to your own interior color palette.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60581 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781890379124
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"Finally, a well organized easy-to-use book on window treatments." -- Joy A Gilbert, Interior Designer

Endless combinations and imaginative schemes are portrayed by fusing tops, tiers, draperies, miniblinds and shades to create fanciful decorative motifs -- Home Textiles Today

Endless combinations and imaginative schemes are portrayed by fusing tops, tiers, draperies, miniblinds and shades to create fanciful decorative motifs. --Home Textiles Today

Finally, a well organized easy-to-use book on window treatments. --Joy A Gilbert, Interior Designer

About the Author
Since he began in the soft furnishings business in 1976 as a drapery installer, Charles Randall has become a best-selling author and the world's leading authority on window treatments. After a successful sales career he started a window decorating and manufacturing company and to date, Charles has decorated more than 60,000 Southern California windows. In 1987, he revolutionized the interior design world, writing The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions, a comprehensive book on window decorating that has sold more than one million copies and become an international bestseller.

Customer Reviews

Great Idea Book for Window Treatments
This fifth edition has all the sketches in color. Just to give you an idea of how comprehensive this is, there are 19 pages showing valances, with five per page. I love this book, as it really opened our minds to the variety of styles available for windows. No more boring windows.
There's even a section for draperies, swags and valances used with beds.
I particularly liked the section "Windows With a Challenge" that showed solutions for such issues as an air conditioner in a double-hung window or dealing with arched top windows.
This has two index sections in the back. One is the usual word index and the other is a 38 page visual index showing the windows in black-and-white thumbnail sketches.
It's terrific, not just for professional decorators, but for all individuals wanting a new look for their home.
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Interior Designer Reccomended!
I have seen the 3rd edition of this encyclopedia. It was a fabulous reference guide. It is NOT for people who are making curtains themselves, but for those who wish to update the look of their window treatments. As an Inderior Designer, I reccomend this book as a reference guide to many styles of window treatments.

Great picture guide for window treatment styles
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WINDOW FASHIONS: 1000 DECORATING IDEAS FOR WINDOWS, BEDDING AND ACCESSORIES is a wonderful picture reference guide for designers when planning a room. It is an easy way to locate the perfect window treatment you are searching for to complete a room and to show the customer an idea of the finished product. It has many types of styles in each category of fabric window treatment and includes many kinds of pillows, bed coverings, etc.. This book includes more styles than I have seen anywhere in any one book. It is wonderful if you are looking for drawings of many, many, many kinds of window treatments.