Window dressing styles and ideas from Alternative Windows

Window Styles & Ideas:

Bow Windows:

With bow windows you have many possibilities when dressing them. You can position your curtains outside the window and have sheer blinds or nets inside the recess. If the bow is deep enough then your curtains can be positioned to follow the contour of the window. Pelmets or valances can be fitted to the roof of the bow.

Curtains outside bow window

Curtains fitted outside the bow with Austrian blinds inside the recess.


Full length curtains held at corners of recessed window.	Full length curtains accentuating the shape of the bow with the use of tiebacks.	Short curtains outside of bow.

Draped Styles:

This is the most elaborate way of adding elegance to your windows. In the simplest form it can be a length of fabric draped over a curtain pole. The most complicated form can imitate swags and tails. You can use Velcro tabs to keep the drapes in place.


Imitation swags and tails.	Asymmetric design.	Simple drape over a curtain pole.	Long swag and tail.

Cafe Curtains:

Cafe curtains are used to give privacy covering the lower part of the window and are usually left closed. They are hung on decorative poles using tabs or scalloped edge.


Two rows of cafe curtains dividing the window.	Cafe curtains hung behind full length main curtains.	Scalloped cafe curtains.

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