Window Treatments: Brave Maggie Designs, Designer: Hartford House Design

The holiday season is the perfect time to get creative with your home decor. Windows, in particular, are an opportunity to transform a room in a refined manner, bringing luxury to holiday decor. From ecru draperies in floor-to-ceiling windows to winter florals in cafe curtains for your kitchen, a thoughtfully created window treatment creates an elegant space for you and your guests.

At Brave Maggie Designs, we partner with interior designers and homeowners to bring craftsmanship to every project. Our expert team crafts custom window treatments using high-quality fabrics and supports your project from design to installation.

Today, we’re sharing some of our expertise to guide window styling decisions for your festive gatherings.

Window Treatments: Brave Maggie Designs, Designer: Julie McCoy

Wool and Cotton Combination for the Living Room

As we’ve discussed in previous blogs, wool drapery adds visual and physical warmth to a space, making it ideal for gathering spaces like living rooms and family rooms during the holidays. Wool’s sound absorption also makes it well-suited for quieter, intimate gatherings. You can combine this with high-quality cotton drapery for additional texture.

Wool drapery in subtle holiday colors can serve as the base for a more flexible cotton layer. The cotton layer can be adjusted to suit a variety of holiday design styles. Semi-sheers in a soft winter berry red work beautifully in a modern Christmas decorating style. A classic plaid can be a perfect fit for a cozy cottage-inspired style. Snowflake prints embroidered on a cream base bring holiday cheer to a minimalist decorating style.

You can also motorize your drapery for convenience and accessibility. You can adjust the light and mood in your living room from winter gloom to soft indoor lighting. Controls are available in wall switches, remotes, or apps and can often be automated.

Pair your window treatments with custom throw pillows made of cotton flannel for the ultimate holiday decor. Living room pillows can be made with a cotton-silk blend to pair with your semi-sheer drapery or tweed to complement your wool drapery.

Our team here at Brave Maggie Designs also considers the practicality of the fabrics for window treatments. Our recommendations consider durability, space, and personalization to ensure your design is executed to the highest standard.

Photographer: Girls At Flourish, Window Treatments: Brave Maggie Designs, Designer: Paige Williams

Tips for Festive Patterns in an Elegant Home

Festive patterns don’t have to be gaudy to be fun, bright, or convey holiday cheer. Consider the pattern size and color combinations when selecting a fabric to use in your home decor. They shouldn’t clash with your interior design style but complement it. In general, larger windows can handle bolder prints, and smaller windows look better with delicate prints. In a minimal interior, a grand window treatment can be a statement piece to add to your home this winter.

Fabrics for window treatments come in rich colors and patterns, including solid, plaid, and houndstooth, for a classic Christmas and winter holiday aesthetic. Some plaid colors that work well are the traditional red and green, green and cream, and green and blue. Winter florals in icy blue or deep red are some of our favorites to use in window styling for luxury interiors.

For smaller bedroom windows, custom Roman shades are a great way to add statement holiday decor with elegant colors and prints. They offer sleek, modern holiday window styling for sophisticated interiors.

Window Treatments: Brave Maggie Designs, Designer: EH Interiors

Sheer Drapery in Your Sitting Room

Having sheer drapery in a room helps create an elegant winter wonderland. A sitting room gets more use during holiday gatherings when friends and family reconnect with meaningful conversations. It’s the perfect space for light drapery that allows light to filter into the room until sunset. Consider sheer silk fabric for a modern, luxurious decorating style and sheer linen for an organic, rustic, or Scandinavian style.

In Nashville homes, sheer draperies layered under bolder holiday patterns are another elegant way to decorate for the holidays. Delicate materials add a touch of contrast that is often needed for holiday decorating. Our Brave Maggie Designs team works with your vision to ensure that the layering enhances the guest experience.

Velvet in Drapery & Trims for the Dining Room

Dining rooms are quite possibly the most important room in a house when it comes to holiday gatherings. In the dining room, velvet drapery can work as a showstopper (until the food arrives, of course). Velvet creates beautiful, elegant draperies in large gathering spaces like dining rooms. Ciselé velvet in deep holiday red works great for impact on large windows in a dining room. An embossed velvet, in forest green or warm beige, is another great option.

Alternatively, luxury velvet fabrics with rich colors can be used as trims in cotton drapery. They can be added as a border to Roman shades or vertically along drapery edges. The velvet trim in window treatments can be paired with custom seating in the same velvet fabric. Our clients often like velvet trims on their custom lumbar pillows for another level of luxury.

If your guests are bringing young children over and you want to consider longevity, you can use performance velvet fabric. This kind of velvet is made of synthetic fibers and is a durable, stain-resistant option for holiday gatherings.

Cotton Drapery for Bathrooms

If you want the holiday charm to continue even as guests refresh themselves, select a high-quality cotton for your bathroom window treatments. It’s that extra step in creating cohesive holiday decor. Cotton offers versatility, drapes nicely, and is easy to clean. Cotton draperies add luxury and warmth to a room that can often be quite minimal and sterile.

Chambray is a lightweight cotton that comes in soft, dyed colors. Selecting classic holiday colors can work beautifully in cafe curtains for smaller bathroom windows and complement other holiday decor such as Christmas hand towels and winter florals. For larger windows, a 100% cotton drapery provides a grander effect. The cotton helps create really soft, rounded folds, from the pleats all the way to the base of the drapery. These can be in icy winter blues, Douglas Fir greens, or Carmine reds for festive cheer.

At Brave Maggie Designs, we love creating window treatments with cotton because it produces beautiful folds that stay in place for a long time. In our Franklin showroom, we have a curated selection of high-quality cotton fabrics for interior design projects.

Kitchen Cafe Curtains

Intentionally selected cafe curtains, properly known as drapery, for your kitchen make a huge difference in the busy holiday season. For windows above the sink in the winter, using cafe curtains in holiday patterns and prints adds charm without adding chaos. They help filter light in the day for more comfortable cooking and cleaning. In the evening, they are a comforting slice of holiday joy.

Elegant Holiday Window Treatments for Festive Gatherings

The holiday season is a delightful time to dress your windows exactly as you envisioned them. Our team facilitates the design process and guides you to the best options for your ideas. Custom window treatments made with high-quality materials are our specialty. We offer our partnership to interior designers and homeowners with an appreciation for high-quality design and craftsmanship.

At Brave Maggie Designs, we craft custom drapery, soft furnishings, and wallpaper for homes in Nashville, Franklin, and Brentwood. Our commitment to excellence ensures that each piece reflects your vision. Schedule your consultation today and let's start bringing your project’s vision to life.

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