Must Haves – 2020 Key Fabrics
September 4, 2020
The Final Touch: Drapery Hardware
November 16, 2020
Now is the time!
This year has been very challenging for everyone but the extra time we have spent at home has inspired many of us to freshen up our living spaces. Draperies or stationary side panels combined with soft shades are not only beautiful, they are functional &emdash; providing control of light, temperature, privacy and security. Are you browsing beautiful products to cover those windows and having a difficult time with your design?
At Carole Fabrics, we know how overwhelming these decisions can be so we have created Carole Design Essentials, a collection of our best products, options, specifications and manufacturing processes. It is now easier to design, easier to quote and easier to order soft window coverings. There is no better time than now to be doing business with Carole!
1. Carole Design Essentials!
This collection is the best of our best, offering stylish designs with traditional, contemporary and transitional options across all product categories. Whatever your need, we have the product for you.
Need light control and privacy?
Carole has various lining options to provide the light control you need and all of our draperies have custom returns so you can cover the light/privacy gap on the sides of your window. If you require flexible light control for different needs throughout the day or night, consider using a soft shade with a top‑down/bottom‑up feature and add a traversing drapery with blackout lining over‑treatment. Flexibility during the day, and complete privacy and light control for night.
Temperature control?
Have you considered replacing your windows to reduce the heat coming in during the summer and escaping during the winter? Until you do, control that heat flow with an insulated drapery or soft shade. Our 15 styles of draperies and 7 styles of soft shades make it easy to find great solutions!
Cover your window but maintain a view?
Consider the Ripplefold™ drapery or the Single Pleat drapery because they have the smallest stackback so the fabric pulls off your glass into a smaller space. Keep that view!
Safe products to protect children, grandchildren or pets?
Cords can be a hazard to children or pets. Select from our many styles of hand or baton drawn drapery or choose a cordless shade from our two shade collections: Decorative Fabric Roller Shades and Soft Roman Shades. Beauty and safety!
How about tall windows?
Our drapery program can accommodate lengths up to 235 inches so you can cover or compliment those dramatic windows with dramatic effect!
Bay windows?
Drapery or shades on your bay windows provide light and privacy, but adding a bay shaped cornice or board mounted valance ties those windows together creating a beautiful statement all while controlling any light gap at the top!
And don’t forget our decorative pillow collection so you can complete your design with a coordinating pillow!
2. Beautiful New Hardware!
- New hardware styles, colors and finishes!
- Exciting new decorative hardware options for Ripplefold™ drapery!
- Motorized tracks with a ten-year warranty; the best in the industry!
- Curved walls? Carole now offers drapery hardware that can be bent or curved to follow the curve of your wall!
- Home Automation? Check out the new Carole drapery hardware from Forest that is compatible with home automation!
3. Easier Design Process!
Now that you have selected your design, have you struggled in the past to find information needed to create your quote? We’ve made it easy!
Check out the Quick Product Guides designed for you to use for quick reference during the design appointment. And we created easy to find, easy to read specification information so you have all you need to complete your design at your fingertips.
We’ve also updated carolenet.com with all of this new information so you can create accurate quotes in a timely fashion.
4. Now is the Time!
If you are a consumer, contact your design professional and tell them about Carole. If you are the design professional, we look forward to hearing from you. And if you already do business with us, we thank you with all our heart!
Carole Fabrics offers more in-depth training on our webinars. Log in to carolenet.com to sign up. We look forward to seeing you!
Susan Pfingst
National Training Coordinator
With over 35 years in the Home Design Industry, Susan brings her extensive experience in design and sales. Training is her passion and she looks forward to sharing her insight!