Window Panels

If you’re looking for a “can’t miss” window treatment for a room in your home, consider dressing the windows with window panels. Window panels work in any décor in any home, so regardless of your decorating style, you can use window panels to complete the room’s look.

The great thing about window panels is that they are available in so many styles, patterns and colors. Any type of window panel you can imagine, from simple cotton duck or denim panels for a children’s playroom to very expensive silk brocade for a formal living room, is available and can be custom suited to your room.

Another wonderful feature of window panels is that there are so many of them available ready made. Department stores, home improvement stores, discount stores, decorating stores and online stores carry window panels. They’re available in every price range and come in a wide variety of widths and lengths.

If you prefer, you can also have window panels custom made. These look especially beautiful when coordinated with other fabrics in your room, such as your upholstery fabric or throw pillows. In fact, if you have even minimal sewing skills, you can make simple decorative window panels. Since they’re basically just large rectangles, as long as you can measure correctly and cut and sew straight, you’ve got the basics. There are dozens of patterns available for making simple window patterns.

Another way to get a custom look on window panels without actually having to make them is to buy ready made window panels in a color and size that fits the windows you’re dressing. Then using a piece of patterned fabric that coordinates or matches other fabrics in your room, sew a strip of the fabric along the inner edge of each panel. Voila! Your window panels now look like they were custom made for your room.

An alternate way of achieving this look is to buy ready made solid window panels that are a bit shorter than your windows require. Then, using fabric taken from your room décor, add the extra required length to the bottom of the panels. This method works best if your windows are in a prominent place in the room, where the bottom of the panels will be sure to be seen.

As you can see, window panels are great window treatments that suit every style of window, room and home. Shop around to find just the right window treatments for your home.