Drapes With Valance Are Beautiful

drapes with valance

Drapes With Valance Are Beautiful

What is a Valance window treatment? Before you consider the benefits to have drapes with valance, you should first understand what the valance actually is. This is simply the cover over the entire top of your blinds, normally sitting on top of either the horizontal rods for the curtains or the vertical rods for your drapes. The valance covers the whole blind area and when opened, it makes the window “free standing”.

The valance covers and sets the stage for you to be able to control the amount of light that is let into the room. You no longer have to bend low to adjust the height of your drapes because the valance covers the entire window frames from top to bottom. This frees you from having to adjust your drapes as well. It also allows you more freedom when selecting the type of drapery fabric that you would like to use with your drapes because you do not have to stop and adjust each rod individually in order to adjust the height of each rod.

What are some examples of drapes with valance attached? Some common ones include bay windows, wide bay windows, French windows, large picture windows, bay windows with casement doors, double hung windows (onto the left and right of the center line of a wall), triple pane windows and single pane windows. So depending on the type of drapes with valance that you have chosen for your home, the style and type of curtain could vary. The only thing that remains in doubt is the type of curtain material that you would like to use. For most people, they go for the more traditional curtain materials such as velvet drapes with attached valances.