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Linen Kitchen Shades
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Copyright 2011 - Ruth Anne Carpenter, Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Ruth Anne made these great shades for her kitchen. They are made with spearmint-green linen and lined with ThermalSuede. She sent this message along with the photographs: I love my new shades. Thank you for instructions on making Roman shades. This was my first Roman shade-making project. They turned out great! Well, I am truly impressed that Ruth Anne tackled such a wide expanse of windows for her first project.
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 The linen fabric creates a great effect when the sun shines through the shades. You can see the nubby texture and also the internal battens. I often get calls or e-mail messages from customers who are concerned that the battens will shadow through the fabric. I personally like the effect and think it adds to the beauty of the shade.  When pulled up, the shades mostly disappear into a gathered Valance she placed at the top of the window opening.  Ruth Anne made three separate shades rather than one large shade for the triple window. This was a wise decision since this was her first Roman shade project. I really like the look and she did a great job matching up the shades.  Ruth Anne ordered hardware from our online store. She purchased plastic battens, weight rods, flat pulleys, cord lock pulleys, hook and loop fastener, lift cord and cord drops. That means that she got her lining, mounting board and lift rings elsewhere. She spent $200 on the items she ordered from us. If we add in $20 for the board and lift rings, $45 for the ThermalSuede lining and $60 for front fabric (4 yards at $15/yard), the total for the four shades comes to $325. I priced out similar shades on a popular custom shade web site (linen, ThermalSuede, tucks in the folds, standard lift system) for the 4 shades (46" x 40", 50" x 40", 24" x 40", 24" x 40") and came up with a price of $1,237. That's a savings of $912. I'm sure that you will agree that her shades look like they were professionally made.
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