Cafe DeCocco: fabrics

Saturday, September 15, 2012

We made it! Now everyone can buy our drapes online--easy ordering, great prices, unbeatable quality.

The website is up! Live! DeCocco Design Drapes! Click and see!

Ok, enough with the exclamation points. It's been up for about a week, but there were lots of little computer issues to address. Who knew the differences in Internet Explorer and Chrome and Firefox and Safari? So much to know. What Gail and I DO know about is fabric, color, design, workroom quality AND the fact that you are going to LOVE the choices we're offering for drapes on your windows!

We also know how confusing it can be to order drapes and so have worked all these many months (9) to come up with a very special website with a very easy ordering process. It was really hard to do, but a goal that we refused to lose sight of. Frustration is not something we want for you! Oh, those exclamation points keep sneaking back in (but we are excited!). Beautiful windows in a home that makes you smile--that's what we want for you.

You won't find window treatments like these anywhere else. We've looked, and that's why we started this company; to provide a great option between ready-made drapes of lower quality from big box retailers and fully custom products that require a lot of time, money and energy spent with an interior designer and custom workroom. DeCocco Design Drapes provides a happy medium. We ARE the interior designers and our custom workroom makes these drapes for us to send to your door. The quality is superb, the linings are premium, the headers are updated and the prices are fantastic. Compare us with anyone of similar quality.

We're very proud of our product. Gail and I wanted to offer something different, something better. Our fabrics come from some of the top fabric houses in the U. S.. The patterns are stylish with a timeless appeal and of a lovely weight--no flimsy stuff for us--or for you. These drapes will hang from their rods proudly, substantially, richly. The colors are glorious. Some are fun, some are elegant; they're all exquisite.

We're going to use this blog to talk about how easy it can be to put drapes in your home with spectacular effect. We'll also talk about the differences in our drapes when compared with anything else in the marketplace, and occasionally show some sneak peaks of upcoming additions to our line of gorgeous drapery panels. It won't be all drapes all the time, of course. I can't help but throw in personal stuff and I want you to get to know Gail better. She's a wonderful business partner and a great friend. Together, we eat a lot of popcorn and a little good chocolate during our workdays. We work very hard, but we also laugh A LOT in the office and on buying trips (and during meetings and on the phone and...).

So watch for posts about linings, hems, trims, swatches, lengths, headers, widths, rods, etc. So much goes into window treatments. But we've got it all covered for you at DeCocco Design Drapes. We've even put our email address right on the ordering pages of the website in case you need some professional advice before you order. Gail and I will personally help you make the right choice. And really, I can't say it enough that we've made ordering online EASY. And shipping is free! Wait till you see.

DeCocco Design Drapes. Ta da!

Ciao,

Anne

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

6 Ways to Bring Spring into Your Home

Tra la la la. We made it through another winter! While I'm not quite in the mood for a summery, hot weather decor, I definitely want all signs of winter banished from my delicate eyes. Here's what I'm doing right now:

1. Clean and edit. I know, it's a bummer. There's no getting around the fact that a good spring cleaning does wonders for your home. Put stuff away, polish everything up. There, we got through that together and now can move on.

Here I am, in my lace apron (as if).

2. Walk through every room and remove the nubby red throw, the jewel toned accent pillows, the big bowl of pine cones, the puffy comforter, etc. Send them off to the cleaner or store them away in a closet. Replace them with a lighter throw (in weight and color) and accent pillows in some fresh, lively shades. Fill the bowl with river rocks or sea shells and put a thinner coverlet on the bed.

F. Schumacher fabrics
A fresh color scheme to consider.

F. Schumacher fabrics and a Room and Board pillow

Here's a quieter palette, but still light and lively.

3. Replace some of the artwork on the walls and shelves. This really makes a nice change for me. Rotating your artwork, or family photos, means that you're really going to notice them, not just walk by them day after day. The beautiful still life painting that's been sitting on our mantel gets changed out for 3 big, matted frames featuring photos I took at the nearby lake. Super cheap and easy.

(from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, not mine)

Replace this...

With something like this.

4. Add some fresh sparkle--have you got an old mirror stowed away somewhere? Find a new place for it. How about someplace offbeat, like over a doorway, as if it were a transom? How about at the end of a hallway? Just remember to look at what it's reflecting. A mirror reflecting a window is fab, but it can reflect artwork hanging on the opposite wall or a pretty tablescape on a console or anything else that you like to look at. Don't let it reflect the kitchen! If you don't want to use a mirror, think about any metallic object. Sparkly candlesticks or a shiny picture frame can do the trick.

Sparkle Plenty (at Pottery Barn)

5. Flowers! I'm seeing lots of very inexpensive pots of flowers, even at the grocery store. I think some of them are meant to plop right into your outdoor planters, but we still have a chance of frost. I'm putting a pot of posies into a container on the kitchen island for a week or two, before sending them outside. The same could be done with those yummy herbs they've got at the big home improvment stores. A little group of them in a basket right now, next to the bathroom sink. So nice.