RINGS AND HOOKS
1. ) CLIP-ON RINGS
Clip-on curtain rings grip the curtain with spring-tension prongs. It comes in metal or plastic, round or oval, and in a variety of sizes. The ring itself fits, attaches, or slides over a curtain rod. Unlike other types of rings, clip rings allow one to attach curtains that do not necessarily have attachment pieces. The clip clamps onto the fabric material of a curtain without any problem. Moreover, clip rings make it relatively easier to change the decor of the room because all it takes is to pry open the clips to remove a curtain and then attach another one.
2. ) PLAIN RINGS
These rings are made of metal, wood or plastic. It is hand stitched to the top of the curtain and then slid onto rods. It is sturdier than clip-on rings because it is sewn on the fabric itself. This type of curtain ring is always accompanied by a curtain rod.
3. ) EYELET RINGS
These consist of small curtain rings that slip over hooks eyelets inserted on the back of a curtain panel or header. For the best results, and its also one hook should be inserted on the back of each pleat curtain. These may be sewn directly to the curtains, or the hooks that have been sewn on the headers could be made to slip through the eyelets if these are big enough.
4. ) PIN-ON HOOKS
These hooks are pinned directly onto drapery or curtain headings. Pin hook curtain rings resemble fishing hooks and typically have a curved hook at one end and a sharp pin / end and the other end. It is worth noting that these rings are available in different styles including round, pointed, and longneck pin hooks. Round pin hook rings have a round top, while pin pointed hooks have a top shaped like the letter "V."
5.) PLEATER HOOKS
These devices work with PLEATER tape sewn into the heading of the panel. The PLEATER tape has narrow, vertical pockets that open at the lower edge of the tape. When you insert the prongs into the pockets at regular intervals, you create pleats in the front of the curtain header. You can then hang the curtain from the track or ring tabs in the same manner as pin-on hooks. PLEATER hooks are available with two, three or four prongs so you can create a single, double or triple pleats.
6.) SLIP-ON HOOKS
These hooks are used with open bottom drapery headings. These are pinch pleated drapes which are not sewn closed at the bottom of the heading. These hooks slip under the heading up and clamped around individual pleats.
FASTENERS
1. WOOD SCREWS
These have a coarser pitch (few threads per inch) than sheet metal or machine screws, and often have an unthreaded shank. The threadless shank allows the top piece of wood to be pulled flush against the under piece without getting caught on the threads. Some wood screws are tapered from tip to head, also.
2.) TOGGLE BOLTS
The Toggle Bolt is a spring wing type hollow wall anchor designed for use in block, wallboard and other hollow base materials. The Toggle Bolt is a two-part assembly consisting of a machine screw and a wing toggle spring.
3.) BOLTS MASONRY
Masonry bolts such as expansion anchors are made from a bolt and a nut inside a sleeve which is usually made of lead. They are usually used to install items into masonry, brick or concrete or other materials where threaded screws or bolts are not suitable. They are generally used for installing heavy-duty items into masonry, bricks and concrete, as the friction created between the bolt and the concrete is weighty enough to secure items with little force.
ACCESSORIES
The Classic range has sealers and a flame retardant in-tumescent coating applied to the back of the switches and is finished with two coats of lacquer giving a protective satin finish that can be waxed* to maintain its appearance. Predominantly use Oak which we stain for our warm Medium Oak and Rich Dark Oak. The Light Oak is finished in its natural state and will darken down over a period of time. Switch to Wood also produce a Limed Oak finish where we apply a Liming solution between 2 coats of lacquer thus stabilizing the Limed application and allowing for the switch to be cleaned with a clear furniture polish as you are able to with the rest of the wood switches and sockets.
2.) Finials
Finials are the decorative pieces that attach to the rod ends. Most of the actual rod is covered by the curtains, so the finial is the most visible part of the rod. Finials can be simple or ornate, round or square, large or small, metal, wood or crystal.
Curtain rod finials can be seen to act much like a barometer of public taste. Many designs hark back to the gothic and neo-gothic of architectural finials, while other contemporary finials reflect minimalist, art nouveau and other traditional styles of décor. The use of different materials is as wide as the range of designs with brass, stainless steel, various woods and aluminium being employed with a variety of finishes such as ‘satin steel’ and 'antique brass'. The durability, strength and machinability of modern alloys have lent themselves to increasingly intricate and dazzling designs.
Extension brackets are accessories that are attached to walls in order to carry curtain rods.
A wood plank that lays ‑at on top of a concrete or masonry foundation or wall that supports a floor or ceiling joist. The band joist and sill plate are the set of boards (in wood frame houses), or blocks (in a brick house) that sit on top of the foundation wall and run in a band around the house.
5.) Lead Weights
Lead weights are used when curtains flare out and won't stay put. Sewing a covered drapery weight just inside the hem will help the curtains stay in position and improve the hang for a classic look. Lead weights also help prevent your curtains from blowing in the wind and keep them looking their best.
6.) Chain Weights
A series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads.
WINDOW TREATMENTS AND ACCESSORIES
1.) DRAPERY LINERS
Drapery Liners are used to protect draperies, adding to their durability and longevity; provide added insulation in colder climates; and block sunlight that can damage or fade fabrics and disturb sleeping occupants. Lining can be used to give weight to be lighter, thinner fabrics, helping them hang better.
a.) Sateen Milium - either white or gray / silver in color. Eliminates inter-lining but is twice the cost of sateen.
b.) Sateen - most lined draperies with this, it may have to be interlined.
c.) Glosheen or colored Sateen - used for lining but is generally interlined with white flannel.
2.) POLE TREATMENTS
Pole treatments lend a nice, airy feeling to a room with drapery hanging just below the pole with rings, or drapery fabric fully gathered on the pole. Large poles can be brass, painted or stained wood, whirred with fabric, with decorative finials end, or even papered wall.
3.) VALANCES
A valance is a horizontal soft treatments made of fabric that is mounted across the top of a window. It hangs across the top of a window, adding softness, color , and pattern to a hard architectural element . Purely decorative, a valance helps establish a room's style. At its most basic, a slip of fabric can be attached to a rod with clip rings. They can have embellishments such as trimmings, braid, ribbon and tassels. Valances can be attached to a board mounted with velcro, staples, tacks, or hung on a rod depending on the style of headings used.
4.) SCARF
A scarf is a long piece of fabric, usually designed to drape across the top of a window and to hang to the floor on either side. Scarves can be hung on a decorative rod, through or with sconces drapery holdbacks at the top of a window. Scarves are good decorating solutions for odd sized windows that can not be dressed with standard window size fashions. They add a designer look to panels and draperies.
5.) PELMETS CORNICE AND BOARD
A pelmet or a cornice board is a framework placed above a window, used to conceal curtain fixtures. These can be used decoratively (to hide the curtain rod) and also help insulate the window by preventing convection currents . It is similar in appearance to a valance , which performs the same function but is made of fabric. A pelmet can be made of plywood, and are painted or fabric covered. Like a valance, cornice a team can appear alone or with another treatment.
6.) LAMBREQUINS
The lambrequin is a valence that comes further down on each side of the window, and often has a curvy, sculptural shape to it. Lambrequins are also usually stand-alone window treatments that extends all the way down either side of the window as well across the top, framing the windows on three sides.
7.) SWAG
A swag or festoon is a single or a double draping of fabric across the top of a window. It is hung from a cornice foundation and adds a striking accent to curtains. Layering a coordinating solid printed over swag curtains will bring all the colors of your room together to create a romantic focal point.
8.) JABOTS
A Jabot is a vertical pleated piece of window treatments used with festoons or swags along the top of a window. The usual purpose of a jabot is to hide the seams between individual swags, though treatments for their swag with only one purpose is simply decorative. Visually, they represent a continuation of the swag over the ends of a pole, and are always made of the same fabric decorator on the facing side as the swag itself. Jabots are often lined, however with a different style or color of the fabric which is then revealed along its bottom edge with each pleat.
9.) TIE-BACKS
Tiebacks are soft loops of fabric, cord, chain or other material that holds back drapes. They tie around the drape itself, either centering it or pulling it off to the side and tying it to a vertical rod. This allows a bigger view outside and more natural light to enter the room. Tiebacks are extremely common in curtains and drapes that do not use rings, since those are hard to open.
TRIMMINGS
TRIM- moldings applied around the interior and exterior window and door openings to cover the gap between the frame or jamb on the wall
1. BALLS - may be in silk, cotton, wood, and crystals.
2. FRINGE - is an ornamental textile trim applied to an edge of an item such as those of drapery or tapestry
Fringe originated as a way of preventing a cut piece of fabric from unraveling when a hemming was not used. Several strands of weft threads would be removed, and the remaining warp threads would be twisted or braided together to prevent unraveling.
3. BRAID- (also referred to as a plait) is a complex structure or pattern formed by interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as textile yarns, wire, or hair. Compared with the process of weaving, which usually involves two separate, perpendicular groups of strands (warp and weft), a braid is usually long and narrow, with each component strand functionally equivalent in zigzagging forward through the overlapping mass of the others. The most common is a flat braid, solid, three-stranded structure.
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4. Edging
- PIPING- cord covered with bias binding and used as decorative edging.
- WELTING- a strip of leather sewn into the seam between the sole and the upper of a shoe to strengthen the joining. a strip of material, often folded over a cord, placed at the edge or seam of a garment, cushion, etc. to reinforce or trim it.
- RUFFLES- An ornamental or gathered goffered frill of lace or other cloth on a garment
- PLEATS- fold is a type of fabric formed by doubling back upon itself and securing it in place. It is commonly used in clothing and upholstery to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference.
RODS
Rods are used to support the curtains. The curtains are usually hung on rods which are attached to the walls. Decorative curtain rods can be found in several metals and metal finishes — bronze, silver, gold and pewter, to name a few — and are also available in wood and wood-look finishes. Another consideration when choosing a curtain rod is the size; while the width of the rod corresponds to the size of the window, the diameter of the rod depends on the size and weight of the window treatments and your personal taste. The use of coordinating hardware to hang your decorative rods creates a uniform look.
1.) CURTAIN RODS FLAT
These rods carry an adjustable poles, often featuring ornamental end caps (finials), that attaches to the wall with brackets. It is drawn manually and curtains may be shirred onto the rod or hung by hooks.
2.) CAFE RODS
These rods are similar to sash-rods, but larger in circumference. In addition, they are intended to stick out from the wall slightly, rather than lying flat against the surface sash-like rods. Sash-like rods, they are meant to be used with curtains that start slightly above the window and end slightly below it. Ideal for kitchen windows or any window where shorter curtains are required.
Wood Poles are mainly used for decorative purposes. Wood poles can be purchased prefinished in a large variety of stains and paints, or can be purchased unfinished. They come in many styles, including fluted - A very popular choice, because the grooves give a two-tone look. Its curtains are attached with the use of rings.
4.) SASH RODS
They are thinner than other types of curtain rods and are also quite decorative. These are intended to be placed slightly above the top of the window and the curtain should hang slightly below the bottom. For this reason, homeowners choosing to use these curtain rods must purchase a curtain that is longer than the actual window.
5.) TENSION RODS
These rods are best for lightweight curtains and tight spaces, rubber-tip tension rods contain a spring mechanism that holds the rod in place within a recessed window frame.
6.) CUSTOM
7.) TRAVERSE RODS 
Custom Rods are bent rods that are screwed directly onto the wall. Panels wrap around the curved sides, making this a good solution for blocking out light and extra corner view from the window ends.
If you intend to open and close your drapes frequently, choose a traverse rod. Panels hang from drapery pins or hooks, which attach to plastic carriers hidden on the inner side of the rod. To draw drapes, you pull a cord or wand instead of tugging at the drapes themselves. Traverse rods are practical for heavier draperies, especially Pinch-pleated styles. Split (or center) draw is the most common operation, but drapes can draw only to the right or the left.
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Rings & Hooks, Fasteners:
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Trimmings:
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