PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Shutters
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
Cornices
We offer window treatments for any business or commercial setting.
Custom Bedding
We create one-of-a-kind custom bedding designs.
Drapery & Valances
Add the perfect finishing touch to your windows.
Drapery Hardware
At Ida & Norma’s Draperies, we believe in providing our customers with everything they need to transform the windows of their homes.
Fabrics
Choose from our large selection of fabric colors, patterns and textures.
Motorized Window Coverings
Enjoy the convenience of motorized window coverings.
Window Top Treatments
Add color and softness to your window with top treatments.
Outdoor Awnings & Screens
An outdoor patio awning can completely change how you experience your outdoors.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Certified Hunter Douglas Repair Center
Your window treatments work hard for you day in and day out—filtering light, providing privacy, and adding style to your home.
Motorized Covering Expertise
We offer expert motorization services for your window coverings.
Window Covering Cleaning
We offer professional window treatment cleaning services.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
Blinds & Shades by Room
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Bathroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and moisture-resistance.
Bedroom
See window covering solutions for privacy and room darkening.
Home Office
See window covering solutions for light filtering and glare control.
Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
See window covering solutions for light filtering and UV protection.
Media Room
See room darkening window treatments for your media room.
Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
See blinds and shades for angled, sloped, and triangle-shaped windows.
Arched Windows
See blinds and shades for arched, half-circle or half-moon windows.
Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
See blinds and shades for bay, bow and corner windows.
French Doors
See shutters, blinds and shades for French Doors.
Sidelights
See blinds and shades for sidelight windows.
Sliding Glass Doors
See blinds and shades for patio and sliding-glass doors.
Skylights
See blinds and shades specifically suited for skylights.
Automated
See all options for automated blinds and shades.
Blackout
See our options for blinds and shades that best control light.
Energy Efficient
See blinds and shades that help save energy at the window.
Light Filtering
See blinds and shades for light filtering and UV protection.
Child and Pet-Friendly
See blinds and shades that are safer for children and pets.
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Cornices
Top treatments complete your windows. Where fabric valances and drapery are soft window fashions, window cornices have a bold style and minimal care, simply yet elegantly bringing warmth and character to your rooms as only wood can.
What is the Difference Between Valances and Cornices?
Valances and cornices are similar top treatments, however, a cornice is particularly a wood valance. They ornament your windows, calling attention to the architectural details without impeding on your viewability of the other treatments. While fabric valances may offer some additional light control - especially swag styles - cornices should sit at the top your windows. Both fabric valances and wooden valances bring height and dimension where your room needs them.
Why Cornices?
Cornices bring visual interest to your windows and walls - no more of that something’s missing sensation. They stand on their own as a timeless window fashion - no extra cords or tassels needed. They can decorate your windows on their own but are carefully crafted to accentuate the beauty of your other window fashions like blinds, shades, and drapery. Also, because they crown your windows, they can be used to tactfully hide hardware and wall imperfections.
Styling with Cornices
Cornices might have roots in Classical architecture, but don’t mistake them to be rigidly traditional. Not only do their individual casings make them unique, but they can even be painted or carved to be customized to every one of your rooms. A bare cornice brings an organic, natural style to your windows, emphasizing the richness of the wood. A painted cornice draws attention to your room’s space by stressing the distance between your window and your walls, and from your walls to your ceiling. For softer top treatments, cover your cornice boards with a chosen fabric for a slimmer, sturdier fabric window valance. Coordinate fabric-covered cornices with your other soft home décor for a wholly cohesive home.
On the structural side, large cornices with extremely detailed carvings top your windows with a more traditional look, while sleek, step-edged cornices provide rooms with more modern detailing. The design of your cornices helps to “shape” your windows without actually having to change your window frames. Use arches, scallops, and tapers to give your room curves, angles, and more interesting lines.
Above all, keep in mind that cornices are meant to adorn your windows in such a way to harmonize with the existing elements of your room. Make them tall or slim, heavy or light, painted, covered, or bare - and bring the resilience and versatility of wood to every window in your home. Cornices can complement all kinds of homes, and their customizability, lack of cords, and lack of hardware allow them to satisfy a diversity of homeowner needs.
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At Ida and Norma’s Draperies, we create cornice boards individual to you. Our cornices are made from a selection of quality woods and fabrics to best suit your home. We work with you to find the best style for your home, just as we have over 30 years of working with customers in the Inland Northwest. We strive to provide to respond to your personal style and needs in everything we do, from measuring and installing your window treatments to customizing and servicing them. Call or contact us today for more information on our window cornices, or visit us in our showroom in Spokane, Washington. We are proud to serve the Inland Northwest, including Greater Spokane, WA, and North Idaho.
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