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One of my latest jobs for a cornice, the customer knew exactly what she wanted in her material and decor. This is generally very unusual. She not only had her material all picked out but also some cording and beads to finish the decoration. WOW I was impressed. What was more impressive is that she was using this over an extra wide slider at the back of her living room area. She had always wanted a chaise lounge that was yellow and the cornice was to match the entire living room colors.
This meant the cornice was to have blue ultra-suede on the top and bottom and a vivid yellow center then the blue cording and the crystal beads. Somehow as I looked at all the pieces I did not see the vision she had. But then... the customer is always right. She had the smarts to know that for her ultra wide slider it would need a 15" high cornice, to balance, so I took on the project.
Making these long cornices, I generally make 100" or so, tuck the fabric and leave the remainder to finish at the customers home. It is pretty hard to transport a 176" cornice in the back of a standard pickup truck. So I had to do one glueing to join the two pieces, then tuck the fabric in the rest of the 76" and then put the cording and beads on.
Everything got off to a good start, but somewhere just before finishing the tucking, one of my supports
dropped and the cornice broke at the join I had just made. Naturally it made a horrible sound and the customer came running from her office. She helped me put things right, but now I nearly had to start over. I always say, there are no mistakes with this stuff, everything can be fixed. So I did just that and quickly continued. Thankfully, she went back to her office and let me be embarassed all alone!
The good news here is that once we got it up, it looked fantastic. The yellow was actually a bit of a furry fabric with an "S" design in it, combine that all with the cords and beads, WOW it was great!
The total effect in the room!
This meant the cornice was to have blue ultra-suede on the top and bottom and a vivid yellow center then the blue cording and the crystal beads. Somehow as I looked at all the pieces I did not see the vision she had. But then... the customer is always right. She had the smarts to know that for her ultra wide slider it would need a 15" high cornice, to balance, so I took on the project.
Making these long cornices, I generally make 100" or so, tuck the fabric and leave the remainder to finish at the customers home. It is pretty hard to transport a 176" cornice in the back of a standard pickup truck. So I had to do one glueing to join the two pieces, then tuck the fabric in the rest of the 76" and then put the cording and beads on.
Everything got off to a good start, but somewhere just before finishing the tucking, one of my supports
dropped and the cornice broke at the join I had just made. Naturally it made a horrible sound and the customer came running from her office. She helped me put things right, but now I nearly had to start over. I always say, there are no mistakes with this stuff, everything can be fixed. So I did just that and quickly continued. Thankfully, she went back to her office and let me be embarassed all alone!The good news here is that once we got it up, it looked fantastic. The yellow was actually a bit of a furry fabric with an "S" design in it, combine that all with the cords and beads, WOW it was great!
The total effect in the room!
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