One of the designers who works with us called me with a special situation: her client needs a Roman shade in front of a stackable washer/dryer that should be operable and can be taken off the header to be dry cleaned. Hmmm, a shade that operates properly and is removable at the same time? Never seen them before.
Now let me brag a bit: while talking with her on the phone, I came up with a brilliant idea, and here is the result:
We made the shade as we usually do, sewed the rings on but attached a strip of Velcro at top.
In every other case, the cords that operate the shade should run through screw eyes on the header and through all rings on the shade and should be tied (as hard as you can) to the bottom rings. We re-purposed plastic rings with an opening for this shade so the loop at the bottom of each cord can be pulled out, so the shade can be "peeled" off the header and taken to dry cleaners.
Now let me brag a bit: while talking with her on the phone, I came up with a brilliant idea, and here is the result:
We made the shade as we usually do, sewed the rings on but attached a strip of Velcro at top.
In every other case, the cords that operate the shade should run through screw eyes on the header and through all rings on the shade and should be tied (as hard as you can) to the bottom rings. We re-purposed plastic rings with an opening for this shade so the loop at the bottom of each cord can be pulled out, so the shade can be "peeled" off the header and taken to dry cleaners.
What a great job Madina.
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