Off the Floor, Touch, Break, Crush, Puddle

Touch, Break, Crush, Puddle — how do you want to dress the hemline of your draperies on the floor?  Do you have pets?  Children?  Maybe you want a dramatic look.  Maybe you want a neat, tailored look.  How you dress your drapery hemlines truly influences the entire look of your room.  If you have pets, or you prefer a tidy, tailored look, you probably do not want deep puddles in your draperies.  If you love drama, puddle away!!!  These definitions will help you decide:

Off the Floor — Operable, traversing draperies should be dressed off the floor for ease in operation.  As the draperies open and close, they will not drag on the floor.  A great installer can dress draperies off the floor 1/4″.  At the most, try to dress draperies no more than 1/2″ off the floor.

Touch — The drapery hemline just touches the floor and remains straight, no crumple, no bending.

Break — Similar to a pant break in trousers.  Drapery hemline touches the floor and bends slightly.  This can be a gentle break (slight bending) or a heavy break (lots of bending).

Crush — Think of this as a mini-puddle.  Drapery hemline not only touches the floor, it crumples a bit.  A crush can be light or heavy but stops short of puddling.

Puddle — This is fabric on the floor, baby!!!  Anything from approximately 10″ to…geez — infinity?  Super deep puddles are very dramatic.  Puddles can be dressed with the hemlines tucked under, or mermaid style with the hemlines flaired.  I love adding trim to hemlines dressed with a flaired puddle – trimming the hemline adds even more drama!  I teach my clients how to properly dress a puddle so their draperies are “Installation Day” perfect forever!

Dressing the hemlines of draperies is subjective.  However, a contemporary room will probably not have puddled draperies.  An antebellum look probably will.  Consider the style of the room when deciding how to dress the hemlines of your draperies, whether they are traversing or stationary.

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