On Schedule

I'm so surprised. Monday, we made a schedule of everything that needed to be done, everyday. We are sticking to it and it's working our pretty good. I have some paperwork to be done in the evenings but I'm not in the studio working every night. I could get used to this.

We got an order out today and then worked on some pillows and got some ordering done.

I had an appointment this afternoon to work on some panels and roman shades. I think it is going to turn out really nice.

I love doing window treatments. When you love what you do, it doesn't ever seem like work and you could find yourself "working" all the time before you realize what is happening. I have to be careful about that. I do love it, though.

The above picture is of the nursery for the first grandbaby of one of my favorite clients. I made the bedding and window treatments but they are so talented to decorate the nursery like they did. It is such a serene place to sit up nights feeding a sweet little baby. It's the kind of room you just want to go in and sit down and rest. Prayers and best wished go out to the Horne family on their pending arrival. They didn't find out if it was a girl or boy so double the excitement.

Why are Thursdays always the same?

Thursdays are always the same. I seem to have deliveries every friday and the kids have all their dance and piano lessons in the afternoon. I always feel under the gun when trying to get everything done but seem to fall short and I end up working all evening.

We were supposed to alter some panels today from 120 inches to 90 inches, only when we laid them out to cut, they were only 84 inches. Yikes. After some phone calls to the decorator, we ended up adding a banding to the top and Voilla!!! 90 inch panels. It took several hours out of my day but we got it done. Hence, my working tonight.

Got some photos in from a house we did. They turned out so good. I have never had professional pictures of my work done. I'm so excited. I have changed the main photo to one of the new ones and today's post has a photo. The keeping room window treatments were made with hardware that I custom designed for the client. I drew out all the specs and between faxes and calls to the company, we got it made. I was holding my breath while we were installing, afraid it wouldn't fit, but thankfully, it did. Enjoy the photos. More to come.

Busy Day

Wow, what a busy day this was. Had a measure this morning that was supposed to be 7 rooms and turned out to be 14. I'm not complaining, it's business. It took longer than I planned though, so I will have to make up the time tonight by getting some work done. Oh well, I will put in a movie and see how much I can get done before the movie is over. LOL. That is how I pace myself. I'm excited about this job, though. This designer always lets me do really different stuff and add a little creative detail to things.
I have an assistant, Lisa, who works here full time with me. We do really well together but on days like today, I think how nice it would be to have one more person to work. It really hurts when I have to be out of the workroom, but I have to be out of the workroom to get the work. I guess I can't win.
I am putting together some sample pieces to start doing a drapery trunk show. You've heard of Pampered Chef or Southern Living at Home. This would be the same concept but instead of home decor items, it would be samples of draperies, pillows, etc. The samples would show different fabrics, trims and details that could be added to draperies. The best part is, NO SELLING. Your friends could get together for food and fun without the need to pull out their pocketbooks. They could enjoy all the goodies, guilt free. I say this because I designed a drapery panel that takes a certain kind of fabric and I have looked high and low for it without any luck, but today, I found it. The sample is being put in the mail today. I will post a pic when I get it made. I think it will look really cool, we'll see though.

Cherry Lane

Welcome to the 1st post to our new blog. We are a custom drapery workroom in Canton, GA, just north of Atlanta. We design and make custom draperies for retail clients as well as interior designers.
We have so much fun creating beautiful window treatments, bedding and custom furniture that we thought it would be interesting to start a blog to share all of our interesting moments. We try to keep abreast of all the new techniques and styles but keep an old world work ethic. We make everything by hand and pay attention to every detail along the construction process.
We look forward to sharing all of our adventures throughout the year. We hope you enjoy reading our blog. Our first big adventure starts in less than 2 weeks. We are going to a drapery and fabric show in Paris, France. We are so excited!!!! Hope you enjoy our posts from there.