With a dizzying array of fabrics and hardware styles readily available, you can easily be overwhelmed when choosing how to best dress your windows. "Perfect Curtains "is the ideal resource for any would-be self designer: It has all the information and inspiration necessary to create spectacular styles single-handedly."" Stephanie Hoppen-the renown designer and author of eight books on home decor-adeptly guides you through the process of selecting the right patterns, textures, and colors for your home and enables you to bring order to curtain chaos with ideas for beautiful designs. Stephanie shares more than 200 stylish ideas, many created by some of the top designers in window treatments today, and in doing so she demonstrates how simple it is to decorate with an expert's eye. From crisp naturals to romantic sheers, from stone-washed velvets in jewel tones to rustic ginghams and stripes, you can design curtains that match your style with ease. More than just a gorgeous book, "Perfect Curtains" is also a practical handbook that explains the how-to basics of fitting and layering curtains, measuring windows, estimating fabric quantities, and choosing poles and finials. With an extensive resource section, "Perfect Curtains "is the ultimate guide for the inspiration and useful information you need to create ideal window treatments for any room.