Dining Room - Before and After

     Getting a good picture of a window treatment is so difficult.  In the first place, if it is a sunny day, you are aiming the camera at the window and directly into the sun.  Because of the light outside, you need a flash inside to try and capture the window treatment.  But that leads to another problem: the flash reflects off the glass of the window and you get a bright spot where one should not be. At my installations yesterday, I took almost 100 pictures, and got maybe three that were good enough without any editing.  My installer, Ron, laughs at me for taking so many pictures, but AHHHHHHHH IT IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!

     So, here are a few that came out okay (with a little help from my best friend, Photoshop)

BEFORE - Beautiful Plantation Blinds, but no color to liven things up....

......and AFTER - Great color choices in fabric and hardware by my client.  The chandelier is beautiful in the room, but it got right in the way of my picture!  Next time, I'll shoot straight instead of at an angle.

I know I sound like a broken record, but a well-done window treatment makes a room complete.  It's like having just the right jewelry for an outfit - you don't have to have it, but boy do you feel put together when you do!