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  • Western Window Treatment
  • From "DIY Decorating & Design"
    episode DID-139
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    A swag of warm-colored western-motif fabric hangs over drapery panels of blue denim. Embellish the swag with rope hung from spurs at the corners of the swag, and use heavier rope as a tieback.

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    Figure A

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    Figure B

    All you need to make a Wild West-inspired window treatment is lots of imagination and a trip to the tack store to buy spurs and rope. DIY Decorating & Design host Nancy Golden gives tips for adding cowboy style to your windows.

    Swag western-motif fabric over drapery panels of soft blue denim. Add spurs to the corners of the swag, and drape a few lengths of rope from spur to spur and down the swag (figure A).

    For a boy's room, use a toy tomahawk or an arrowhead as a window-swag decoration. For a more feminine look, tie up the corners with pretty ribbon or a length of soft leather (figure B).

    Make an easy, no-sew finish for denim by simply fringing the edges. Cut a piece of denim to size, loosen the first thread at the edge of the fabric with the point of a needle, and remove threads until the fringe is the desired length.

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