- 20+ Years of Design Experience — Olga Rechdouni, ASID
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- Custom Design · Fabrication · Installation
- Luxury Homes Throughout Los Angeles
Custom Drapery in Calabasas
Custom drapery in Calabasas is the work of dressing estate-scale Mediterranean and Tuscan residences with the kind of formal, architectural drapery the architecture was designed to receive. Ceiling heights are generous, formal-room volumes are substantial, and the drapery is expected to participate in the architecture rather than decorate it.
The studio works privately across the Calabasas gates — The Oaks of Calabasas, Mountain View Estates, the Calabasas Hills, Mulwood, Calabasas Park Estates, and the celebrity-occupied enclaves above Mulholland and along Mureau Road. Most programs we accept here are full-residence specifications coordinated with the interior designer of record and the home's automation integrator.
The Calabasas brief is consistent: formal-room ceiling heights of 12 to 18 feet, Tuscan and Mediterranean architecture asking for heavyweight French pleat in Belgian linen, Italian wool, or silk on hand-forged bronze or hand-wrought iron hardware, motorization on every opening over 10 feet of mounting height, and inherently fire-retardant fabric specification on every residence in the canyon-fire zone — which is most of them.
Architectural Styles We Dress
- Tuscan estate
- Mediterranean Revival
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- Contemporary hillside estate
What Calabasas Requires
- Tall formal-room ceilings (12–18 ft.) favor French pleat drapery, hand-tacked at 2.5x–3x fullness and ceiling-mounted on hand-forged bronze or hand-wrought iron hardware.
- Calabasas sits within Los Angeles County's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone across nearly every gated community; inherently fire-retardant (NFPA 701) fabric and lining specification is the studio's baseline.
- Valley heat exposure makes interlining, protective lining, and solar-control performance fabrics critical to face-fabric longevity and to interior comfort on west-facing primary suites.
- Estate-scale residences in The Oaks, Mountain View Estates, and the Calabasas Hills typically hold 25 to 60 openings under one specification; the studio sequences fabrication and installation in phases.
- Privacy on gated lots favors heavyweight French pleat over sheer-only treatments in formal rooms; sheer specification is reserved for primary suites and view-side openings.
How the studio specifies in Calabasas
Tuscan and Mediterranean Estate Formal Rooms
The defining Calabasas residential type — the Tuscan or Mediterranean estate with 14- to 18-foot formal-room ceilings — receives the studio's heavyweight French pleat specification: hand-tacked at 2.5x to 3x fullness, ceiling-mounted on hand-forged bronze or hand-wrought iron, in Belgian linen, Italian wool, or silk. The drapery is sized to extend the architecture and reads as integral to the room's masonry and millwork.
Fire-Zone Residences
Calabasas sits within Los Angeles County's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone across nearly every gated community. The studio specifies inherently fire-retardant face fabric and linings (NFPA 701) on every Calabasas program; the aesthetic is unchanged from non-zone work, and the certification is documented on every shop drawing.
Primary Suites with Valley Heat Exposure
Calabasas summer heat is severe — interior temperatures on west-facing primary suites can run 15 degrees above the city interior without performance window treatments. The studio's default Calabasas primary suite is a three-layer assembly: motorized solar shade for heat and UV, performance sheer for daytime softness, and three-pass interlined blackout with side channels for sleep. All three are coordinated on one Lutron or Crestron scene.
Estate-Scale Programs
Most Calabasas residences hold 25 to 60 openings under a single specification. The studio writes one drawing set covering the formal rooms, primary and guest suites, screening rooms, libraries, and game rooms, then sequences fabrication and installation in phases keyed to the home's existing schedule.
Custom drapery in Calabasas
Do you specify drapery for The Oaks and Mountain View Estates?
Yes. The studio works across the Calabasas gated communities — The Oaks of Calabasas, Mountain View Estates, the Calabasas Hills, Calabasas Park Estates, Mulwood, and the enclaves above Mulholland and Mureau Road. Consultations are conducted at the residence; measurement, fabrication, and installation are handled end-to-end by the studio's own team.
Is fire-retardant fabric required for drapery in Calabasas?
For nearly every residence in Calabasas — which sits within Los Angeles County's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone — inherently fire-retardant fabric specification (NFPA 701) is the studio's baseline. The certification is documented on every shop drawing.
Can you handle 16- to 18-foot Tuscan formal-room ceilings?
Yes — and it's the studio's most-specified Calabasas application. We work in hand-tacked French pleat at 2.5x to 3x fullness on hand-forged bronze or hand-wrought iron, ceiling-mounted with rolling scaffolds on marble and hardwood. Hems are hand-finished and dressed in place on installation day.
What is the investment range for a Calabasas estate drapery program?
Full-residence Calabasas programs typically range from $60,000 for a focused formal-rooms specification up to $300,000 and above for full-residence programs across 40-plus openings with motorization, layered assemblies, and hand-forged hardware. The 2026 Pricing Guide breaks down ranges by room and fabric tier.
Recent custom drapery and curtain work in Calabasas from the studio archive — Woodland Hills French Pleat Drapery, Beverly Hills Estate Window Treatments, and Calabasas Family Estate. For the underlying specification, see Custom French Pleat Drapery in Los Angeles, and Custom Fire-Retardant Drapery in Los Angeles. For investment ranges by room and tier, see the 2026 Pricing Guide.
We work privately throughout Calabasas.
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