Drapery specification
Treatment type, style, pleat or header, fullness, finished dimensions, floor relationship, panels, operation, stack, returns, light control and layered-treatment configuration.
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- Custom Design · Fabrication · Installation
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Specification-Only Consulting · Los Angeles
Professional Drapery Specification Services in Los Angeles
House of Drapery by Duroque provides professional drapery, fabric, lining and hardware specifications for homeowners, interior designers, architects, builders, general contractors, developers and other project professionals.
We specify what to make, what to order and how the window-treatment system should be configured. Your chosen professionals execute the specification.
$2,500 minimum professional fee · Up to 30 linear feet · $85 per additional linear foot
The Service
Professional Direction, Separate From Execution
This is a specification-only consulting service. House of Drapery determines what should be specified, ordered and fabricated.
The client may then give the completed specification to their own designer, workroom, fabricator, contractor, hardware supplier or installer.
House of Drapery does not fabricate, supply, deliver or install the drapery or hardware as part of this specification service. The standard service does not include engineering, architectural drafting, construction-document preparation or technical rendering.
A client may hire House of Drapery to specify the complete window-treatment project or only the portions for which they need professional assistance.
The House of Drapery Approach
What We Specify
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The Client May Purchase
Fabric and lining specification
Recommended fabric type and characteristics, width and estimated yardage requirements, pattern-repeat considerations, lining, privacy, light control, performance, lead time and budget.
Hardware specification
Recommended manufacturer and system, track or rod, finish, dimensions, configuration, operation, draw, stack, mounting position, clearances, components and motorization requirements where selected.
Complete window-treatment specification
A coordinated specification combining all applicable drapery, fabric, lining and hardware categories for the selected scope.
Site Consultation
What House of Drapery Evaluates
House of Drapery evaluates relevant site conditions and discusses the client’s intended design and function before preparing the specification. Depending upon scope, evaluation may consider:
- Windows / openings
- Ceiling and wall conditions
- Mounting conditions
- Existing architectural conditions
- Intended use
- Privacy
- Light control
- Blackout
- Sheer requirements
- Layering
- Desired aesthetic
- Floor relationship
- Fabric behavior
- Children, pets and lifestyle considerations
- Doors and frequently operated openings
- Furniture or architectural constraints
Drapery Specification
What Should Be Made
Depending upon the selected scope and actual project, the professional drapery specification may include:
- Treatment type
- Drapery style
- Pleat / header style
- Recommended fullness
- Finished drapery width
- Finished drapery length
- Floor relationship: kiss, break, puddle or another appropriate finish
- Number of panels
- Panel configuration
- Center-opening or one-way operation
- Stack direction
- Returns or no returns where applicable
- Sheer treatment
- Decorative drapery
- Privacy treatment
- Light-filtering treatment
- Room-darkening treatment
- Blackout treatment
- Layered-treatment configuration
- Other relevant fabrication specifications necessary for the selected treatment
Fabric & Lining Specification
What the Textile Must Do
Depending upon the selected scope and actual project, the professional fabric and lining specification may include:
- Recommended fabric type
- Appropriate textile characteristics
- Fabric width considerations
- Estimated fabric yardage requirements
- Pattern-repeat considerations where applicable
- Lining type
- Privacy requirements
- Light-filtering requirements
- Blackout requirements
- Performance considerations
- Appropriate fabric based on intended design, function, lifestyle, lead time and budget
- Specialty or custom textile recommendations where appropriate
Hardware Specification
What Should Be Ordered and How It Should Be Configured
House of Drapery may provide a complete hardware specification identifying what hardware should be ordered and how it should be configured. Depending upon the project, this may include:
- Recommended hardware manufacturer
- Recommended hardware system / product type
- Track or rod type
- Recommended finish / color
- Finished hardware dimensions
- Track or rod length
- Single-track or double-track configuration
- Manual or motorized operation
- Corded or non-corded operation where applicable
- Baton / wand operation where applicable
- Opening direction
- Center-opening or one-way draw
- Left or right stack
- Assembly / configuration style
- Returns or no returns
- Return dimensions where applicable
- Number of tracks
- Number of treatment layers
- Hardware relationship to sheer, blackout and decorative drapery
- Ceiling-mount or wall-mount configuration
- Recommended hardware position
- Relevant clearances
- Stack considerations
- Appropriate carriers, brackets, connectors, end stops and other required system components where applicable
- Motorization requirements where motorized operation is selected
- Other manufacturer-specific components necessary to properly specify the selected system
The Paid Deliverable
A Workroom-Ready Specification
The final deliverable is a clear professional specification that the client’s selected workroom, fabricator, designer, contractor, purchasing team or hardware supplier can use to understand what House of Drapery has specified.
Window-Treatment SpecificationIllustrative format
- Specification field
- Project & opening reference
- Specification field
- Treatment and panel configuration
- Specification field
- Fabric and lining direction
- Specification field
- Finished dimensions
- Specification field
- Operation and stack
- Specification field
- Hardware system and components
- Specification field
- Mounting relationship
- Specification field
- Selected performance requirements
This visual shows the organization of a professional specification only. Proprietary formulas, internal calculation methods, supplier costs, trade pricing and internal tolerances are not shown.
Who the Service Is For
For Clients and Project Professionals
Homeowners
For a single room, a complete residence or the portions of a project where professional specification is needed before purchasing or fabrication.
Interior Designers
For projects requiring a clear drapery, fabric, lining or hardware specification that can be issued to the designer’s selected workroom, fabricator or purchasing team.
Architects
For window-treatment requirements that need to be understood in relation to openings, walls, ceilings, mounting conditions and the intended architectural result.
Builders & Contractors
For projects where the selected drapery and hardware system must be clearly described before the relevant trades verify conditions and execute their work.
Developers & Other Professionals
For residential or appropriate project work requiring a defined window-treatment direction and a workroom-ready specification.
Professional Boundary
Specification and Execution Have Distinct Responsibilities
The specification identifies the recommended window-treatment system based upon the conditions evaluated.
The client’s fabricator, workroom, hardware supplier, contractor and installer remain responsible for verifying field conditions, product compatibility and execution requirements relevant to their respective work before ordering, fabrication or installation.
House of Drapery is not the installer under this service.
How It Works
From Site Evaluation to Professional Specification
- 01
Select the scope
Choose drapery, fabric and lining, hardware, or a complete window-treatment specification.
- 02
Site consultation
House of Drapery evaluates relevant site conditions and discusses the intended design and function.
- 03
Design direction
The room, architecture, intended use, privacy, light control, lifestyle, lead time and budget establish the brief.
- 04
Professional specification
House of Drapery determines what should be specified, ordered and fabricated for the selected scope.
- 05
Workroom-ready document
The completed specification clearly communicates what House of Drapery has specified.
- 06
Execution by your professionals
Your chosen designer, workroom, fabricator, contractor, hardware supplier or installer executes the specification.
Professional Fee
$2,500 minimum
The minimum professional fee includes up to 30 linear feet. The $2,500 minimum applies whether the project contains 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 linear feet.
Projects over 30 linear feet are $85 per additional linear foot.
The fee is for professional specification services. It does not purchase drapery, fabric, hardware or installation.
Motorized Drapery Preconstruction Consultation & Specification
For New Construction & Major Renovations
Motorized Drapery Planning Before Construction Is Finalized
House of Drapery by Duroque provides specialist window-treatment consultation and specification for luxury new construction and major renovations.
We determine the intended treatment and motorized system, then establish the hardware configuration, ceiling-pocket clear-opening requirements, treatment-layer and track spacing, fabric clearances, motor envelope, service access, stack and mounting-location requirements from the window-treatment perspective.
Because these decisions affect surrounding conditions, they are best considered before ceilings, pockets and related architectural conditions are finalized.
We provide the applicable window-treatment specifications and manufacturer/vendor information to the client's architect, general contractor, licensed electrician, automation integrator and other project professionals for coordination and implementation within their respective scopes.
Our Role
We Advise. We Specify. Your Project Team Executes.
Our responsibility is the window treatment.
We evaluate the intended drapery and determine the treatment, hardware and motorization requirements appropriate to the project.
We identify what the window-treatment system needs from the surrounding architectural condition.
Where applicable, we also provide relevant manufacturer/vendor product requirements associated with the selected hardware and motorization system.
The project's architect, contractor, engineer, licensed electrician, automation integrator and other responsible professionals determine how those requirements are incorporated into the building and remain responsible for execution within their respective professional scopes.
New Construction & Major Renovations
Motorized Drapery Preconstruction Consultation & Specification
Before ceilings, pockets and surrounding conditions are finalized, House of Drapery can identify what the intended window-treatment system requires and provide applicable manufacturer/vendor information for coordination by the project team.
“We specify what the window treatment requires. Your project professionals determine how those requirements are incorporated into the building.”
House of Drapery provides window-treatment consultation and specification. Architectural, structural, electrical, construction and automation work remains within the respective scopes of the project's responsible professionals.
Window-Treatment Specification
Window-Treatment Specification
Depending upon the selected scope, House of Drapery may specify:
- Treatment type
- Decorative drapery
- Sheer drapery
- Privacy treatment
- Light-filtering treatment
- Blackout treatment
- Layered treatments
- Pleat/header style
- Recommended fullness
- Finished drapery width
- Finished drapery length
- Floor relationship — kiss, break or puddle
- Number of panels
- Center-opening or one-way treatment
- Stack direction
- Returns where applicable
- Treatment layering
- Fabric requirements
- Lining requirements
- Relevant fabrication specifications
Hardware & Motorization Specification
What Hardware Should Be Ordered and How Should It Be Configured?
House of Drapery may provide a complete hardware specification as part of the selected professional consulting scope.
Depending upon the project, the hardware specification may include:
- Recommended hardware manufacturer
- Recommended hardware system/product type
- Track or rod type
- Recommended finish/color
- Finished hardware dimensions
- Track or rod length
- Single-track or double-track configuration
- Manual or motorized operation
- Corded or cordless/manual operation where applicable
- Baton/wand operation where applicable
- Opening direction
- Center-opening or one-way draw
- Left or right stack
- Assembly/configuration style
- Returns or no returns
- Return dimensions where applicable
- Number of tracks or treatment layers
- Relationship to sheer, blackout, decorative drapery or layered treatments
- Recommended mounting orientation from the window-treatment perspective
- Ceiling-mount or wall-mount configuration
- Recommended hardware position
- Relevant window-treatment clearances
- Stack considerations
- Appropriate carriers, brackets, connectors, end stops or other required system components where applicable
- Motorization system where selected
- Motor position
- Manufacturer-specific components necessary for the selected configuration
The purpose of the hardware specification is to identify
What hardware should be ordered and how the window-treatment system should be configured.
House of Drapery may specify the manufacturer, system, configuration, finish, dimensions and relevant components so that the client or their project team can procure the specified hardware independently.
Ceiling Pocket Opening
Ceiling Pocket Opening & Window-Treatment Clearances
The ceiling pocket should accommodate the intended window treatment—not force the window treatment to accommodate an incorrectly planned pocket.
Different treatments can require substantially different spatial conditions.
A single track, a layered sheer and decorative treatment, a blackout treatment and a double motorized system should not automatically be assumed to require the same architectural opening.
Based upon the selected treatment, hardware system and applicable manufacturer/vendor information, House of Drapery can identify the clear opening and spatial requirements that the intended window treatment needs.
This may include:
- Required clear ceiling-pocket opening
- Clear pocket width required by the intended treatment
- Clear pocket depth required by the intended treatment
- Single-track versus double-track spatial requirements
- Number of treatment layers
- Track relationship within the opening
- Recommended track position from the window-treatment perspective
- Spacing required between treatment layers
- Fabric movement clearance
- Drapery-fold clearance
- Clearance between fabric and surrounding surfaces
- Motor envelope
- Motor-side clearance
- Relevant hardware clearance
- Motor/service-access considerations
- Stack-back requirements
- Side clearances
- Center-meeting conditions
- Relationship to the finished ceiling plane
- Relationship to glass
- Relationship to adjacent walls
- Relationship to doors and operable openings
- Other relevant spatial requirements of the selected treatment
Important
House of Drapery identifies the clear-opening and spatial requirements from the window-treatment perspective. The project's architect, general contractor and other responsible professionals determine the final architectural details and code-compliant construction.
Mounting & Attachment Requirements
Planning for the Intended Hardware Location
House of Drapery can identify the intended mounting location and applicable window-treatment requirements associated with the selected hardware system. Depending upon the project and manufacturer information, this may include:
- Intended track location
- Ceiling-mount or wall-mount configuration
- Hardware position
- Relevant attachment zones
- Manufacturer mounting requirements
- Applicable backing/blocking information provided by the manufacturer where available
- Hardware clearances
- Track spacing
- Motor clearance
- Treatment-layer spacing
- Relevant installation requirements supplied by the hardware manufacturer
Where structural backing, framing or other construction is required, the project's architect, engineer, contractor and other responsible professionals determine the appropriate construction solution.
Manufacturer & Vendor Information
Product-Specific Information for Your Project Team
Motorized window-treatment systems have manufacturer-specific requirements. House of Drapery evaluates the intended treatment and recommends/specifies an appropriate window-treatment and hardware system. Once the system is selected, we can provide relevant manufacturer/vendor product information for coordination by the client's project professionals. Depending upon the selected system, this information may address:
- Motor type
- Motor dimensions
- Motor location
- Available power options
- Manufacturer-stated power requirements
- Manufacturer-recommended power location
- Hardware dimensions
- Required product clearances
- Manufacturer installation requirements
- Available controls
- Remote-control options
- Wall-control options
- App-based controls where available
- Manufacturer-supported integration options
- Manufacturer-supported voice-control options
- Service/access requirements identified by the manufacturer
- Relevant product documentation
- Other applicable manufacturer/vendor information for the selected system
House of Drapery communicates this information as window-treatment product information for evaluation and implementation by the appropriate project professionals within their respective scopes.
Manufacturer Requirements for Your Electrical Professional
Once the motorized system is selected, House of Drapery provides the applicable manufacturer information—including available power options, motor location and product-specific requirements—for review and implementation by the project's licensed electrical professionals.
Depending upon the selected system, manufacturer information may include:
- Available power options
- Hardwired options where applicable
- Rechargeable/battery-powered options where applicable
- Motor location
- Manufacturer-stated power requirements
- Manufacturer-recommended power-location information
- Product-specific control requirements
- Relevant access requirements
Electrical design, code compliance, wiring and installation remain within the scope of the project's licensed electrical professionals.
Integration Information for Your Automation Professional
House of Drapery identifies the selected motorized window-treatment system and provides applicable manufacturer-supported information regarding controls, app operation, scheduling, voice control and supported smart-home integration capabilities.
Depending upon the selected system, manufacturer-supported capabilities may include:
- Remote operation
- Wall controls
- App-based control
- Scheduling
- Automated operation
- Voice-control capability
- Manufacturer-supported smart-home integrations
Compatibility is manufacturer-, product- and system-specific; House of Drapery does not independently guarantee compatibility beyond the applicable manufacturer documentation.
Final compatibility verification, system architecture, programming, network configuration, integration, testing and commissioning remain within the scope of the project's qualified automation or AV professional.
Surrounding Architectural Conditions
The Window Treatment Does Not Exist in Isolation
A properly specified treatment must also be considered in relationship to its surroundings. From the window-treatment perspective, House of Drapery may identify potential relationships or conflicts involving:
- HVAC supply vents
- HVAC return locations
- Ceiling diffusers
- Recessed lighting
- Linear lighting
- Decorative lighting
- Ceiling details
- Soffits
- Beams
- Crown or trim
- Adjacent walls
- Columns
- Millwork
- Built-ins
- Window handles
- Operable windows
- Sliding doors
- Folding doors
- Drapery stack areas
- Motor/service areas
- Other architectural elements affecting the intended treatment
Our role is to identify how these conditions may affect the window treatment. Where a potential conflict is identified, the appropriate project professional determines the required solution.
Who This Service Is For
A Window-Treatment Resource for the Project Team
This professional consulting service is designed for:
- Homeowners building custom residences
- Interior designers
- Architects
- Builders
- General contractors
- Developers
- Design-build firms
- Project managers
- Licensed electricians requiring selected-product information
- AV and smart-home professionals requiring motorization product information
- Independent workrooms
- Independent fabricators
- Projects using their own installer or purchasing team
House of Drapery can serve as the specialized window-treatment consultant within the larger project team.
Our Process
From Design Intent to Window-Treatment Specification
- 01
Project Review
We review the intended treatments, available project information, relevant architectural conditions and functional objectives.
- 02
Treatment Strategy
We determine what the window treatment needs to accomplish, including privacy, light control, blackout, decorative treatment, layering and intended operation.
- 03
Drapery & Hardware Specification
We establish the appropriate treatment configuration and specify the relevant drapery, hardware and motorized system.
- 04
Spatial Requirements
Where applicable, we identify the clear ceiling-pocket opening, hardware envelope, treatment-layer spacing, fabric clearances, stack requirements, motor/service considerations and other relevant spatial requirements from the window-treatment perspective.
- 05
Manufacturer Information
We provide applicable manufacturer/vendor information associated with the selected hardware and motorization system.
- 06
Project-Team Information
Where included in the agreed consulting scope, relevant window-treatment information can be provided for coordination by the architect, contractor, licensed electrician, automation integrator or other applicable professional.
- 07
Final Field Verification
Final ordering and fabrication dimensions should be based upon appropriate field verification after the relevant construction conditions and finishes have reached the required stage.
Professional Fee
Motorized Drapery Preconstruction Consultation & Specification
$3,500 minimum professional fee
Includes up to 30 linear feet.
Projects containing fewer than 30 linear feet remain subject to the $3,500 minimum.
Over 30 linear feet: $120 per additional linear foot.
Professional Consulting Services
Compare Our Two Specification Services
Professional Drapery Specification
$2,500 minimum
Includes up to 30 linear feet
$85 per additional linear foot
Best suited for
Standard drapery specification, existing homes, completed architectural conditions, manual systems, recessed/manual systems, or motorized projects where the necessary infrastructure has already been established.
May include
- Drapery specification
- Fabric
- Lining
- Yardage
- Pleat/header
- Fullness
- Finished dimensions
- Floor relationship
- Hardware manufacturer
- Track/rod
- Finish
- Track dimensions
- Hardware configuration
- Manual or motorized hardware
- Relevant components
- Workroom-ready specification
Motorized Drapery Preconstruction Consultation & Specification
$3,500 minimum
Includes up to 30 linear feet
$120 per additional linear foot
Best suited for
New construction and major renovations where the window-treatment requirements should be considered before relevant architectural, electrical and automation conditions are finalized.
May include
- Motorized hardware specification
- Motorization-system selection
- Ceiling-pocket clear-opening requirements
- Track and treatment-layer spacing
- Fabric clearances
- Motor envelope
- Motor/service considerations
- Stack requirements
- Mounting-location requirements
- Manufacturer/vendor product requirements
- Manufacturer power information
- Manufacturer-supported control information
- Manufacturer-supported smart-home integration information
- Identification of relevant architectural conflicts
- Information for coordination by the client's project professionals
Professional Scope
Consulting & Specification Only
House of Drapery provides professional window-treatment consultation and specification. We identify the requirements of the intended drapery, hardware and motorized system and provide applicable manufacturer/vendor information for coordination with the project team.
Architectural, structural, electrical, construction, code-compliance and automation implementation remain within the respective scopes of the project's qualified professionals.
The project's responsible professionals remain responsible for independently verifying field conditions, applicable codes, construction requirements, product compatibility and implementation within their respective scopes.
Core Positioning
“We specify what the window treatment requires and provide the applicable manufacturer information. Your project professionals determine how those requirements are incorporated into the building.”
New Construction & Major Renovations
Planning a New Construction or Major Renovation?
Bring the window treatment into the conversation before the surrounding conditions are finalized.
You do not need to know which motor, track, pocket opening, treatment configuration or control system you need before contacting us.
Determining the appropriate window-treatment requirements is part of our professional consultation.
Book a Specification ConsultationNot sure whether you need our Standard Drapery Specification or Motorized Drapery Preconstruction Consultation?
Tell us where your project is in the design or construction process and we can determine which consulting scope is appropriate.
House of Drapery by Duroque
Design Judgment Before Fabrication or Purchasing
The service begins with the room: its architecture, intended use, privacy, light control and the way the window-treatment system needs to function.
The drapery, fabric, lining and hardware are considered as connected parts of one system. The specification gives the client’s chosen professionals a clear direction before materials are ordered or work begins.
Learn more about custom drapery, motorized drapery, the commercial practice, and Olga Rechdouni, ASID.
Service Area
West Hollywood, Los Angeles and Surrounding Communities
Professional Drapery Specification Service is available for projects in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Venice, Marina del Rey, Hollywood Hills, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Woodland Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks and surrounding communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Professional Drapery Specification Service
- Can I use my own workroom or fabricator?
- Yes. The client may give the completed specification to their own designer, workroom, fabricator, contractor, hardware supplier or installer.
- Can I buy my own fabric or hardware?
- Yes. House of Drapery specifies what should be ordered; the client or the client’s chosen professionals may purchase the specified fabric, lining and hardware.
- Does this service include fabrication or installation?
- No. House of Drapery does not fabricate, supply, deliver or install the drapery or hardware as part of this specification service.
- Can I purchase only a drapery specification?
- Yes. A client may purchase a drapery specification or only the portions for which professional assistance is needed.
- Can fabric and lining be specified?
- Yes. Fabric and lining specification is available as a selected scope and may include recommendations for fabric type, textile characteristics, estimated yardage requirements, pattern repeat, lining and performance.
- Can hardware be specified?
- Yes. House of Drapery may provide a complete hardware specification identifying what hardware should be ordered and how it should be configured.
- Can the complete window-treatment system be specified?
- Yes. A complete window-treatment specification may combine all applicable drapery, fabric, lining and hardware categories.
- How much does the Professional Drapery Specification Service cost?
- The minimum professional fee is $2,500 and includes up to 30 linear feet. Projects over 30 linear feet are $85 per additional linear foot.
- What does the $2,500 minimum include?
- The $2,500 minimum is a professional specification fee for up to 30 linear feet. It does not purchase drapery, fabric, hardware or installation.
- Who verifies conditions before ordering or installation?
- The client’s fabricator, workroom, hardware supplier, contractor and installer remain responsible for verifying field conditions, product compatibility and execution requirements relevant to their respective work before ordering, fabrication or installation.
Private Consultation
Book a Drapery Specification Consultation
Tell us who you are, where the project is located and which portions of the window-treatment system you would like House of Drapery to specify.
Not sure whether you need our Standard Drapery Specification or Motorized Drapery Preconstruction Consultation? Tell us where your project is in the design or construction process and we can determine which consulting scope is appropriate.
The intake is designed for homeowners, interior designers, architects, builders, general contractors, developers and other project professionals.