- 20+ Years of Design Experience — Olga Rechdouni, ASID
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- Custom Design · Fabrication · Installation
- Luxury Homes Throughout Los Angeles
Bel Air Estate Primary Suite
This project is a conceptual design study created to explore custom window treatment solutions, fabric applications, motorization systems, and architectural integration. Images are illustrative renderings and do not represent a completed installation.
Layered Motorized Drapery in Italian Silk — a design project in Bel Air, CA. The studio's specification practice in design intent, fabric, hardware, fullness, and installation, written from Olga's perspective.
A 1,400-square-foot primary suite in a Bel Air estate with a private terrace, west-facing wall of glass, and a brief for hotel-grade light layering: blackout, sheer, and privacy, all motorized, all independent, all on a single keypad.
Three layers on a triple-channel concealed ceiling track: outboard performance sheer for daytime, middle Italian silk drapery for evening privacy, inboard three-pass blackout for sleep. Each layer independently motorized and addressable.
Outboard sheer: solution-dyed UV performance weave. Middle: Italian silk-linen in dove gray, interlined with cotton flannel. Inboard: triple-pass blackout in matching dove tone so closed-blackout reads as intentional, not utilitarian.
Forest Group triple-channel track set into a 6-inch ceiling pocket. Lutron Sivoia QS hardwired motors on all three layers. Integration via the estate's existing Crestron system.
Fullness tuned per layer: 80% on the sheer for tight stack-back, 100% on the silk for proper drape, 90% on the blackout for seal-tight side returns. Pocket depth coordinated with the structural engineer during the rough-in.
Four scenes: full open, sheer-only daytime, silk-evening privacy, full blackout. Switched from a single keypad, reproducible to the second. My recommendation for luxury primary suites: never compromise on layer count. Three layers is the minimum for hotel-grade light control.
- Estate primary suite
- Three-layer system
- Italian silk
- Crestron integration
- Hotel-grade light control
The reasoning behind this work
The decisions behind this project — how the room was read, what the drapery was asked to do, and why each specification was chosen — follow the same written method the studio applies to every commission.
For the specification work behind this project, read Custom Motorized Drapery in Bel Air, Custom Blackout Drapery in Bel Air, and Custom Sheer Drapery in Bel Air. For the broader practice in this neighborhood, see custom drapery in Bel Air. Pricing for projects of this scope is set out in the 2026 Custom Drapery Pricing Guide.
The work on this project draws on the studio's reference library. For the fabric itself, see Linen, Performance, and Sheers. For the architectural condition resolved here, read Drapery for Floor-to-Ceiling Glass.