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