- 20+ Years of Design Experience — Olga Rechdouni, ASID
- ASID Professional Member
- Custom Design · Fabrication · Installation
- Luxury Homes Throughout Los Angeles
Burbank Traditional Family Room
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.
Goblet Pleat Drapery with Cornice Boards — a design project in Burbank, CA. The studio's specification practice in design intent, fabric, hardware, fullness, and installation, written from Olga's perspective.
A traditional family room rebuilt with new crown molding, a stone fireplace, and standard-height ceilings. The homeowner wanted formal drapery without making the room read as a hotel lobby.
Goblet pleat in a heavyweight linen, behind tailored upholstered cornice boards finished in the same fabric. The cornice carries the formality; the drapery does the daily work. The pair reads as one architectural element.
Heavyweight 100% linen in a warm walnut tone, interlined and lined in ivory cotton sateen. Linen specifically because a heavier weave reads as traditional without going formal-to-fault; a silk would have over-decorated the room.
Hand-built cornice frames upholstered on site, traverse rods concealed behind. Goblet headings reinforced with buckram and lightly stuffed so each cup holds its rounded shape permanently.
Cornice depth set at 8 inches — enough to read as architecture, restrained enough not to dominate an 8-foot ceiling. Fullness held at 2.5x because the goblet ornament does the visual work; more fullness would have crowded the cornice.
The room reads as traditional but personal — formal without being precious. My recommendation: the cornice and the drapery should be specified together, never separately. They are one element with two functions.
- Goblet pleat
- Cornice boards
- Traditional
- Linen
- Tailored formality
Related from the Studio
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 French Pleat Drapery in Burbank, Custom Linen Drapery in Burbank, and Custom Custom Drapery for Living Rooms in Burbank. For the broader practice in this neighborhood, see custom drapery in Burbank. 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 heading style at the top of the panel, study French Pleat, and Goblet Pleat. For the fabric itself, see Linen, Cotton, and Silk.