- 20+ Years of Design Experience — Olga Rechdouni, ASID
- ASID Professional Member
- Custom Design · Fabrication · Installation
- Luxury Homes Throughout Los Angeles
Marina del Rey 130' Yacht — Main Salon
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.
Marine-Grade Motorized Drapery — a design project in Marina del Rey, CA. The studio's specification practice in design intent, fabric, hardware, fullness, and installation, written from Olga's perspective.
The main salon of a 130-foot yacht: panoramic glass, constant salt air, IMO marine-FR code compliance, and a vibration condition that disqualifies most residential tracks. The owner wanted the salon to read as a Hampton's residence at dock and survive a Pacific crossing under way.
Marine-grade ripple fold in IMO-rated FR fabric on a stainless-steel concealed ceiling track engineered for marine use. Motors specified to a marine vibration standard. Every component selected for salt-air corrosion resistance.
IMO MED-certified inherent FR performance linen-look weave, UV-stabilized for sun deck exposure. Marine FR is a different code class than NFPA 701 — the test methods and the certification chain are distinct, and the fabric is sourced from a different supply chain.
316 marine-grade stainless steel track and carriers, fully sealed motor housings rated IP65, vibration-rated mounting bolts. Somfy marine-spec motors integrated with the yacht's Crestron AV system.
Field-measured at the marina with the yacht in working trim. Track installed by the yard during a scheduled refit, allowing access to overhead chase work. Fullness held at 100% carrier spacing; deeper fullness compounds vibration noise under way.
Salon reads as a residential drawing room at dock, passed sea trials with no track or carrier noise at cruise speed. My recommendation for any yacht over 100 feet: never specify residential hardware on a marine project. The corrosion, vibration, and code requirements are fundamentally different problems.
- Yacht
- IMO MED-certified FR
- Marine stainless
- Vibration-rated motors
- Salt-air resistance
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 Ripple Fold Drapery in Los Angeles, Custom Motorized Drapery in Los Angeles, and Custom Fire-Retardant Drapery in Los Angeles. For the broader practice in this neighborhood, see custom drapery in Los Angeles. 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 Ripple Fold. For the fabric itself, see Performance, Fire-Retardant, and UV-Resistant.