A house becomes a home only when it is made to your taste and only when it has that ethereal feel that is nowhere else. The home, thus, is pretty much like an extension given to our personality. It is the personal style and touch that turns the space you live in into a home and makes you and your family feel comfortable, surrounded by feathery memories of times sublime. Decorating your house is therefore very important, and requires certain vision and expertise. Curtains are one of the many accessories in the interior of the house that serve a great purpose and also add on to the beauty of the home. Beautifying the window with curtains and other accessories is called aptly as ‘Window Treatment’. The ‘Window Treatment’ is never complete without a Pelmet design. A Pelmet is nothing but a small and beautiful framework that is kept right above the window. Apart from adding on to the beauty, Pelmets conceal the curtain fixtures and rods. Pelmets are very much the in thing and they change the whole appeal and make the room and curtain look distinctive. Pelmets are generally made of solid and appealing materials and are mainly made of wood and other items like plastic etc. Marble pelmets are favored by people who live luxuriously. They can also be beautifully covered with paintings, Chumkis, lace or net materials and can also be carved into a wide range of shapes. Padded pelmets are made by combing the pelmet board with a cloth and adding a braid, fringe and sometimes given a nice puffed up look by adding cotton or sponge inside.

A Valence, on the other hand, is not stiff like a Pelmet. It is basically a small width of cloth with plenty of pleats and it is also available in various shapes, sizes, colors and styles of embroidery. Valances fly a bit when the hit occasionally by air, thereby giving an attractive rippling effect. Pelmets and Valances are mainly used for beautifying the windows and hiding curtain rods but they also serve the purpose of avoiding excess light from coming inside the house from above the window. The various designs of Pelmets and Valances can be used to dramatize the entire house’s interior. Pelmets are at times used without curtains also. A pelmet can be very creatively made by carving various designs in the wood or any other material used to make it. It can also be decorated by covering it with the curtain fabric itself. This fabric can be chosen in such a way that it blends with the color of the other decors in the house. The lower ends of the Pelmets can be made more decorative by putting frills, pleats, beads, braids or fringes. Wooden Pelmets also have the choice of more colors as wood comes in a variety of colors.

There are contemporary designs for Pelmets which differ in the print of the fabric that is used to cover the Pelmet board, the carving of the Pelmet, the bulkiness and also the kind of fabric that is used. Valances can be custom made. There are various options to design the Valances. There are a variety of fabrics to choose from, various sizes, shapes and also fringes and pleats and many more. Valances also help to dress up extremely rare and unique windows like bay windows and windows which are arched. The Box Set is a set of curtains along with matching Valances and Pelmets which are ready to hang in your house and make your window look beautiful, adding more sheen to your interiors than you ever would have imagined!