Window Treatment Ideas & Tips: Kempler Design

How Can I Lift My Heavy Shades More Easily?

We’ve all had the circumstances where we have to lift a really heavy shade. It’s a challenge! I’ve seen all the tricks people use, from helping the shade up by grabbing the bottom rail to grabbing the cord with two hands and bracing your foot against the wall to gain the most leverage. Whichever method […]

Roman Shades As A Valance

Often times, it is difficult to know what type of a valance or top treatment will look the best for your windows. One design challenge is when the tops of the windows are quite low on a wall. Visually, this is unsettling. The need is to create more height on the window. Your blinds, shades […]

Finishing Touches To Valance And Drapery Treatment

Sometimes, the finishing touches make all the difference. The client in this video wanted to add cove lighting to their room. When we were designing the valances we were trying to determine if the lighting should go all around their master bedroom. Because of the way they had windows on two of the four walls, […]

Solution For Reno Home With Arched Windows

One of the most confounding windows for homeowners to deal with is a window with a shape. These can come in many different shapes. Angles, round, elliptical, elongated arches and standard arches. I have seen all types of potential solutions to these windows, from asian fans to cardboard to aluminum foil inserted into these shapes […]

Before And After Of Reno Home With Top Treatments

One of the more common questions I receive is, “Does adding valances or top treatments really make that much of a difference? The following video, while lacking in video quality, really shows very well how much a Window Dressing can finish off a room. Even though this home is in south Reno, Nevada, I recently […]

Decorative Side Panels For A Large Window In Reno

Often times, people have very large windows, and they want to do a drapery look without having to do a full drapery. This video shows some important things to keep in mind when doing this treatment. I feel that one of the most important things to keep in mind is “Scale”. When you look at […]

(South Reno) Draperies Over Hunter Douglas Pirouette Motorized Shades

The main reason that I posted this video is to show the AMAZING contrast between adding drapery treatments to your window coverings. The Pirouette Shade by Hunter Douglas is one of the most beautiful “Hard Window Coverings” there is, but notice how the room is completely transformed by the addition of custom fabric window fashions. […]

Shades Or Blinds For Reno? Part 2

This is part two of a discussion about the function of shades and blinds, specifically in the Reno and Lake Tahoe areas. Last time, we specifically talked about INSULATION and SHADING. This time I want to talk about how to determine the right choice for you. There are many factors to consider when buying custom […]

Shades Or Blinds For Reno?

People buy different products at different times of year. People buy products that shade well in the summer, and they buy products that insulate well in the winter. In order to help make the best buying decision, I will try to explain how window coverings, namely blinds and shadings really work. Insulation vs. Shading Window […]

Narrowing Down Your Choices

The other day I was shopping for health insurance. I talked to a couple of different agents and had a bit of an epiphany. There really are a lot of choices in coverages. Honestly, I was overwhelmed. How does one decide which policy to select? What I really wanted was for the agent to say, […]