Sheer Brilliance

Window treatments are such a tricky endeavor. Too often they can look, as Vladimir Kagan once said, like rags on a window. While Kagan's sentiment may be harsh, my personal problem with most treatments is that they don't add to the atmosphere. That is not the case with this treatment by Ravi Pankhania.

Rather than block light, these waterfall or banner shades create an ethereal and fluid effect. A veritable wall sculpture. The Canadian designer from British Columbia, sews varying sizes of fabric onto a shear roman shade which results in this fluttering effect of light and material.

"We wanted to find a way to filter and fracture the light. We look at the window and customize the amount of light that we want to get through," he explained. "This one in the bathroom faces the beach, so we increased the density on the lower half to filter the view." 

Pankhania, who specializes in soft furnishings, plays with different weights of fabrics to get different effects. The curtains list at $50-75 per square foot.

Absolutely gorgeous. --diane

Tags: Ravi Panhania, Modern Curtains, Bathroom Shades, Modern Window Treatments