Drapery Design

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custom window fashions

Welcome to Drapery Design, offering custom window treatments tailored for the trade. We collaborate with interior designers and architects on projects in well-appointed homes along the Philadelphia Main Line and in nearby areas of Pennsylvania.

For thirty-five years, Drapery Design has been creating classic window treatments using only the highest quality products, with an impeccable eye for detail. From simplified elegance to couture sophistication, in a modern or a traditional setting, we execute the designer’s vision.

Specializing in large new construction and remodel projects, we maintain the high-quality standards and artisan workmanship reflected throughout the home. We are a trusted partner for many out-of-town designers with local clients, connecting them with our network of trade partners.

Our comprehensive project management services include consultation, design renderings, measuring services, detailed proposals, fabrication, and installation for window coverings projects.

Our impeccable workroom fabrication standards are reflected in the artisan quality of our work and attention to detail, which has always set Drapery Design apart.

The first community built for both interior designers and window coverings professionals.

A professional space where interior designers, drapery workrooms, and window treatment specialists come together to connect, learn, and grow. Inside, you’ll find inspiring project photos, educational guides, ready-to-use templates, monthly workshops, and a curated supplier directory—all designed to save time, spark creativity, and strengthen your business.

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from the Blog

Featured

Apr 24, 2025

Meet the Pleat

Apr 24, 2025

The drapery pleat is a way to control the excess fabric at the top of a drapery so it can attach to the drapery rod hardware. There are many ways to do this, but here are a few of the more popular pleats today!

Apr 24, 2025

Mar 14, 2025

The Ripplebox Pleat Drapery

Mar 14, 2025

We love the clean Ripplefold drapery look, but some things about the way it is configured creates limitations. After experimentation, we found an alternative to ripplefold draperies!It is a hybrid pleat combining an inverted box pleat and a ripplefold pleat, which we named the Ripplebox pleat.

Mar 14, 2025

Aug 1, 2024

Understanding Blackout Lining: Designing for Comfort and Efficiency

Aug 1, 2024

"Drapery Design has done work in almost every room in my house, and they are the best! Karen is very experienced with a great background and superb design sense. She is creative and is especially helpful in bringing a client's taste and vision together to solve a design challenge The fabric selections are excellent and the same for workmanship. Their products are a good value for the quality and orders are filled in a very timely fashion with great attention paid to detail. I highly recommend them."

—Joell, Villanova
"Karen Lander from Drapery Design is very professional respectful, focused on the facts and provided a complete description and emailed pictures of what the draperies would look like in the specific room. Listened to what the customer wanted. She gave suggestion but didn't impose her thoughts. She listens and understands what you are looking for. She also had very good and respectful installers. Karen is a pleasure to work with. She did an excellent job. I would give her the highest recommendation."

—Phyllis, Malvern
"Karen and her team are true professionals with great ideas. They can take any room in your house and really make it come alive with their fabrics, rods, and creativity. Drapery Design has done numerous rooms throughout our home. They have competitive pricing, great installers, and a true pleasure to work with."

— Linda, Malvern
"Karen has been very accommodating with our schedule for appointments. I love going to her showroom and being able to see all of the possibilities! I asked to have my living and dining room curtains done by a certain time and Karen made sure it was in place when I needed it. The level of service is out-standing."

— Irene, Malvern
"I hired Karen to do all the window coverings for my condo. She was great about accommodating my desire to incorporate a vintage fabric into the design and was more than up to the challenge. She did a wall of sheers that looks just spectacular! Great window treatments, great installation."

— Adrian, Bala Cynwyd
"We have used Drapery Design for the past 6 years. We have been in three different houses in the past 6 years and each time we have used Karen to provide us with our window treatments. I feel very comfortable with the level of quality in the fabric, the prices, and the excellent selections of products to meet our needs. Karen’s business is very professional and she is easy to work with. We feel that she is able to pinpoint what we are looking for in a short amount of time so that we are not wasting time searching for the “right” look. I have been very happy overall with the window treatments we have received from Karen."

— Nina, Gladwyne

custom window fashions

"I hired Karen to do all the window coverings for my condo. She was great about accommodating my desire to incorporate a vintage fabric into the design and was more than up to the challenge. She did a wall of sheers that looks just spectacular! Great window treatments, great installation."

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