Custom Fabric Decor for Homes in Raynham, MA

The Patio Door Sets the Tone

In a great many Raynham houses, the window that needs the most thought is not a window at all. The ranches and split-levels off Route 44 and South Main Street nearly all have a sliding patio door, usually in the kitchen or family room, and it is often the largest stretch of glass in the house. Whatever covers that door becomes the biggest piece of fabric in the room, which is why custom fabric decor in Raynham, MA so often grows outward from it, to the sofa, the chairs and the cushions in the eating area.

The newer colonials near Johnson’s Pond and around Raynham Center bring bigger rooms and more windows of the same size, sometimes with a slider of their own onto a deck. Across all of them, the aim is the same: choose the fabric at the glass and the fabric on the furniture together, so the room looks planned.

• Pillows, duvet covers and some upholstery chosen with your drapes or shades
• Planned around the sliding doors that most local houses have
• Bolts and swatches to compare at the store in Swansea

What We Can Make for Your Raynham Home

Pillows near the slider

The sofa or bench nearest the patio door sees the slider panels all day. Pillows in that cloth, or in one of its colours, connect the seating to the glass.

Duvet covers

Made in the bedroom’s drapery fabric, a companion print or a plain shade drawn from it, so the bed and window belong together.

Panels for patio doors

Drapery on a long rod that slides clear of the door, giving the room its lead fabric without blocking the way out.

Custom drapes in Raynham

Custom Fabric Decor in Raynham, MA Starts at the Sliding Door

Custom fabric decor in Raynham, MA often starts with a practical problem. The slider is used many times a day, it lets in a lot of light and it shows the room to the back yard at night. It needs a covering that moves easily, closes fully and stacks out of the way. Once that covering is chosen, the fabric decor follows from it.

Dressing the slider first

There are two common answers for a patio door. One is a pair of drapery panels on a long rod, wide enough to stack beside the opening so the door can slide freely. The other is vertical blinds or a panel track, which you can read about on our vertical blinds in Raynham page and in our guide to vertical blinds for sliding doors.

If the slider takes drapery, that cloth is the room’s lead fabric, and it is a lot of it: two full-length panels across a wide door. The colour and pattern you choose will dominate the room, so it is worth picking it with the sofa, the rug and the pillows in mind. A bold print on the slider panels with plainer pillows that pick out its colours usually works better than strong pattern everywhere.

If the slider takes vertical blinds or a panel track, the window covering is plainer, and the fabric decor carries the colour instead. Pillows on the family room sofa, a cushion run on a kitchen bench and perhaps a valance on the window over the sink can bring the pattern into the room.

Kitchen and family room together

In many Raynham ranches and splits, the slider sits in a kitchen that opens straight into a family room. That means the slider panels, the kitchen window, the eating area and the family room sofa are all in one view. Fabric that repeats across that view makes it feel like one room.

A simple plan: choose one main fabric for the slider, use a companion fabric for the kitchen window, and pick up both on the pillows in the family room. If there is a bench or banquette in the eating area, its pillows can use the slider cloth directly. Keep the walls and counters quiet, and the fabric does the decorating.

Kitchens bring their own practical needs. Fabric near a stove or a sink sees steam and splashes, so a washable cloth is the sensible choice for anything close by. The pillows in the family room can be a little finer, since they stay away from the cooking.

Ranches off Route 44

The ranches along and off Route 44 keep everything on one floor, often with the living room at the front, the kitchen and slider at the back and the bedrooms along a hall. In houses near the main road, the front rooms see more traffic, so privacy at the front windows matters. Lined drapes in a plain colour handle that well, and the pillows on the living room sofa can bring the pattern back in.

Because a ranch is all on one level, you can often see from the front door right through to the slider at the back. Using related colours in the front room and the back room, even in different fabrics, makes the house look like one home rather than a series of rooms. A navy at the slider might reappear as a stripe on the living room pillows and as a plain navy cover on the main bed.

Split-levels off South Main Street

The split-levels off South Main Street often put the slider on the lower level, opening from the family room to a patio, with the living room and kitchen half a flight up. In that layout, the family room carries the slider fabric and the upper living room has its own front window. The two levels are seen together from the stair, so a shared colour between them matters.

Lower levels in splits can be darker, since their windows sit closer to the ground. Lighter fabrics on the family room pillows and a slider drape in a mid-tone rather than a deep one keep the room from feeling closed in. Upstairs, where the living room gets more light, richer colours work well.

Bedrooms down the hall

Bedrooms in the ranches and splits are usually modest boxes with one or two standard windows, well away from the slider and the noise of the kitchen. They are the quiet end of the house, and the fabric can be quieter too. A duvet cover in a soft colour taken from the family room scheme, a pair of pillows in a gentle print and simple lined drapes that close out early light make a restful room. If a bedroom faces the road, a heavier lining at the window adds privacy without changing the look of the cover and pillows that sit in front of it.

Evenings with the slider closed

A patio door looks very different after dark. By day the panels are pushed back and the yard is the view. At night, with the lamps on, the slider becomes a black mirror unless it is covered, and the panels drawn across it become a wall of fabric. That is worth picturing when you choose the cloth. A print that looks pleasant in a narrow stack at the side of the door will look much bolder spread across the full width. Lining makes a drawn panel hang better and stops the lamplight showing the room to the yard, and it changes how the colour reads from inside, so we will show you lined and unlined samples at the showroom to compare.

Decks, patios and the view out

Most of these sliders open to a deck or patio, and in summer the outdoor seating can be part of the picture from inside. If your deck furniture has cushions in a particular colour, it can make sense to pick that colour up in the family room, so the view out through the open door feels connected to the room. It is a small detail, but in a house where the slider is open half the year, it is one you notice every day. Planning custom fabric decor in Raynham, MA with the yard in mind is part of what makes the slider feel like a doorway rather than a gap.

Newer Colonials near Johnson’s Pond and Raynham Center

The newer colonials near Johnson’s Pond and around Raynham Center have more space and more windows, many of them the same size. They often have a family room at the back with a slider to a deck, a formal living room at the front and a large main bedroom upstairs.

With so many matching windows, the treatments can be simple and consistent, a panel or a shade repeated around the room, and the fabric decor can bring the individuality. A family room sofa with pillows in two or three related cloths, a deck slider in a fabric that echoes them and a reading chair by the window give a large room warmth and focus.

Houses near the pond often have rooms that face the water, with more glass and more light. Fabrics in those rooms see a lot of sun, so it is worth choosing colours that keep their depth in bright light and lining the slider panels to protect them. Pillows on a sofa facing the water can be turned now and then so the same side does not take all the sun.

Upstairs, the main bedroom in these houses is usually large enough for a duvet cover with a stronger pattern, balanced by plain drapes in one of its colours. Children’s rooms suit hard-wearing, washable cloths in colours that will not date quickly, with the brighter accents kept to pillows that are easy to replace later.

How an Order Runs from Start to Finish

We stay in touch through every stage, until the work is done. For pillows, covers and window fabric together, the usual order is:

1. Ask for a free quote, by the call button or the form, and mention the slider or the rooms you have in mind.
2. We visit for measuring in your home, size the slider and the windows, and look at the furniture and colours you are keeping.
3. You choose fabrics at the Swansea showroom, holding the slider cloth up against the pillow cloth and the bed cover cloth.
4. We confirm what will be made and send the quote, with every item listed.
5. The window treatments and the decor are made from the same set of fabrics.
6. Our team installs the drapes or blinds, and we check back with you until it is all right.

Combining fabrics in an open plan

When the kitchen, eating area and family room are one space, you have to think about fabric across the whole room at once. Choose the slider fabric first, because it is the largest piece. Then choose one or two supporting cloths: a plain weave in a colour from the slider print and a texture, such as a woven or a soft chenille. Use the supporting cloths on the pillows and on any smaller windows. The room will read as one scheme from wherever you stand.

Avoid giving every surface a different pattern. In an open plan, three fabrics are usually plenty. More than that and the eye jumps from one to the next without settling.

Choosing for the way the family room is used

Family rooms by the slider are often the busiest rooms in the house, with children and pets coming in from the yard. The pillows there need a firm weave that hides marks, and covers that come off for washing. The slider panels are handled every day too, as they are drawn back and forth, so a sturdy cloth that hangs well is a better choice than a delicate one. Duvet covers upstairs need to stand up to regular washing. We will tell you which fabrics suit which job before you decide.

Pillows, covers and upholstery

You decide the cloth, shape, size and edge of each pillow, and how many go on each sofa, bench or bed. A long sectional in a family room often looks best with a few larger pillows rather than many small ones. Duvet covers can match the bedroom drapes, take a companion print or stay plain with the pattern on the pillows. Let us know the bed size and how the cover will be washed.

Upholstery is part of the picture, though only some of it. Because no two pieces are alike, we like to hear what you have in mind, over the phone or from a snapshot shown at the showroom, before agreeing to anything.

A Swansea Family Business

Since 1988 Window Works has been a Swansea family firm, today led by its second generation. Over 37 years it has worked on houses in Raynham and across the SouthCoast and the Rhode Island East Bay.

• Specialists in window treatments, used to patio doors and open kitchens
• Windows and sliders measured at your house
• Drapes, blinds and shades installed by our own team
• In touch with you at every step until the work is complete
• Warranties offered on the products we sell

More for Raynham

You will find every service for the town on our Raynham window treatments page. The complete range of pillows, covers and upholstery we make is on the custom fabric decor page.

Compare the Cloths in Person

A fabric chosen from a small square on a screen can surprise you when it arrives as two full-length panels across a patio door. At the Swansea showroom you can see the cloth at a proper size, judge its weight and see how it sits beside the pillow and bed fabrics. Bring a photo of the room or something from it, such as a cushion or a throw.

Our specialists will help you choose a combination that works for the slider, the room and the way your household uses it.

Visit the showroom

Let’s Get Started

Getting custom fabric decor in Raynham, MA under way begins with a free quote. Ring the Swansea store from the call button to talk through the slider or the room, line up measuring in your home or raise any question about installation. The form works too, if you would rather we contacted you. And if handling the cloth comes first for you, the showroom is open to visitors, with the route on the contact page. On Google, Window Works carries a 5.0 rating.