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Jane Maxwell of Maxwell House of Design just finished a project using customized hardware from our “French Pole” line and was kind enough to share her experience……
If you are a designer, you know, that every once in a while, a homeowner is going to give you a challenging window to dress. Of course, a difficult window is never an auxiliary window, or one that hides in the back, no, it’s pretty much guaranteed that it will be a focal point in the room. This happened with me recently. The client’s dining room had a traditional three-window bay that had fourth window around the corner on the next wall. In order for the treatments to make sense, the fourth window had to be included in the bay. In addition to needing a custom bend to the rods, I knew that traditional finials weren’t going to work because the symmetry would be off. Thankfully, I had learned about Helser Brother’s French Poles in March at a WCAA vendor event with Jackie Von Tobel in Charlotte, NC. Jackie spoke glowingly about them from stage and during the break, I headed for the Helser Brother’s table where Anita Boetsma was able to show me the product and fill me on the details.
Now anytime you use a new product, you hold your breath just a little until they are installed. I had just a couple of concerns; would we miss having finials? Would my installer be able to figure out the installation? Would the product look as good up as I was hoping it would? Well, the product came in looking better than I had remembered, my installer had no issues whatsoever installing, and, the finish on this gorgeous product completely complimented the design. Needless to say, I breathed a big sigh of relief, took pictures and decided to share the adventure.
On side-note, I like the clean look of this product so much, that I am now using them for all of my transitional and modern design jobs.
There is an intrinsic value to being able to relax and trust that a vendor is going to deliver. Anytime that we, as designers, can eliminate some of the stress that accompanies our job, it’s a great thing. Helser Brother’s, as a company, delivers beautiful products that do what they are supposed to do, with great customer service to boot. That’s why they are now my standard go-to source for drapery hardware.
Jane Ann Maxwell is a professional interior designer based in the Charlotte, NC metro area with some 20 years of interior design experience.
She is a Professional Member of the Association of Interior Design Professionals (AIDP) and is the current President of the AIDP Charlotte Chapter…. (read entire bio)
