The Drapery Color by Tiffany & Co.

We adored it! The color, No. 1837 on the Pantone Matching System chart. Tiffany & Co.’s color, the cardboard packaging and even the ribbon is trademarked. I discovered this while working with a graphic artist in creating a new logo and choosing a similar color for my decorating business, Marie Antoinette Interiors. 

 

Some call it Robins Egg Blue or Forget Me Not Blue, I call it delightful! The Pantone Color Institute executive director Leatrice Eiseman said, “It evokes positive thoughts and reactions”. Loving the color so much I just couldn’t resist using a comparable color for the new draperies in my interior design office.  After all, my work is all about “positive thoughts (my designs), and positive reactions (from you and in your home)!

 

Here are the steps taken to creating any custom window treatment, for myself or for my clients.

 

Find the right fabric!  This is the first step and the one that takes the longest. I research many fabric company’s offerings in a color close to the Tiffany & Co. blue. This entails combing through lots of fabric books. I have 17 possible fabrics!

Order the fabric sample memos from the fabric company! I tape them to the wall close to the window in which they will hang. I have 9 possible fabrics and by process of elimination I have a winner!

Design the window treatment! A classic style, straight French Pleated panels flanking both sides of the french door on a simple brass rod. I added off white sheer between the panels in the same style, again harkening back to Tiffany’s white bow color combination. And in the spirit of my logo’s tag line, “fashionably tailored spaces”, I added a Tiffany Blue banding on the sheers to give them a tailored look.

Fabricate the drapery! Once the fabric, linings and hardware are ordered, a detailed work order is given to our workroom that carefully and skillfully cut and sews the drapery according to my custom measurements.

Installation Day! This is the day we see the vision come to fruition. All the work in steps 1 through 4 is realized when we hang the drapery and dress the window.

 

Color is a very big part of a room’s ambiance, and in this case it set the stage for a sophisticated elegance that the room required. I couldn’t be more pleased with my new draperies in my favorite Tiffany & Co.  color. And yes, it seems that Kate Spade also liked the color and  used a comparable color on their "work tote bag" (as seen on the floor in the photos above)!